28 July 2023
Leadership Dialogue on Food Systems for People’s Nutrition and Health
Leadership Dialogue on Food Systems for People’s Nutrition and Health
Leadership Dialogue on Food Systems for People’s Nutrition and Health, collaboration with UNICEF, FAO and WFP organized the Leadership Dialogue on Food Systems for People’s Nutrition, years remaining to achieve the SDGs, the dialogue emphasised the world is off track to meet the global nutrition, has kept pace with population growth, the common prioritization of quantity and profitability over nutritional, The Leadership Dialogue emphasized the importance of aligning food systems with nutrition and health, : Abigail Perry, Director of Nutrition, WFP Moderator: Victor Aguayo, Director of Nutrition and Child
25 July 2023
WHO to host first global workshop on biodiversity, traditional knowledge, health and well-being
WHO to host first global workshop on biodiversity, traditional knowledge, health and well-being
of various plants, and how the variety of plant and animal life supports food security, livelihoods, nutrition, Other thematic areas that will be discussed include food security and nutrition, One Health, sustainable
21 July 2023
Food Additives: Ninety-ninth meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
Food Additives: Ninety-ninth meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
is not possible, please contact us for alternative deliveries: Attention: Kim PetersenDepartment of Nutrition, development and toxicological studies; proposed specifications for material in commerce); technological and nutritional
14 July 2023
Food Systems transformation amid a poly crisis: Addressing climate, food insecurity, malnutrition, and conflicts
Food Systems transformation amid a poly crisis: Addressing climate, food insecurity, malnutrition, and conflicts
This reflects the
interconnectedness of food insecurity, access to healthy diets, nutrition,
conflict, It will also highlight operationalization of existing climate-sensitive and nutrition-sensitive coordination
14 July 2023
National Pathways: Spotlight on nutrition, gender and food system policy actions
National Pathways: Spotlight on nutrition, gender and food system policy actions
National Pathways: Spotlight on nutrition, gender and food system policy actions, Sustainable Food Systems for Children and All (HDSFS), Global Planel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, attention to the need to transform our food systems to ensure they contribute positively to people’s nutrition, GLOPAN, CARE and WHO analyzed the pathways to determine how successfully health, nutrition, gender equality, Objectives This event aims: To present a snapshot of how nutrition and health policy actions are integrated, Speakers Francesco Branca, Director of the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO.
13 July 2023
Towards healthy and sustainable food systems: agroecology, soil and healthy diets
Towards healthy and sustainable food systems: agroecology, soil and healthy diets
provides sustainable solutions to issues of soil degradation, climate, biodiversity, food security and nutrition, Understanding linkages across health, nutrition and environmental sustainability highlights opportunities, Moderator Oliver Oliveros, Agroecology Coalition Nancy Aburto, Deputy Director, Food and Nutrition, Phrang Roy, Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty Patrizia Fracassi, Senior Nutrition
12 July 2023
122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report
122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report
shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition, “There are rays of hope, some regions are on track to achieve some 2030 nutrition targets., Beyond hunger The food security and nutrition situation remained grim in 2022., The report recommends that to effectively promote food security and nutrition, policy interventions,, access to nutritious and affordable diets and essential nutrition services,
protecting children and
12 July 2023
Donors making a difference: building stronger health systems
Donors making a difference: building stronger health systems
of WHO-trained community volunteers in Yemen to guide pregnant and breastfeeding women on health and nutrition, The WHO-trained volunteers go door to door, working to instill health and nutrition literacy that will
5 July 2023
Call for consultant – Feeding of small and sick newborns
Call for consultant – Feeding of small and sick newborns
Guidelines on prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema emphasize the importance of, Emergency Nutrition Network, PATH, International Network in Kangaroo Mother Care, International Lactation, Educational Qualifications: Essential: Minimum an advanced university degree in maternal and child health or nutrition
5 July 2023
High-level Leadership Dialogue on Food Systems for People’s Nutrition and Health
High-level Leadership Dialogue on Food Systems for People’s Nutrition and Health
High-level Leadership Dialogue on Food Systems for People’s Nutrition and Health, One of those Leadership Dialogues is the Food Systems for People’s Nutrition and Health Dialogue, which, will help food systems actors to: Recognize the political rationale for positioning the health and nutrition, Moderators of the Dialogue Francesco Branca: Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO, Moderator of the first panel: Abigail Perry, Director of Nutrition, WFP Moderator of the second panel, International Cooperation Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO (TBC) Simón Barquera, Director of the Nutrition
3 July 2023
Call for authors - Developing a systematic review on accuracy and precision of data collection and analytical methods for haemoglobin assessment in populations
Call for authors - Developing a systematic review on accuracy and precision of data collection and analytical methods for haemoglobin assessment in populations
The World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Nutrition and Food Safety is aiming to comprehensively, Scope The WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety aims to set evidence-informed recommendations for, Nutritional anaemias: tools for effective prevention and
control., Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, Nutrition
International, UNICEF
28 June 2023
New report calls for greater attention to children’s vital first years
New report calls for greater attention to children’s vital first years
the first years of a child’s life providing irreplicable opportunities to improve lifelong health, nutrition, This Framework promotes an integrated approach to early childhood development, covering nutrition, health, “Every child has the right to the best start in life,” said Dr Victor Aguayo, Director of Nutrition and, “This includes the right to good nutrition and stimulation, responsive care and early learning, health
28 June 2023
Call for expressions of interest:
Experts to conduct systematic reviews of the evidence on tuberculosis and undernutrition
Call for expressions of interest:
Experts to conduct systematic reviews of the evidence on tuberculosis and undernutrition
WHO's Global Tuberculosis Programme has initiated a process to review the evidence on TB and nutrition, to update the previous WHO guidelines: Nutritional care and support for patients with tuberculosis., Since the publication of previous guidelines, additional evidence on nutritional care and support for
21 June 2023
Call for experts - WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory group on nutrition Monitoring (TEAM)
Call for experts - WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory group on nutrition Monitoring (TEAM)
Call for experts - WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory group on nutrition Monitoring (TEAM), Organization (WHO) is seeking experts to serve as members of the WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory group on nutrition, Background The Technical Expert Advisory group on nutrition Monitoring (TEAM) was set up to act as an, Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on how to improve the quality of nutrition, WHO and UNICEF, the TEAM shall perform the following functions: assess existing indicators to monitor nutritional, status, the implementation of nutrition programmes and policies, the description of policy environment
20 June 2023
Call for consultant - Global Activity Planning on Nutrition and Food Safety
Call for consultant - Global Activity Planning on Nutrition and Food Safety
Call for consultant - Global Activity Planning on Nutrition and Food Safety, Purpose of the work To provide technical guidance to the Director of the Department of Nutrition and, Food Safety (NFS) to manage the Technical Expert Network (TEN) on Nutrition and Food Safety and the Output, Background The Nutrition and Food Safety Department at WHO headquarters is the focal point for WHO's, global activity planning in nutrition and food safety., and food safety Deliverable 1: Workplan of TEN on Nutrition and Food safety for the biennium 2024-25
1 June 2023
World Food Safety Day high-level event: Food standards save lives
World Food Safety Day high-level event: Food standards save lives
promoting health and saving lives in Brazil Moderator Dr Francesco Branca, Director of the Department of Nutrition, Medicine, United Arab Emirates Dr Moez Sanaa, Unit Head, the Standards and Scientific Advice on Food and Nutrition, , Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO Dr Caroline Smith DeWaal, Deputy Director of EatSafe,, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Closing remarks Dr Ailan Li, Assistant Director-General
31 May 2023
Webinar: Whole genome sequencing as a tool to strengthen foodborne disease surveillance and response
Webinar: Whole genome sequencing as a tool to strengthen foodborne disease surveillance and response
Moderator Ms Yuki Minato, Technical Officer, Monitoring Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO Department of, Nutrition and Food Safety Speakers Dr Kirsty Hope, Manager, Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases and One, Director, Division of Microbiology, Office of Regulatory Science, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
19 May 2023
Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN)
Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN)
Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN), The Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN) aims to catalyze, mobilize, connect and advocate, for integrated climate and nutrition action., (GAIN), Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement and the World Health Organization (WHO)., Chair and moderator Dr Francesco Branca – Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health, , Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice, World Bank Dr Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director
1 May 2023
Anaemia
Anaemia
Anaemia can be caused by poor nutrition, infections, chronic diseases, heavy menstruation, pregnancy, Anaemia is an indicator of poor nutrition and other health problems.Common and non-specific symptoms, Iron deficiency, primarily due to inadequate dietary iron intake, is considered the most common nutritional, within the Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition., An investment framework for meeting the global nutrition target for anemia.
