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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, 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

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
24 July 2023

WHO Director-General's remarks at Food Systems Summit – 24 July 2023

leave you with three priorities: First, the transformation of our food systems must revolve around nutrition, the traditional diets I mentioned, are some of the many examples of solutions to the world food and nutrition, This requires courageous and aligned public policies and investments that put public health and nutrition
21 July 2023

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

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, 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

Aspartame hazard and risk assessment results released

reducing these numbers and the human toll,” said Dr Francesco Branca, Director of the Department of Nutrition, not convincing,” said Dr Moez Sanaa, WHO’s Head of the Standards and Scientific Advice on Food and Nutrition
13 July 2023

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

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

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
10 July 2023

Fourth WHO Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health

right to health for all requires addressing other critical determinants of health, including food and nutrition, determinants of migrant health: Health literacy Work and income Housing and living conditions Food and nutrition
5 July 2023

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 5 July 2023

WHO is working with local partners to provide critical health and nutrition services to marginalized
5 July 2023

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, 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

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

Rheumatoid arthritis

., prevention of/stop smoking, healthy nutrition, physical activity, maintaining a normal body weight
28 June 2023

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

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

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 21 June 2023

. === One of the main risk factors for NCDs is poor nutrition, especially in the earliest stages of life, The Code helps to protect health, nutrition, and development in the first years of life, so that parents
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), 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, 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
20 June 2023

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Global Congress on Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes – 20 June 2023

The Code helps to protect health, nutrition, and development in the first years of life, so that parents, breast-milk substitutes and recommending against free supplies to health facilities, against questionable nutrition
19 June 2023

Global Congress opens to counter harmful marketing of formula milk

that puts in place at least some of the provisions of the Code,” said Dr Francesco Branca, Director of Nutrition, parents’ access to unbiased information – free from commercial influence – on infant feeding and nutrition
15 June 2023

1st meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Gestational Weight Gain (TAG-GWG)

This project will be led by the WHO Departments of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) and Sexual and Reproductive
14 June 2023

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Small island developing states (SIDS) Ministerial Conference on NCDs and mental health – 14 June 2023

Belize, to launching a National Nutrition Policy; Cabo Verde, to ensuring that 90% of primary health, Fiji vaccinating teenage girls to protect them from cervical cancer; or Barbados introducing a school nutrition
1 June 2023

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

World No Tobacco Day 2023: Grow food, not tobacco, to end TB

growing and use these savings to transform farming practices to contribute to improved food security and nutrition
31 May 2023

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
29 May 2023

Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 29 May 2023

The resolution was agreed under the umbrella of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016
27 May 2023

New WHA resolution to accelerate efforts on food micronutrient fortification

The resolution was adopted under the umbrella of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016, The Nutrition Decade aims to accelerate the implementation of the Second International Conference on, Nutrition (ICN2) commitments, achieve the global nutrition and diet-related noncommunicable disease (, progress and challenges encountered and on a way forward after the ending of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition
26 May 2023

Webinar: Health consequences of unsafe food

Moderator: Dr Elaine Borghi, Unit Head, Monitoring Nutrition and Food Safety, Department of Nutrition
23 May 2023

Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 23 May 2023

; Ms Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director; Dr Juan Pablo Uribe, Global Director for Health, Nutrition
19 May 2023

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
18 May 2023

New WHO framework available for prevention and management of obesity

The framework was developed by the Nutrition and Food Safety Department in collaboration with the Integrated
12 May 2023

WHO advises not to use non-sugar sweeteners for weight control in newly released guideline

occurring sugars, like fruit, or unsweetened food and beverages,” says Francesco Branca, WHO Director for Nutrition, "NSS are not essential dietary factors and have no nutritional value.
10 May 2023

WHO calls for accelerated action to reduce anaemia

prevention and treatment of iron deficiency,” says Francesco Branca, the Director of WHO's Department of Nutrition, “However, anaemia is a complex condition with multiple causes – including other nutritional deficiencies
10 May 2023

WHA76 side event: Trans Fat Free 2023 - Global Progress toward the Target

Health Assembly convened by WHO and Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) in partnership with the Access to Nutrition, Dr Tom Frieden, Resolve to Save Lives, President and CEO (video statement) Greg Garrett, Access to Nutrition, Initiative, Executive Director Dr Francesco Branca, WHO, Director of the Department of Nutrition and
1 May 2023

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.
1 May 2023

New survey results show health systems starting to recover from pandemic

recovery, including in services for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health; nutrition
26 April 2023

