Assessing Global Toll of Drinking During Pregnancy

A new report by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Canada provides the first-ever global estimates of the percentage of women who drink during pregnancy as well as estimates of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) by country.
Worldwide, nearly 10 percent of women drink alcohol during pregnancy, with wide variations by country and region. In some countries, more than 45 percent of women consume alcohol during pregnancy. The five countries with the highest alcohol use in pregnancy were t