26 April 2023
Webinar: Enhancing the purpose of food
Webinar: Enhancing the purpose of food
Join the WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) for a webinar on 4 May 2023, 12:00 – 13:, biochemical, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that underlie the relationships among nutrition, food, Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board., sciences at Texas A&M AgriLife, Director of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, and Director of the Division of Nutritional, molecular biophysics from the Medical College of Virginia and completed his postdoctoral studies in nutritional
28 March 2023
Vaccinating on the Borderlands, Mali
Vaccinating on the Borderlands, Mali
He’s focused on water, sanitation and hygiene issues (WASH), nutrition, and education in emergency situations
28 March 2023
How to apply for the Health for All Film Festival?
How to apply for the Health for All Film Festival?
and social determinants of health as well as other non-medical conditions for good health, such as nutrition
28 March 2023
22nd IUNS-International Congress of Nutrition Symposium
22nd IUNS-International Congress of Nutrition Symposium
22nd IUNS-International Congress of Nutrition Symposium, The WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory Group on nutrition Monitoring (TEAM) has been playing an important, role to advise WHO and UNICEF in their global nutrition efforts since its inception in 2015., Although TEAM has been well recognized in the nutrition community for its significant contributions to, monitoring effort to a broader nutrition community., The symposium was chaired by Kuntal Kumar Saha from the WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety
24 March 2023
Call for public comments on the draft WHO Guidelines: Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty intake for adults and children
Call for public comments on the draft WHO Guidelines: Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty intake for adults and children
The WHO Department of Nutrition for Health and Development (NHD), through the work of the Nutrition Guidance, goals for the prevention of noncommunicable NCDs established in 1989 by the WHO Study Group on Diet, Nutrition, of Noncommunicable Diseases and later updated by the 2002 Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on Diet, Nutrition, organization/affiliation, country of residence or affiliation, and comments being posted to the Department of Nutrition
1 March 2023
Call for experts for Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Risks and Benefits of Fish Consumption
Call for experts for Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Risks and Benefits of Fish Consumption
Over the same period, the multiple nutritional benefits of including fish in the diet became increasingly, procedures described in the FAO/WHO framework for the provision of scientific advice on food safety and nutrition, college degree in epidemiology, biology, biochemistry, microbiology, food technology, food science, human nutrition
28 February 2023
Food Additives: Ninety-seventh meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
Food Additives: Ninety-seventh meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
is not possible, please contact us for alternative deliveries: Attention: Kim PetersenDepartment of Nutrition, suitable specificity (including validation data and representative batch data);
Technological and nutritional, considerations relating to the manufacture and use of
titanium dioxide in foods;
Technological and nutritional
27 February 2023
Food Additives: Ninety-sixth meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
Food Additives: Ninety-sixth meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
is not possible, please contact us for alternative deliveries: Attention: Kim PetersenDepartment of Nutrition, toxicological studies; proposed specifications for material in commerce);
technological and nutritional
27 February 2023
Food Additives: Ninety-fifth meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
Food Additives: Ninety-fifth meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
possible, please contact us for alternative
deliveries:
Attention: Kim PetersenDepartment of Nutrition, development and toxicological studies; proposed specifications for material in commerce); technological and nutritional
27 February 2023
Veterinary Drug Residues in Food: Ninety-fourth meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
Veterinary Drug Residues in Food: Ninety-fourth meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
possible, please contact us for alternative
deliveries:
Attention: Kim PetersenDepartment of Nutrition, development and toxicological studies; proposed specifications for material in commerce); technological and nutritional
15 February 2023
Call for experts and data on microbiological risk assessment of viruses in foods
Call for experts and data on microbiological risk assessment of viruses in foods
cases (e.g. range and median) individual host susceptibility characteristics of cases (e.g. pregnancy, nutrition, , Rome, Italy Telephone: + 39 06 570 50319 Email: jemra@fao.org Akio HasegawaDepartment of Nutrition
8 February 2023
Call for consultant - UNICEF/WHO Outpatient training package
Call for consultant - UNICEF/WHO Outpatient training package
Purpose of the work The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety is seeking a consultant to develop the, UNICEF-WHO outpatient training package in the management of wasting and/or nutritional oedema (acute, skills and languages Educational qualifications Essential: Minimum and advanced university degree in Nutrition, Experience Essential: Over 10 years of experience in nutrition policy development, programming, humanitarian, How to apply Kindly send your CV and cover letter to the following e-mail address nutrition@who.int
7 February 2023
Call for consultant - Wasting guideline
Call for consultant - Wasting guideline
Purpose of the work The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety is seeking a consultant to provide technical, Background The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, in collaboration with the Department of Maternal, Prepare study characteristics table for children >6 months with severe wasting and/or nutritional oedema, For children >6 months with severe wasting and/or nutritional oedema; and infants aged <6 months at risk, How to apply Kindly send your CV and cover letter to the following e-mail address nutrition@who.int
6 February 2023
FORCCE FOCUS: Q&A with Melinda Frost
FORCCE FOCUS: Q&A with Melinda Frost
., nutrition, immunization, non-communicable disease) who really know their communities.
