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| Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Worldwide Organization to Reeducate Leaders and Decisionmakers |
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According to the World Health Organization, the incidence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is approximately 1.9 per 1,000 live births worldwide. In some countries it occurs in 1 per 1,000 births; in other countries it could be as high as 3 per 1,000 births. In some communities, the incidence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is estimated to be as high as 9 per 1,000 births.
Regardless of what the specific rate is in any area, it is too high. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is theoretically 100% preventable. Wherever alcohol is freely consumed, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a major health problem with consequences that are costly to the individual, the family, and the community. What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? Click here for definitions, symptoms, and characteristics of FAS. Efforts to promote healthier communities focus on primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol. Primary prevention focuses on decreasing the overall rate of disabilities caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol. Secondary prevention focuses on minimizing the exposure to subsequent infants born to mothers who already have given birth to an affected child. Tertiary prevention focuses on the secondary disabilities seen in children and adults who were prenatally exposed to alcohol. The mission of FASWORLD is to raise awareness on a global level about the effects of alcohol exposure on babies during pregnancy. We aim to reeducate the leaders, lawmakers, and other policymakers around the world, so that they can better make decisions and formulate laws and policies that will ensure a healthier society, by reducing the incidence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and other alcohol related disabilities, and by providing needed intervention services to those already suffering with this invisible disability. We believe that to accomplish this on a global level, there must first be education of the general public in communities around the world. One family at a time, one community at a time, across continents, across oceans, we will make this a better world in which our children can grow up to be the healthy citizens we need for the future. |