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Alcohol is a major and cross-cutting obstacle to universal health coverage and the SDGs.....Suneel Vatsyayan #RC71
















71st Regional Committee Meeting WHO SEARO

New Delhi, India, September 3 – 7, 2018
Alcohol is a major and cross-cutting obstacle to universal health coverage and the SDGs.....Suneel Vatsyayan
Agenda item 8.5: Annual report on monitoring progress on UHC and health-related SDGs, IOGT International statement, by Mr Suneel Vatsyayan

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