20 January 2023
Virtual High-level Event: Fourth Progress Report on Global Trans Fat Elimination
Virtual High-level Event: Fourth Progress Report on Global Trans Fat Elimination
In May 2019, WHO released six REPLACE modules ( https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety/, Programme Welcome Dr Francesco Branca, Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO Opening, Lives Overview of the WHO initiatives and the global status Dr Rain Yamamoto, Scientist, Department of Nutrition, and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigeria Ms Fatma Ali Almamary, Dietitian, Department of Nutrition
3 January 2023
Call for members to the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) on Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (MNCAHN)
Call for members to the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) on Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (MNCAHN)
and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) on Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition, Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) on Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health, and Nutrition, In addition, besides MNCAH expertise, applicants with expertise in nutrition, health systems, and health
12 December 2022
Call for consultant – Facilitate Technical Expert Network on Nutrition and Food Safety and Output Delivery Teams 3.1.2 and 3.2.1
Call for consultant – Facilitate Technical Expert Network on Nutrition and Food Safety and Output Delivery Teams 3.1.2 and 3.2.1
Call for consultant – Facilitate Technical Expert Network on Nutrition and Food Safety and Output Delivery, Purpose of consultancy To facilitate the Technical Expert Network on Nutrition and Food Safety and the, Background The Nutrition and Food Safety Department in WHO headquarters is the focal point for WHO's, global activity planning in nutrition and food safety., 2: Convene monthly meetings of TEN on Nutrition and Food safety to discuss workplans and resource needs, Extensive experience working with international organizations, ideally in the nutrition and food safety
8 December 2022
Call for consultant – Development of capacity building and dissemination materials around the Global Nutrition Targets Tracking Tool
Call for consultant – Development of capacity building and dissemination materials around the Global Nutrition Targets Tracking Tool
Call for consultant – Development of capacity building and dissemination materials around the Global Nutrition, Purpose of consultancy To update the user’s manual of the extended Global Nutrition Targets Tracking, Background The Global Nutrition Targets Tracking Tool is used by Member States and other data stakeholders, to set, and monitor progress of, the six nutrition targets for 2025 at country and global levels as, States and partners are asking since then for a related expansion of the Global Nutrition Targets, Global Nutrition Targets Tracking Tool e-Learning course development/update Deliverable 2.
2 December 2022
Call for consultant - Development of R&Shiny-based tools for nutrition data
Call for consultant - Development of R&Shiny-based tools for nutrition data
Call for consultant - Development of R&Shiny-based tools for nutrition data, Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has set a solid ambition in nutrition for the coming years, Part of WHO's mandate is to assess the
nutritional status of populations, monitor and evaluate the, Nutrition and Food Safety, defines indicators and nutrition surveillance systems, hosts and maintain, nutrition databases, monitors nutrition trends and measures the impact of country food and
nutrition, national, within-country regional and first-administrative level summary data on vitamin and mineral nutritional
30 November 2022
Sixth meeting of the WHO Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) Subgroup on Policy Actions
Sixth meeting of the WHO Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) Subgroup on Policy Actions
Sixth meeting of the WHO Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) Subgroup on Policy Actions, and Food Safety (NFS), through the work of the Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) Subgroup, Priority policy measures include nutrition labelling policies, policies to restrict marketing to children, , fiscal and pricing policies and school food and nutrition policies., (ICN2) in 2014, and the goals of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) declared by the UN, The Safe, Healthy and Sustainable Diet Unit (CC Healthy Diets) of the new Department of Nutrition and
28 November 2022
NCD Lab series: How a nutritionist in Kenya fought for women’s health
NCD Lab series: How a nutritionist in Kenya fought for women’s health
NCD Lab series: How a nutritionist in Kenya fought for women’s health, Susan Onyango is a nutritionist working at the Marindi Sub County Hospital in Homa Bay County, western, While providing the HIV/AIDS treatment regimens, the health services did not pay enough attention to nutrition, In its pilot phase, the project notably enhanced the nutrition and food security of participating households
22 November 2022
Igniting joint action for Nutrition for Growth (N4G) commitments
Igniting joint action for Nutrition for Growth (N4G) commitments
Igniting joint action for Nutrition for Growth (N4G) commitments, The 2021 Year of Action for Nutrition, culminating in the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit in, December 2021, resulted in over US$27 billion pledged to nutrition and almost 400 new commitments., This success would not have been possible without the
collective efforts of nutrition champions, The Nutrition Accountability Framework (NAF), hosted by the Global Nutrition Report, will help ensure, Recognising the challenges of the global food and nutrition crisis, these regional webinars will highlight
4 November 2022
Highlights of some key health events at COP27
Highlights of some key health events at COP27
In addition, the event will present an overarching UN-Nutrition narrative, emerging from the several, Speakers will include Stineke Oenema, UN-Nutrition Executive Secretary, Mario Herrero Acosta, Cornell, "Launch of the Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN)": 12 November 2022, 14:00-16:00 EET, , and healthy diets are a critical link between nutrition and climate change, a prerequisite to good, nutrition and a necessary condition for addressing all forms of malnutrition, as well as a driver of
26 October 2022
Continental Webinar to Stop Obesity in Africa
Continental Webinar to Stop Obesity in Africa
Dakar Languages English, French and Portuguese Background At the African Union level, Africa Regional Nutrition, In efforts to
support the strategic objective #1 of the AU food and nutrition strategy, “AUC defines, prevention and management and related topics and in line with the objectives of the Africa Regional Nutrition, Global Acceleration Plan in the African continent This webinar is part of the African Union Year of Nutrition, : Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition and Food Security on the African Continent: Strengthening Agro-Food
12 October 2022
Donors making a difference in Pakistan’s flood crisis
Donors making a difference in Pakistan’s flood crisis
of ten new centres – to serve as a hub for distribution of water purification tablets, vaccines and nutritional
10 October 2022
Food Security & Nutrition: Essential Ingredients to Build Back Better
Food Security & Nutrition: Essential Ingredients to Build Back Better
Food Security & Nutrition: Essential Ingredients to Build Back Better, Organizer World Health Summit and WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety Registration No prior registration, lessons from the past in the dangers of a siloed focus on calories at the expense of providing adequate, nutritionally, Objectives This workshop aims to explore the current challenges to food security and nutrition posed, Chair and moderator Francesco Branca – Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health, Fellow, International Food Policy Institute (IFPRI), United States of America Shawn Baker – Chief Nutritionist
3 October 2022
Call for experts – WHO Trans Fat Elimination Technical Advisory Group
Call for experts – WHO Trans Fat Elimination Technical Advisory Group
welcomes expressions of interest from individuals with knowledge, skills and experience in: food and nutrition, science food technology food laboratory science food control and regulations nutrition epidemiology, food and nutrition policy Submitting your expression of interest To register your interest in being
29 September 2022
Call for experts – WHO Guideline Development Group – Traditional Food Markets
Call for experts – WHO Guideline Development Group – Traditional Food Markets
Background The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS), located within the WHO’s UHC/Healthier, The Department aims to ensure universal access to safe, sufficient nutritious food and effective nutrition, actions, through setting science-based international food standards, promoting nutrition action in health, and consumption, improving food environments and empowering consumers in all situations, monitoring nutrition
13 September 2022
