“…(Jones & Fear, 2011;Kehle, Ferrier-Auerbach, Meis, Arbisi, Erbes, & Polusny, 2012;Kline, Weiner, Ciccone, Interian, St Hill, & Losonczy, 2014) In addition, the hardships experienced in conflict and post-conflict settings including limited access to health care, poor living conditions, loss of family and friends, and fragmented social support, may contribute to harmful alcohol use. (Ezard, 2012;Lo, Patel, & Roberts, 2015) Evidence from stable settings highlights the relationship between low social capital to individual high risk alcohol use, (Weitzman & Chen, 2005) and the greater harm per unit alcohol consumed in poor populations than rich ones. (Rehm, Mathers, Popova, Thavorncharoensap, Teerawattananon, & Patra, 2009) Harmful alcohol use is also a known risk-factor for NCDs in stable settings (Boden & Fergusson, 2011;G.…”