TY - JOUR ID - 3908 TI - Tackling NCDs: The Need to Address Alcohol Industry Interference and Policy Incoherence Across Sectors; Comment on “Towards Preventing and Managing Conflict of Interest in Nutrition Policy? An Analysis of Submissions to a Consultation on a Draft WHO Tool” JO - International Journal of Health Policy and Management JA - IJHPM LA - en SN - AU - Townsend, Belinda AU - Miller, Mia AU - Gleeson, Deborah AD - Menzies Centre for Health Governance, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia AD - Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, School of Psychology & Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia AD - School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 11 IS - 2 SP - 246 EP - 249 KW - Health Policy KW - Conflict of Interest KW - Alcohol Industry KW - Trade Policy KW - Non-communicable Disease KW - Australia DO - 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.172 N2 - Ralston et al highlight the ways that different actors in global nutrition governance conceptualise and frame the role of non-state actors in governance arrangements, including the potential for conflict of interest (COI) to undermine global health efforts. The authors argue that the World Health Organization (WHO) draft tool on managing COI in nutrition policy is an important innovation in global health, but that further research and refinement is needed for operationalising the management of COI with diverse actors in diverse contexts. In this commentary, reflecting on strategic framing and industry interference in policy-making, we argue for the urgent need for states and intergovernmental organisations to prevent alcohol industry interference in the development of national and global alcohol policy. We argue that policy incoherence remains a key barrier, where governments pursue health goals in the health sector while pursuing exports and market liberalisation of health harmful commodities in the trade sector. UR - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3908.html L1 - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3908_5dfb20205f70919a43d7bb83997497d9.pdf ER -