Using Digital Technologies in Food Fortification for Improved Nutrition Outcomes
Using Digital Technologies in Food Fortification for Improved Nutrition Outcomes
Using Digital Technologies in Food Fortification for Improved Nutrition Outcomes, Background The WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, Unit of Multisectoral Action in Food Systems, , in collaboration with Nutrition International, is hosting a technical meeting on 19 – 20 September, WHO and Nutrition International published a joint call for papers in December of 2021 to explore in depth, interventions to improve nutritional outcomes, it is evident that its integration is increasing worldwide, technologies to influence consumers’ understanding and perspectives on the quality of foods, their nutritional
5 September 2022
Call for consultant: Public Health and Biodiversity based projects, Climate Change and Health team
Call for consultant: Public Health and Biodiversity based projects, Climate Change and Health team
workshops and symposiums (v) finalization and dissemination of guidance on mainstreaming biodiversity for nutrition, Finalization and dissemination of the publication entitled “Guidance on Mainstreaming biodiversity for nutrition
2 September 2022
Call for experts – WHO/UNICEF Technical Advisory Group on Wasting
Call for experts – WHO/UNICEF Technical Advisory Group on Wasting
Background The area of nutrition continues to rapidly evolve and challenge implementers., and researchers with expertise/experience in the following areas: Delivery of front-line medical and nutritional, and children with growth faltering and wasting in low-resource settings Design and implementation of nutrition
26 August 2022
Call for consultant - WHO Healthy Diet Monitoring Initiative
Call for consultant - WHO Healthy Diet Monitoring Initiative
are critical for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and the World Health Assembly global nutrition, challenge and the need for action, WHO and UNICEF, through their Technical Expert Advisory Group on Nutrition, The Initiative is guided by a Strategic Planning Group (SPG) that includes the Nutrition Division Directors, , public health, nutritional epidemiology, or food science., Work experience Essential: 5 to 10 years of experience of working in nutrition area with experience
17 August 2022
PHC webinar series #4 - Disentangling nutrition's role in PHC
PHC webinar series #4 - Disentangling nutrition's role in PHC
PHC webinar series #4 - Disentangling nutrition's role in PHC, Nutrition is integrated in every aspect of primary health care and is thus part of the means of achieving, Nutrition is so essential to health, in fact, that PHC providers are already carrying out nutrition actions, To this end, WHO has recently published its revised Essential Nutrition Actions., In contrast, good nutrition, or optimal nutrition, is the intake of food considered in relation to the, So whether it is advising a pregnant woman on her daily nutritional needs or working with local government
11 August 2022
Call for consultant - Global Congress on Implementation of the BMS Code
Call for consultant - Global Congress on Implementation of the BMS Code
the Congress, in close collaboration with technical staff from the WHO/NFS Department and the UNICEF/Nutrition, and languages Educational Qualifications: Essential: Advanced university degree in epidemiology, nutrition, : Post-graduate training in epidemiology, nursing, lactation management, public health, or clinical nutrition
26 July 2022
NCD Hard Talks Webinar: Maximising Purchasing and Pricing Power:does pooled procurement work for NCD medicines?
NCD Hard Talks Webinar: Maximising Purchasing and Pricing Power:does pooled procurement work for NCD medicines?
Cathal Meere, Pharmaceutical Sourcing Manager, Global Fund Akthem Fourati, Chief of Medicines and Nutrition, Centre, Supply Division, UNICEF Andreas Seiter, Global Lead, Health, Nutrition and Population, World
13 July 2022
Healthy public food procurement and service policies
Healthy public food procurement and service policies
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 report reveals the heavy global burden of, Philippines, in 2021, the “Quezon City Healthy Public Food Procurement Policy” introduced mandatory nutrition, These actions focus on improving the nutritional quality of food along the food supply chain and creating, Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA) .
2022. 3 Benchmarking Public Procurement, The Brazilian school feeding programme: an example of an integrated programme in support of food and nutrition
6 July 2022
UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
The 2022 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report presents updates, on the food security and nutrition situation around the world, including the latest estimates of the, With so many children’s lives and futures at stake, this is the time to step up our ambition for child nutrition, foods and subsidising healthy options, protecting children from harmful marketing, and ensuring clear nutrition, We must work together to achieve the 2030 global nutrition targets, to fight hunger and malnutrition,
6 July 2022
Call for experts on risk assessment of microbiological hazards related to food safety
Call for experts on risk assessment of microbiological hazards related to food safety
procedures described in the FAO/WHO framework for the provision of scientific advice on food safety and nutrition, Rome, Italy Telephone: + 39 06 570 50319 Email: jemra@fao.org Haruka IgarashiDepartment of Nutrition
1 July 2022
Launch of the COVID-19 impact on nutrition Analytical Framework
Launch of the COVID-19 impact on nutrition Analytical Framework
Launch of the COVID-19 impact on nutrition Analytical Framework, pandemic shocked the world affecting organizations and institutions that supported the delivery of nutrition, To timely respond to the needs of the nutrition community, the Agile Core Team for Nutrition
Monitoring, (ACT-NM) group, a collaboration amongst UNICEF, USAID, WHO and USAID Advancing Nutrition, developed, an analytical framework for exploring pathways for the impact of COVD-19 pandemic on key nutrition outcomes, The comprehensive analytical framework encompasses the six maternal, infant and young children nutrition
29 June 2022
Food Contaminants: Ninetieth meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
Food Contaminants: Ninetieth meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
the substances and their expected impurities; should be sent to: Attention: Kim PetersenDepartment of Nutrition, to the GEMS/Food Electronic Reporting Manual available at the WHO Website https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety
16 June 2022
Indicators for the Global Monitoring Framework on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition
Indicators for the Global Monitoring Framework on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition
Indicators for the Global Monitoring Framework on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition, Health Assembly (WHA) endorsed the Comprehensive Implementation Plan on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition, The WHA resolution urges Member States to put the MIYCN Plan into practice by including proven nutrition, in agriculture, trade, education, social support, environment and other relevant sectors to improve nutrition, that would allow a harmonized and internationally accepted approach to monitoring of progress towards nutrition, by all countries and an extended set of indicators, from which countries can draw to design national nutrition
15 June 2022
Call for consultant - WHO Micronutrients database
Call for consultant - WHO Micronutrients database
Part of WHO's mandate is to assess the nutritional status of populations, monitor and evaluate the impact, The Monitoring Nutrition Status and Food Safety Events Unit (MNF) Unit, within the Department of Nutrition, and Food Safety, defines indicators and nutrition surveillance systems, hosts and maintains nutrition, databases, monitors nutrition trends and measures the impact of country food and nutrition policies., compiles national, within-country regional and first-administrative level data on vitamin and mineral nutritional
2 June 2022
SHIFT Framework launch: Shifting to equitable health and nutrition through food environment transformations
SHIFT Framework launch: Shifting to equitable health and nutrition through food environment transformations
SHIFT Framework launch: Shifting to equitable health and nutrition through food environment transformations, With respect to nutrition, equity would mean that everyone has access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious, of high-level commitment and coordinated multi-stakeholder processes which improve health
and nutrition, importance of incorporating equity and human rights frameworks into food environment transformation for nutrition, Opening Remarks Dr Luz Maria De Regil, Unit Head Multisectoral Actions in Food Systems Unit (AFS), Nutrition, One Young World and Prime Minister, Barbados National Youth Parliament Dr Francesco Branca, Director Nutrition
17 May 2022
Call for authors - Special issue: Interventions for the treatment of persons with obesity
