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Health news editorial illustration for Latvia Alcohol Rules Show Early Health Gains

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In this lesson: Identify the evaluation period and the estimated impact.

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Read and understand · 1/2Which period did the first five months cover?

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1 August–31 December 2025. The opening paragraph gives the five-month period.

Clue: WHO’s September report reviewed Latvia’s alcohol-policy measures. The first five implementation months ran from 1 August to 31 December 2025.

Read and understand · 2/2What number was estimated for deaths averted?

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More than 60. The second paragraph gives the estimate as more than 60.

Clue: It reported a 27% decline in deaths from causes wholly attributable to alcohol. WHO linked that change with an estimate of more than 60 deaths averted.

Grammar in this story: A completed period with ran from ... to

ran from 1 August to 31 December 2025

From ... to marks both endpoints of the period. The dates describe implementation months, not the later publication month.

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Report the period and the estimated deaths averted.

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The evaluation covered August–December 2025 and estimated more than 60 deaths averted.

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