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 26 April 2023

diseases is high as the water supply is disrupted and people are drinking river water to survive; With nutrition
26 April 2023

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
18 April 2023

WHO releases the largest global collection of health inequality data

SDGs); COVID-19; reproductive, maternal and child health; immunization; HIV; tuberculosis; malaria; nutrition
17 April 2023

Key leadership appointments made to drive WHO strategic direction and initiatives

of health, including climate change, tobacco control, chemical safety, road safety, food systems and nutrition
30 March 2023

WHO applauds Indian leadership on ending TB

Ni-kshay Mitra Campaign: Recognizing the major challenge of nutrition for people with TB, the campaign, citizens to embrace and support TB patients through their TB treatment journey in different ways including nutritional, 2018, the Government of India has been providing cash incentives to TB patients aimed at improving nutrition
28 March 2023

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?

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, 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

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
22 March 2023

Donors making a difference: for refugees and other displaced people

©WHO Mobile health and nutrition teams, with support from WHO, are treating people caught in the region
22 March 2023

Call for experts – Technical Advisory Group on Gestational Weight Gain (TAG-GWG)

WHO welcomes expressions of interest from experts on: Maternal and child health/nutrition Nutritional
22 March 2023

Online public consultation: draft guideline on use of low-sodium salt substitutes

organization/affiliation, country of residence or affiliation, and comments posted to the Department of Nutrition
15 March 2023

Five cities recognized for public health achievements at Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit

and optimizing design and management of roads close to schools; Montevideo, Uruguay for establishing nutritional, injuries, with a special focus on women and children Mayor Carolina Cosse, Montevideo, UruguayFocus area: Nutrition
15 March 2023

Public Notice and comments on the first meeting of the WHO Guideline Development Group – Traditional Food Markets

The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS), located within the WHO’s UHC/Healthier Populations, Simone Moraes RaszlScientist, Multisectoral Action in Food Systems (AFS)Department of Nutrition and Food
10 March 2023

Call for experts on the microbiological risk assessment of non-typhoidal Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. in poultry meat

00153 Rome, Italy Telephone: + 39 06 570 50319 Email: jemra@fao.org Akio Hasegawa Department of Nutrition
8 March 2023

Massive efforts needed to reduce salt intake and protect lives

Eating too much salt makes it the top risk factor for diet and nutrition-related deaths., Resolve to Save Lives recently published a Global Nutrition Database for Packaged Foods which currently
1 March 2023

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

Veterinary Drug Residues in Food: Ninety-eight meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)

address: jecfa@who.int, or by sending it on a USB stick to: Attention: Mr Soren MadsenDepartment of Nutrition
28 February 2023

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)

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)

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)

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
17 February 2023

A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies

our commitment to women and adolescent health,” said Juan Pablo Uribe, Global Director for Health, Nutrition, access to critical services such as assisted births and pre- and postnatal care, childhood vaccinations, nutrition
16 February 2023

Call for consultant - Consultancy to support the Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues and the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives

Background The Nutrition and Food Safety Department in coordination with FAO counterparts is providing
15 February 2023

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
15 February 2023

Cancer centres of excellence help increase survival rates among children

Caring for children with cancer requires several competencies, including nursing, nutritional support
9 February 2023

INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2022 #4

Head, Multisectoral Action in Food Systems Unit - WHO), and Sridhar Dharmapuri (Senior Food Safety and Nutrition
8 February 2023

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
8 February 2023

Call for Expressions of Interest for research groups for WHO coordinated trial to evaluate the efficacy of probiotic formulations in infants

We invite research team(s) working in the field of maternal, newborn and child health, nutrition and
7 February 2023

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

., nutrition, immunization, non-communicable disease) who really know their communities.
2 February 2023

Statement of the thirty-fourth Polio IHR Emergency Committee

including interventions such as other routine vaccines, medicines (diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria etc), nutrition
1 February 2023

Experts call for clampdowns on exploitative formula milk marketing in new Lancet series

It helps children survive and develop to their full potential, providing vast nutritional benefits, reducing
31 January 2023

90% of countries have school health and nutrition programmes; quality and sustainability remain a challenge

90% of countries have school health and nutrition programmes; quality and sustainability remain a challenge, countries around the world are investing in learners’ health and well-being through school health and nutrition, receive an in-depth account of the results of the new report on the global status of school health and nutrition, UNESCO, UNICEF, WFP, FAO, GPE and WHO, with support from the Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition, submit questions for discussion as well as share their own commitments to advancing school health and nutrition
30 January 2023