Call for authors - Special issue: Interventions for the treatment of persons with obesity
Paediatricians, surgeons, endocrinologists, general practitioners, nurses, epidemiologists, nutritionists, The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, on behalf of the aforementioned guidelines’ WHO Steering, Diet therapy or therapeutic diets (also referred as medical nutrition therapies) for the management, They can be delivered by any professional (e.g., General Practitioner, Nurse, Nutritionist) in any, Interventions can be delivered by any professional (e.g., General Practitioner, Nurse, Nutritionist
10 May 2022
Launch event of the Coalition of Action on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems for Children and All
Launch event of the Coalition of Action on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems for Children and All
Background Health, nutrition and environmental sustainability need to be core, cross-cutting foundations, Manage special projects on integrating nutrition, health and sustainability through food, determined, Agenda Moderator – Abigail Perry, Director Nutrition, WFP 14:00 Opening remarks, Beth Bechdol, DDG, FAO
21 March 2022
WHO Member States briefing on Food Systems and the Global Strategy for Food Safety
WHO Member States briefing on Food Systems and the Global Strategy for Food Safety
These actions complement the UN Decade
of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) agenda and aim to accelerate, Proposed agenda Moderated by Dr Francesco Branca, Director of the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, Systems Coordination Hub 14:10- 14:20 WHO Action on Food Systems- Francesco Branca, Director of the Nutrition, for Food Safety 2022-2030- Dr Simone Moraes Raszl, Scientist, Multisectoral Actions on Food Systems, Nutrition, and Q&A 15:55-16:00 Summary and Closing Remarks – Dr Francesco Branca, Director of the Department of Nutrition
25 February 2022
Call for consultant – Food Systems Summit follow up
Call for consultant – Food Systems Summit follow up
and the Scaling up Nutrition Movement., -19 pandemic and act on the outcomes of the Food Systems Summit, Nutrition Decade, and Nutrition for, and the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement., Previous experience with developing nutrition briefs and resources., Familiarity of the nutrition stakeholders an asset.
1 February 2022
Call for proposals – Support for the development of WHO guidelines on donor human milk banking
Call for proposals – Support for the development of WHO guidelines on donor human milk banking
American Academy of Pediatrics, the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Committee on Nutrition, and other national and global policy groups also call for use of donor human, Key expertise needed will include human tissue banking, maternity health care, nutrition services, and, The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) is seeking a contractor to assist in the preparations, of Nutrition and Food Safety, the vendor will support activities to develop updated guidelines on the
20 January 2022
Promoting a healthy diet – London, United Kingdom
Promoting a healthy diet – London, United Kingdom
not just young children but also parents, caregivers and nursery staff about the importance of good nutrition
19 January 2022
Call for consultant – Food safety
Call for consultant – Food safety
implementation of the food safety strategy, which will be conducted under the team responsible for food and nutrition, policies and Multisectoral Actions in Food Systems (AFS) at the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety responded to this request by preparing the draft WHO Food, Experience Essential: Minimum 2 years’ experience in food safety or global nutrition Desirable: Experience
19 January 2022
Call for consultant on the Global Sodium Reduction and the Global Food Fortification report
Call for consultant on the Global Sodium Reduction and the Global Food Fortification report
Background The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) is addressing the burden of disease from, actions, through setting science-based international food standards, promoting nutrition action in health, NFS
coordinates nutrition efforts in WHO emphasizing the areas of global nutrition surveillance, , food and nutrition policy, and evidence and programme guidance., , with a focus on food and nutrition policy, governance for nutrition.
17 January 2022
Call for consultant – Micronutrients database
Call for consultant – Micronutrients database
Part of WHO's mandate is to assess the
nutritional status of populations, monitor and evaluate the, The Monitoring Nutrition Status and Food
Safety Events Unit (MNF), within the Department of Nutrition, and Food Safety, defines indicators and nutrition surveillance systems, hosts and maintain nutrition, databases, monitors nutrition trends and measures the impact of country food and
nutrition policies, compiles national, within-country regional and first-administrative level data on vitamin and mineral nutritional
12 January 2022
Call for proposals for a systematic review and development of GRADE profiles on edible oils and fat fortification with vitamin A and D
Call for proposals for a systematic review and development of GRADE profiles on edible oils and fat fortification with vitamin A and D
Background The Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) Department, located within the WHO’s UHC/Healthier Populations, The Department aims to ensure universal access to safe, sufficient nutritious food and effective nutrition, has permitted to increase the dietary intake of vitamins and minerals in populations that have such nutritional, Fortification of edible oils + fats with vitamin A and D vs nothing/placebo Outcome measures:
Nutritional, serum plasma retinol (µmol/L), retinol binding protein plasma vitamin D2 and D3, haemoglobin, others Nutritional
8 December 2021
Call for papers - Using digital technologies to strengthen food fortification and dietary diversification
Call for papers - Using digital technologies to strengthen food fortification and dietary diversification
interventions to improve nutritional outcomes, it is evident that its integration is increasing worldwide, for improved nutrition outcomes., technologies to influence consumers’ understanding and perspectives on the quality of foods, their nutritional, digital technologies could influence consumer perspectives and understanding of food quality, health, and nutritional, International at proposals@nutritionintl.org and to WHO at foodsystems@who.int by 31 January 2022
7 December 2021
WHO accelerates work on nutrition targets with new commitments
WHO accelerates work on nutrition targets with new commitments
WHO accelerates work on nutrition targets with new commitments, At the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Tokyo on 7 – 8 December 2021, the World Health Organization has, announced six new commitments to accelerate progress on the 2025 nutrition targets which have been pushed, “Today, less than 1% of global development assistance focuses on nutrition,” said Dr Francesco Branca, , Director of WHO’s Department of Nutrition and Food safety., Decade of Action on Nutrition.”WHO continues to work within the three important Nutrition for Growth
7 December 2021
WHO Director-General's opening remarks for Nutrition for Growth Summit, Government of Japan - 7 December 2021
WHO Director-General's opening remarks for Nutrition for Growth Summit, Government of Japan - 7 December 2021
WHO Director-General's opening remarks for Nutrition for Growth Summit, Government of Japan - 7 December, Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was off track to achieve the global nutrition targets for, The Nutrition for Growth Summit is a global call to action to achieve those commitments., I welcome the three areas of focus of the Nutrition for Growth Summit: health, food and resilience., surveillance; and through our work in supporting nutrition services during emergencies., WHO is proud to support the global effort to increase access to essential nutrition services for all
6 December 2021
Call for data - Cocoa powder containing or declaring 100% total cocoa solids ready for consumption
Call for data - Cocoa powder containing or declaring 100% total cocoa solids ready for consumption
The call for data can also be viewed online at https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety or, submitted to WHO through the GEMS database, which is easily accessible here: https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety
17 November 2021
Call for consultant – Guidelines on food fortification with micronutrients
Call for consultant – Guidelines on food fortification with micronutrients
Background The Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) Department, located within the WHO’s UHC/Healthier Populations, The Department aims to ensure universal access to safe, sufficient nutritious food and effective nutrition, actions, through setting science-based international food standards, promoting nutrition action in health, and consumption, improving food environments and empowering consumers in all situations, monitoring nutrition, Experience: At least five years of experience in: Nutrition and food fortification research areas.
