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Leane Ramsoomar, Public health researcher, South African Medical Research Council

Men’s drinking harms women and children, and the impact is worst in poorer countries

Drinking alcohol is known to be harmful to people’s health. It’s also known to be harmful in other ways.

For example, men experience more harm such as aggression, accidents, and injury, from their own drinking than do women. But when a man drinks, the women and children closest to him often pay a price too.

I’m part of a global collaborative group of health researchers who set out to explore how – and how much – men’s drinking harms women and children.

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