WHO Director-General's remarks at the 152nd session of the Executive Board

technical assistance for pilot projects in several countries, and contributed to our work on AMR and nutrition
27 January 2023

Launch of the WHO Global report on sodium intake reduction

webinar/register/WN_X73uIb02RO2UDOle3cLGOQ Agenda Moderator: Dr Franceso Branca, Director, Department of Nutrition, , Resolve to Save Lives (Video message) Part 1 - Report highlights Ms Kaia Engesveen, Department of Nutrition, and Food Safety, WHO Dr Mary-Anne Land, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO Part 2 - Regional
20 January 2023

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
18 January 2023

WHO’s Health Emergency Appeal 2023

record 339 million people requiring urgent assistance – many of whom are at risk from disease outbreaks, nutritional
18 January 2023

Small Island Developing States accelerate action to tackle biggest killers

products, cigarettes, and alcohol, have accelerated the transition away from traditional diets and nutrition
12 January 2023

Urgent action needed as acute malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of vulnerable children

to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition, rising costs of living are leaving increasing numbers of children acutely malnourished while key health, nutrition, addresses the need for a multi-sectoral approach and highlights priority actions across maternal and child nutrition, We can and must turn this nutrition crisis around through proven solutions to prevent, detect, and treat, They may also have nutritional oedema and other related pathological clinical signs.
9 January 2023

A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report

families who are denied their basic rights to health,” said Juan Pablo Uribe, Global Director for Health, Nutrition, In particular, the reports highlight concerns around disruptions to vaccination campaigns, 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)

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
20 December 2022

Major issues for nutrition strategies

Major issues for nutrition strategies
13 December 2022

Building prevention and control capacities in Chile and Guatemala

*Participants included representatives from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition
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, 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
9 December 2022

Trace elements in human nutrition and health

Trace elements in human nutrition and health
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, 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.
7 December 2022

Health for all: Meeting the needs of children and adolescents through enabling policies

“Supporting nutrition, education and access to health services, while preventing violence and injury
7 December 2022

NCD Lab series: Preventing obesity through board and online games in Chile

city offer them a real incentive”, says project lead Macarena Carranza Pérez-Tinao, a pharmacist and nutritionist
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, 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
1 December 2022

Public consultation on the draft guideline: fiscal policies to promote healthy diets

support Member States in establishing enabling food environments to promote healthy diets and improve nutrition
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, 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, 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
23 November 2022

Workshop on Health, Climate and Biodiversity: Mainstreaming biodiversity and climate solutions for sustainable and healthy food systems

These include nutrition and food security, clean air and fresh water, protection from coastal storms, more dedicated focus on critical sub-themes at the biodiversity-health nexus, notably food security, nutrition, Provide a platform for the official regional launch of WHO guidance for mainstreaming biodiversity for nutrition
22 November 2022

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
18 November 2022

INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2022 #3

Regional Offices, the International Livestock Research Institute and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
16 November 2022

First joint WHO-World Health Summit strengthens engagement with a diverse range of partners

Turkey, United States, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Islamic Food and Nutrition
11 November 2022

The nutrition challenge: food system solutions

The nutrition challenge: food system solutions
10 November 2022

FAO-WHO 45th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts new standards

Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) so that national governments could use in drafting their policies for nutritional
9 November 2022

Donors making a difference: Climate change and its impact on health

integrate climate action into its programmes – from air quality and energy to disaster preparedness and nutrition
7 November 2022

We need food, not tobacco – focus of World No Tobacco Day 2023

for tobacco growing and use savings for crop substitution programmes that improve food security and nutrition
4 November 2022

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
4 November 2022

The Quadripartite One Health Joint Plan of Action (OH JPA) at the World One Health Congress

Director General, World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE) Francesco Branca, Director, Nutrition
3 November 2022

Nutrition and Food Safety News - October 2022

Nutrition and Food Safety News - October 2022
31 October 2022

WHO Member States Information Session on the implementation of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016 – 2025), and update on the follow up of the UN Food Systems Summit outcomes

WHO Member States Information Session on the implementation of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (, Organizer WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety Participation By invitation onlyInterpretation, in the 6 UN languages Background There are 3 more years in the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016, – 2025) (Nutrition Decade) to accelerate action on nutrition; 2022 is the African Year of Nutrition, the briefing are: To familiarize with the content of the EB152 report on the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, Speakers Francesco Branca – Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS), World Health Organization
31 October 2022

Webinar: Championing Healthy Food Environments at Mega Sports Events

The World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety and the Ministry of Public Health
28 October 2022