4 November 2021
Expression of interest - Agreement for Performance of Work (APW) on Global Action Plan on the prevention and management of anaemia
Expression of interest - Agreement for Performance of Work (APW) on Global Action Plan on the prevention and management of anaemia
Purpose of the Agreement for Performance of Work (APW) The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety is, These trends indicate that only five countries have a ≥25% probability
of meeting the Global nutrition, contribute to improving
maternal and newborn health and wellbeing through achievement of the global nutrition, Experience: Essential Experience in the field of public health, including nutrition., How to apply Kindly send your CV and cover letter to the following e-mail address nutrition@who.int
30 October 2021
Friends of the Task Force meet during the United Nations High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage
Friends of the Task Force meet during the United Nations High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage
Development Group Dr Stineke Oenema, Secretariat Coordinator, United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition, She stated, “We need to move to a multisectoral approach as the nutrition and NCD burden is simply too
27 October 2021
Lima: increasing access to healthy food in schools
Lima: increasing access to healthy food in schools
thirds of overweight children now live in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).1 School food and nutrition, They came at a time when cities from the region have struggled with a dual nutritional challenge of high, _____________ 1 World Health Organization, Assessing the existing evidence base on school food and nutrition
1 September 2021
Expression of interest - Agreement for Performance of Work (APW) on Preparations for the Global Nutrition Summit
Expression of interest - Agreement for Performance of Work (APW) on Preparations for the Global Nutrition Summit
Expression of interest - Agreement for Performance of Work (APW) on Preparations for the Global Nutrition, Purpose of the Agreement for Performance of Work (APW) To support the Department of Nutrition and Food, Safety (NFS) in scaling up the advocacy activities for the Global Nutrition Summit in December 2021, Background The Tokyo 2021 Global Nutrition Summit (N4G) will position nutrition as an essential driver, for Growth (N4G) Summit and lead the work on Nutrition in Universal Health Coverage (UHC)., Developing materials on the financing of essential nutrition services.
3 August 2021
Partnering to ensure essential health services during the pandemic
Partnering to ensure essential health services during the pandemic
and WHO helping close the know–do gap WHO has launched a pilot project focused on improving school nutrition, tackling NCDs in schools and primary health care in these countries, where the implementation of school nutrition
28 July 2021
INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2021 #2
INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2021 #2
legume and pulses (3), cereals and cereal based products (2), composite food (2), products for special nutritional, were mainly herbs, spices and condiments (4), nuts and oilseeds (4), followed by products for special nutritional, backgrounds including food regulators, authorities responsible for food safety from the different ministries, nutrition, program managers, FAO, WHO and other UN agencies, NGOs in the field of food safety and nutrition, Codex, Contact Points in the region, INFOSAN members in the region, national food and nutrition research institutes
27 July 2021
Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for the Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems
Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for the Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems
for how we will boldly and collectively strengthen food systems, promote healthy diets, and improve nutrition, pandemic, children were bearing the brunt of broken food systems and poor diets, leading to an alarming nutrition, inequality, conflict, climate change, and COVID-19 is further threatening food systems and children’s nutritional, Improving the nutritional quality of food through mandatory fortification of staple foods with essential, Putting in place mandatory, easy-to-understand nutrition labelling policies and practices to help children
19 July 2021
Call for data - Aflatoxin in cereals and cereal-based products, including food for infants and young children
Call for data - Aflatoxin in cereals and cereal-based products, including food for infants and young children
The call for data can also be viewed online at https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety, submitted to WHO through the GEMS database, which is easily accessible here: https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety
19 July 2021
Call for data - Total aflatoxins in Ready to eat peanuts and certain spices and total ochratoxin A in certain spices
Call for data - Total aflatoxins in Ready to eat peanuts and certain spices and total ochratoxin A in certain spices
The call for data can also be viewed online at https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety or, submitted to WHO through the GEMS database, which is easily accessible here: https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety
19 July 2021
Call for data - Lead in food commodities
Call for data - Lead in food commodities
The call for data can also be viewed online at https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety., submitted to WHO through the GEMS database, which is easily accessible here: https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety
16 July 2021
Call for data - Methylmercury and total mercury in fish (2021)
Call for data - Methylmercury and total mercury in fish (2021)
The call for data can also be viewed online at https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety., To access the GEMS database, go to https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety/databases/global-environment-monitoring-system-food-contamination
9 July 2021
UN report: Pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger
UN report: Pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger
This year’s edition ofThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World is the first global assessment, “This year offers a unique opportunity for advancing food security and nutrition through transforming, food systems with the upcoming
UN Food Systems Summit, the Nutrition for Growth Summit and the, On current trends, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World estimates that Sustainable, ability to get food; a risk of skipping meals or seeing food run out; being forced to compromise on the nutritional
30 June 2021
Call for authors – Qualitative evidence synthesis and resource use reviews for prevention and treatment of wasting
Call for authors – Qualitative evidence synthesis and resource use reviews for prevention and treatment of wasting
of wasting in the community Specific outcomes per outcome category are available upon request to nutrition, interventions are available upon request to nutrition@who.int. 4., related to clinical and nutrition interventions (costs)?, interventions are available upon request to nutrition@who.int. 7., For further details of any of the above reviews please contact nutrition@who.int .
22 June 2021
Call for consultant – Multisectoral Actions and Policies in Obesity for PHC
Call for consultant – Multisectoral Actions and Policies in Obesity for PHC
2016- 2025 have revitalized momentum for improving nutrition and have affirmed a clear leadership role, Nutrition contributes directly to achieving
the 2030 sustainable development goals (SDG), particularly, SDG2 (End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture), The UN General Assembly Resolution 70/259 proclaims 2016-2025 to be the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, Master degree in food engineering, public health, nutrition or relevant
field.