Guideline on fluid management of acutely ill children

acutely ill children, including children with comorbidities, shock, anaemia, wasting with or without nutritional
26 October 2022

Regional webinar: Breastfeeding in the African context – country experiences in scaling up breastfeeding

The African Union’s (AU) Year of Nutrition (2022) provides a golden opportunity to scale up breastfeeding, breastfeeding skill support needs to be addressed to increase exclusive breastfeeding and reach the WHA global nutrition, This webinar is part of the African Union Year of Nutrition: Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition
26 October 2022

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
26 October 2022

Regional Webinar on Action Framework for Public Food Procurement and Service Policies for a Healthy Diet

English, French and Portuguese Background Healthy public food procurement and service policies set nutrition, procurement and service policies aims to increase the availability of healthy food through setting nutrition, This webinar is part of the African Union Year of Nutrition: Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition
18 October 2022

Global leaders commit US$ 2.6 billion at World Health Summit to end polio

Foundation pledged US$S 1.2 billion Bloomberg Philanthropies pledged US$ 50 million Islamic Food and Nutrition
17 October 2022

Leave no one behind to end tuberculosis and end world hunger

WHO has long recommended the nutritional assessment and counselling of people with TB, as well as the, also across sectors for delivering people-centred services for TB and comorbidities, including under-nutrition, October, we aim to collectively leave no one behind in the pursuit of universal access to adequate nutrition
14 October 2022

Global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research agenda in human health: a call for expert contributions

diagnosis, treatment and care of AMR in the human health sector according to an adapted Child Health and Nutrition
12 October 2022

Launch of the call for short films: 4th edition Health for All Film Festival

Better health and well-being – films about environmental and social determinants of health, such as nutrition
12 October 2022

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

One Health Joint Plan of Action (OH JPA) - Hybrid High-level Advocacy Event

Coordinator, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE) Francesco Branca, Director, Nutrition
10 October 2022

Call for data - Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues 2023 meeting

All data should be sent to: Attention: Mr Soren Madsen Department of Nutrition and Food SafetyWorld
10 October 2022

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
10 October 2022

Transforming Food Systems for Healthy and Sustainable Diets

Organizer World Health Summit and WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety Registration No prior registration, learn from countries’ experiences; Chair and moderator Francesco Branca – Director, Department of Nutrition, CEO, Resolve to Save Lives, United States of America Marion Nestle – Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, and Agriculture Organization Eva Bell – Director of the Department of Health, Consumer Protection, Nutrition
6 October 2022

Webinar: Launch of the WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety 2022-2030

Join the WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety for the launch webinar on 17 October 2022, 12:00
4 October 2022

WHO and partners launch world's most extensive freely accessible AI health worker

“We know that providing advice on Florence’s key health topics, including mental health, nutrition and
3 October 2022

13th meeting of the WHO/UNICEF technical expert advisory group on nutrition monitoring (TEAM)

13th meeting of the WHO/UNICEF technical expert advisory group on nutrition monitoring (TEAM), In 2015, WHO and UNICEF established an independent Technical Expert Advisory group on nutrition Monitoring, (TEAM) to advise on enhancing nutrition monitoring at all levels., The TEAM is also expected to help identify emerging research questions and needs related to nutrition, monitoring and to recommend action to develop or refine indicators and methods for the Global Nutrition, consistent with the global nutrition targets decided by the World Health Assembly (WHA).
3 October 2022

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

UN Task Force on NCDs and mental health mobilized more than USD 50 million during the 77th session of the UN General Assembly– 21 September 2022

the GCC countries over the past years, including establishing national NCD Committees, implementing nutritional, Proteja aims to halt the rise of childhood obesity and to improve the health and nutrition of children
29 September 2022

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
28 September 2022

Online public consultation: draft guideline on carbohydrate intake

organization/affiliation, country of residence or affiliation, and comments posted to the Department of Nutrition
21 September 2022

Public Notice and comments on the first meeting of the WHO Guideline Development Group – Food Fortification with Micronutrients

The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS), located within the WHO’s UHC/Healthier Populations, Luz Maria DE-REGILUnit Head, Multisectoral Action in Food Systems (AFS)Department of Nutrition and Food
13 September 2022

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

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

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
1 September 2022

Call for expressions of interest to conduct systematic reviews and other studies for estimating the burden of foodborne diseases

The World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Nutrition and Food Safety has initiated a process for
31 August 2022

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at media briefing – 31 August 2022

In addition, the loss of crops and livestock will have a significant impact on the nutrition and health
30 August 2022