15 June 2021
Call for proposals – BFHI Internal Monitoring Manual
Call for proposals – BFHI Internal Monitoring Manual
The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety is seeking a provider to develop a manual for operationalising, Interested author(s)/teams are invited to submit a concept note (2-3 pages) by sending an email to WHO at nutrition
26 May 2021
Maternal health for all: indigenous communities in Colombia
Maternal health for all: indigenous communities in Colombia
newborn babies were prioritized in regional health plans, helped raise standards of training in maternal nutrition, WFP focused its support on establishing food and nutritional security in Colombia – specifically, in, communities – broadening the expertise of midwives and raising awareness
on the importance good nutrition, “Adequate nutrition is a basic human right and it is essential to prevent and reduce infant and maternal, Ensuring an equitable access for all to adequate nutrition is key to the harmonious and just development
20 May 2021
Call for consultant – Foodborne disease surveillance
Call for consultant – Foodborne disease surveillance
Consultancy To support the Multisectoral Actions in Food Systems (AFS) Unit, within the Department of Nutrition, In light of this, the Multisectoral Actions in Food Systems (AFS) Unit under the Department of Nutrition
13 May 2021
Addressing NCDs in Solomon Islands
Addressing NCDs in Solomon Islands
For example, Virginia started a garden on the hospital grounds and shares seeds, vegetables and nutrition, The garden has evolved into a demonstration garden and community hub where people can learn about nutrition, Women working on nutritional projects, part of an education programme to prevent NCDs by promoting a
30 April 2021
Call for authors – systematic reviews on prevention and treatment of wasting
Call for authors – systematic reviews on prevention and treatment of wasting
no WHO guidelines focusing specifically on the treatment of moderate wasting, including clinical and nutritional, or counselling and/or maternal-directed mental health interventions improve infant outcomes such as nutritional, CSB++, MDCF) vs non-specially formulated food interventions vs other approaches for outcomes such as nutritional, (Intervention question) For further details of any of the above questions please contact nutrition@who.int, Interested author(s)/teams are invited to submit a concept note (5-6 pages) by sending an email to WHO at nutrition
22 April 2021
Inuagural meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (MNCAHN)
Inuagural meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (MNCAHN)
Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, Meeting Report Link to meeting report Overview of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, Maternal and Perinatal Health Child and Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Nutrition Measurement Advisory
20 April 2021
Measuring and addressing health inequities in Nepal
Measuring and addressing health inequities in Nepal
A results framework with indicators for SDG 3 and
nutrition aspects of SDG 2 (zero hunger) developed
20 April 2021
Ensuring equitable access to maternal health services in Colombia
Ensuring equitable access to maternal health services in Colombia
newborns were prioritized in
regional health plans, helped to raise standards of training in maternal
nutrition, WFP supported national
strategies to ensure food and nutritional security in Colombia with a
specific, as well as broadening
the expertise of midwives and raising community awareness about food and
nutritional
16 April 2021
New cost-effectiveness updates from WHO-CHOICE
New cost-effectiveness updates from WHO-CHOICE
cost-effectiveness for interventions that fall within the areas of immunization, child health care, nutrition
13 April 2021
Donors support WHO’s fight against COVID-19 country by country
Donors support WHO’s fight against COVID-19 country by country
Government of Japan donation helps WHO and partners support vulnerable populations in Angola Nutrition, With the funds generously provided by Japan, WHO will support nutrition and mental health programmes, water and sanitation, risk communication, community engagement in schools, and providing access to nutrition
31 March 2021
Call for consultant - Scientist
Call for consultant - Scientist
Consultancy To support the work of the Safe, Healthy and Sustainable Diet Unit in the WHO Department of Nutrition, Background The WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS), through the work of the WHO Nutrition, 1989 by the WHO Study Group and later updated by the 2002 Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on Diet, Nutrition, guidance on healthy dietary patterns are important
elements of WHO’s efforts in implementing the Nutrition, Leading up to the UN Food System Summit in September 2021 and the Nutrition for Growth Summit to be hosted
29 March 2021
Call for comments on the draft Guideline: Total fat intake for adults and children
Call for comments on the draft Guideline: Total fat intake for adults and children
To address the role of dietary fat in unhealthy weight gain, the WHO Department of Nutrition and Food, Safety, through the work of the WHO Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) Subgroup on Diet, 1989 by the WHO Study Group and later updated by the 2002 Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on Diet, Nutrition, organization/affiliation, country of residence, and comments posted to the website of the WHO Department of Nutrition
16 March 2021
Call for consultant on WHO initiative to estimate the burden of foodborne diseases
Call for consultant on WHO initiative to estimate the burden of foodborne diseases
Background The Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) Department, located within the WHO’s UHC/Healthier Populations, The Department aims to ensure universal access to safe, sufficient nutritious food and effective nutrition, actions, through setting science-based international food standards, promoting nutrition action in health, and consumption, improving food environments and empowering consumers in all situations, monitoring nutrition
18 February 2021
WHO and donors continue to provide critical support to countries fighting COVID-19
WHO and donors continue to provide critical support to countries fighting COVID-19
part of a broader US$ 46 million agreement between the 2 organizations, that also includes projects on nutrition, health services in the country, providing primary health services, vaccination, reproductive health and nutrition
27 January 2021
Call for Experts: WHO Guideline Development Group on treatment of children and adolescents with obesity
Call for Experts: WHO Guideline Development Group on treatment of children and adolescents with obesity
: physical activity and fitness anthropometry and body composition endocrinology clinical dietetics nutrition, in general sports medicine and fitness maternal and child nutrition mental health, including behavioural, national, regional and local levels health professionals, including providers at the primary care setting nutrition, - by email, to nutrition@who.int with the subject “GDG Childhood Obesity ”.
15 December 2020
Call for authors - Systematic reviews on feeding of infants and young children 6–23 months of age (2nd set)
Call for authors - Systematic reviews on feeding of infants and young children 6–23 months of age (2nd set)
Resolution 65.6 endorsed a Comprehensive implementation plan for maternal, infant and young child nutrition, , which specified six global nutrition targets for 2025., The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) is in a process of updating guidance on feeding of, acceptance b) Intake of healthy food/beveragec) Growth and body compositiond) Food preference e) Nutrition, Interested author(s)/teams are invited to submit a concept note (2-3 pages) by sending an email to WHO at nutrition
15 December 2020
Call for experts for updating FAO/WHO iron, vitamin A, folate and magnesium requirements for children aged 0 – 36 months
Call for experts for updating FAO/WHO iron, vitamin A, folate and magnesium requirements for children aged 0 – 36 months
21 January 2021 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, , 2016 – 2025 (Nutrition Decade) which was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly as follow-up to the, Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) held in 2014 are bringing a renewed momentum for, guidance on nutrition and healthy diets., This call for experts is also cross-posted at http://www.fao.org/nutrition/requirements/en.
8 December 2020
Public notice and comments to Members of WHO Technical Advisory Group on Food Safety: Safer Food for Better Health
Public notice and comments to Members of WHO Technical Advisory Group on Food Safety: Safer Food for Better Health
WHO focal point Amina Benyahia, Scientist Multisectoral Actions in Food Systems UnitDepartment of Nutrition, Union Commission Headquarters, Ethiopia Mrs Eva Edwards Deputy Director, Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
26 November 2020
Years of healthy life can be increased 5-10 years, WHO says
Years of healthy life can be increased 5-10 years, WHO says
Underweight/under-nutrition -- Childhood and maternal underweight was estimated to cause 3.4 million, Under-nutrition was a contributing factor in more than half of all child deaths in developing countries, Since deaths from under-nutrition all occur among young children, the loss of healthy life years is even, Interventions -- The most cost effective strategy to reduce under-nutrition and its consequences combines, In addition, routine treatment of diarrhoea and pneumonia, major consequences of under-nutrition, should
16 November 2020
Call for authors: scoping reviews for updating iron, vitamin A, folate and magnesium requirements in children aged 0-36 months
Call for authors: scoping reviews for updating iron, vitamin A, folate and magnesium requirements in children aged 0-36 months
Background The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, , 2016 – 2025 (Nutrition Decade) which was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly as follow-up to the, Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) held in 2014 are bringing a renewed momentum for, guidance on nutrition and healthy diets., Participating governments endorsed the ICN2 Rome Declaration on Nutrition which called on Member States
3 November 2020
New guidelines on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
New guidelines on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
Not only do they provide recommendations on standard maternal and foetal assessments, but also on nutrition, at each of the contacts with the health provider, including counselling on healthy diet and optimal nutrition, “Counselling about healthy eating, optimal nutrition and what vitamins or minerals women should take, healthy throughout pregnancy and beyond,” says Dr
Francesco Branca, Director Department on Nutrition, shifting for the promotion of health-related behaviours as well as for the distribution of recommended nutritional
2 November 2020
WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (STAGE)
WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (STAGE)
Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition, We want to ensure our children thrive and do well--nutritionally, emotionally, and physically., The third working group is focusing on improving nutritional status for women and children.
30 October 2020
Stunting in a nutshell
Stunting in a nutshell
Stunting is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated, productivity and, when accompanied by excessive weight gain later in childhood, an increased risk of nutrition-related, The most direct causes are inadequate nutrition (not eating enough or eating foods that lack growth-promoting
23 October 2020
Freetown tackles a dual challenge to protect its citizens from COVID-19 amidst food insecurity
Freetown tackles a dual challenge to protect its citizens from COVID-19 amidst food insecurity
On top of that, the pandemic has made access to high-quality nutrition even more difficult than usual, alongside the prospect of further deterioration of food insecurity, must preserve and strengthen existing nutrition
14 October 2020
WHO Director-General's remark at the Committee on World Food Security High-Level Special Event on Strengthening Global Governance of Food Security and Nutrition
WHO Director-General's remark at the Committee on World Food Security High-Level Special Event on Strengthening Global Governance of Food Security and Nutrition
World Food Security High-Level Special Event on Strengthening Global Governance of Food Security and Nutrition, The world’s attention has been drawn to the critical importance of global nutrition and fighting hunger, the pandemic has caused severe disruptions to essential services for immunization, maternal and child nutrition, If we do not act, the hard-won gains we have made in recent years under the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, behind. === In July, WHO, WFP, FAO, and UNICEF issued a call to action to protect children’s right to nutrition, and the United Nations system: Promoting access to affordable diets; Improving maternal and child nutrition
14 October 2020
Yemen: WHO and KSRelief renew partnership to continue sustaining the health system
Yemen: WHO and KSRelief renew partnership to continue sustaining the health system
includes support to essential health services, COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts as well as nutrition, The partnership will enable the provision of essential nutrition services in 90 therapeutic feeding centres
8 September 2020
Call for authors - Scoping review for WHO guideline on the prevention and treatment of wasting in infants and children
Call for authors - Scoping review for WHO guideline on the prevention and treatment of wasting in infants and children
Organization (WHO) works with Member States and partners to ensure universal access to effective health and nutrition, its convening power to help set, align, and advocate
for priority actions to improve health and nutrition, effective actions; and monitor and evaluate policy and
programme implementation and health and nutrition, To achieve this objective, the SDGs incorporated the Global Nutrition Targets approved by the World Health, Therefore, the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, in collaboration with the Department of Maternal
7 September 2020
Call for consultant on Guideline development on prevention and treatment of wasting
Call for consultant on Guideline development on prevention and treatment of wasting
This position supports the Food and Nutrition Action in Health Services Unit in its activities related, its convening power to help set, align, and advocate
for priority actions to improve health and nutrition, To achieve this objective, the SDGs incorporated the Global Nutrition Targets approved by the World Health, Specific requirements Qualifications required: Advanced university degree in epidemiology, and nutrition, Experience required: At least 7 years' experience in public health nutrition, with focus on nutrition
3 September 2020
Food Additives: Ninety-second meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
Food Additives: Ninety-second meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
possible, please contact us for alternative
deliveries:
Attention: Kim PetersenDepartment of Nutrition, development and toxicological studies; proposed specifications for material in commerce); technological and nutritional
1 September 2020
WHO, UNICEF urge safe school reopening in Africa
WHO, UNICEF urge safe school reopening in Africa
It includes among poor nutrition, stress, increased exposure to violence and exploitation, childhood, In Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF finds that violence against children is up, while nutrition is
4 August 2020
Call for experts - WHO Technical Advisory Group on Food Safety: safer food for better health
Call for experts - WHO Technical Advisory Group on Food Safety: safer food for better health
Background Food can reduce hunger, provide nutrition, exchange culture, reduce poverty, facilitate trade, biosecurity and climate change Antimicrobial resistance in the food chain Economics and trade of food systems Nutrition, Unit HeadMultisectoral Actions in Food Systems UnitDepartment of Nutrition and Food Safety World Health
23 July 2020
Actionables for a healthy recovery from COVID-19
Actionables for a healthy recovery from COVID-19
control systems, restricting marketing of foods
contributing to unhealthy unsustainable diets, nutrition
13 July 2020
As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
The latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, published today, estimates, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World is the most authoritative global study tracking, The study calls on governments to mainstream nutrition in their approaches to agriculture; work to cut, to grow and sell more nutritious foods, and secure their access to markets; prioritize children’s nutrition, The heads of the five UN agencies behind the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World declare
10 July 2020
Call for consultant on Infant and Young Child Feeding
Call for consultant on Infant and Young Child Feeding
The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) is engaged in a number
of projects to advance work, Young Child Feeding as well as key priorities of the Global Breastfeeding Collective, the Food and Nutrition, requirements Qualifications required: Education Essential: Advanced university degree in epidemiology, nutrition, : Post-graduate training in epidemiology, nursing, lactation management, public health, or clinical nutrition, restrictions How to apply Interested candidates must submit their CV or an updated WHO profile in PDF to nutrition
7 July 2020
Venezuela – UN acting as one to provide humanitarian aid
Venezuela – UN acting as one to provide humanitarian aid
personal protective equipment for health workers, water purifying tablets, water tanks, hygiene kits and nutritional, support packages, as well as sanitation and hygiene, nutrition and education materials.
22 June 2020
Finland curbs childhood obesity by integrating health in all policies
Finland curbs childhood obesity by integrating health in all policies
Since then, the municipality’s health department has worked with the childcare, education, nutrition,, Nutrition worked with day care centres to eliminate sugary snacks and with schools to serve healthier, “Parents are now wiser when it comes to good nutrition and exercise because of our efforts.”, Following the Finnish National Nutrition Council dietary guidelines, schools must provide free, healthy, Though the free lunches have been provided since 1948, nutrition has come second.