Creating a legacy of sport for health

These include promoting health and nutritional awareness during the Holy month of Ramadan, engaging in, By focusing on physical activity, healthy diets and nutrition, tobacco control, mental health, and health, To further promote healthy lives, we are underscoring the importance of nutrition by demonstrating the
26 August 2022

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
19 August 2022

WHO makes new recommendations for Ebola treatments, calls for improved access

supportive care Ebola patients should receive, from the relevant tests to administer, to managing pain, nutrition
17 August 2022

PHC webinar series #1 - Health workforce

Climate change is putting at risk the three fundamental pillars of health -nutrition, shelter, and access
17 August 2022

PHC webinar series #2 - PHC and climate change

Climate change is putting at risk the three fundamental pillars of health - nutrition, shelter, and access
17 August 2022

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

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
10 August 2022

Interim statement on COVID-19 vaccination for children

Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) on maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, and nutrition, routines and loss of access to a wide range of school-provided services such as school meals, health, nutrition
31 July 2022

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

As global crises continue to threaten the health and nutrition of millions of babies and children, the, support policies and programmes, especially in fragile and food insecure contexts; equip health and nutrition
26 July 2022

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

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
11 July 2022

Call for authors - Scoping review on menu labelling and portion size control to improve the out-of-home food environment

Background The WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) has initiated work on the development, A growing evidence base suggests that the nutritional content of food available in the out-of-home food
7 July 2022

Online public consultation: draft guideline on use of non-sugar sweeteners

organization/affiliation, country of residence or affiliation, and comments posted to the Department of Nutrition
7 July 2022

WHO at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Download the event flyer Download the programme Launch of the State of Food Security and Nutrition
6 July 2022

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

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
4 July 2022

WHO and ESICM release COVID-19 critical care course for nurses and doctors

monitoring, sepsis and infections, and other important aspects to be considered such as sedation and nutrition
1 July 2022

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

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 29 June 2022

Lack of food and nutrition weakens people’s immune system and puts them more at risk of disease., As I said at the G7, WHO is working with partners on the ground to respond to this health and nutrition
29 June 2022

Food Additives: Ninety-first meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)

and toxicological studies; proposed specifications for material in commerce); technological and nutritional
29 June 2022

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
27 June 2022

Online public consultation on draft guideline on policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing

support Member States in developing an enabling food environment to promote healthy diets and improve nutrition
23 June 2022

WHO and ZIF sign the Standby Partnership Agreement

Information, Gender, Gender Based Violence, Information Management, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Nutrition
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, 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

Workshop: Indicators for healthy diets from sustainable food systems

brings together a great level of national and global level expertise in the fields of health, nutrition
15 June 2022

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
7 June 2022

Nutrition labelling: policy brief

Nutrition labelling: policy brief
7 June 2022

World Food Safety Day 2022 - Safer food, better health

The benefits of safe food include improved nutrition and reduced absenteeism in schools and in the workplace
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, 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
1 June 2022

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the COVID-19 media briefing– 1 June 2022

Hunger and under-nutrition greatly increase health risks, especially for pregnant and breastfeeding women
26 May 2022

Call for consultant - WHO Acceleration Plan to STOP obesity and related work on obesity prevention and management integrated service delivery

Purpose of consultancy To provide technical support to the Nutrition and Food Safety Department (NFS), will work in collaboration with the WHO Acceleration Plan to STOP obesity cross-cutting team including nutrition
23 May 2022

World Food Safety Day panel discussion: Safer food, better health

Agenda Moderator: Dr Francesco Branca, Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO Safer
21 May 2022

WHO Director-General announces Global Health Leaders Awards

community health care; treatment for hypertension and tuberculosis; and core areas of health promotion for nutrition
18 May 2022

A different scale: Global action to address obesity

Stopping the growing obesity epidemic is one of the 2025 Global Nutrition Targets (for children under, Francesco Branca, Director, Nutrition and Food Safety Department, WHO HQ 19:25 – 20.00 Ministerial
17 May 2022

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
17 May 2022

Incentivizing collaboration towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals

Dr Juan Pablo Uribe, Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population, World Bank and Director, Global, Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Program "WFP is stepping up to deliver on the SDGs for health and nutrition
17 May 2022

Call for expressions of interest to join the Alliance for Anaemia Actions

following: maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health sexual and reproductive health malaria nutrition
10 May 2022

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
6 May 2022

Call for experts - WHO initiative to update the 2005 WHO TEF for dioxin and dioxin-like compounds

Applications should be submitted by 10 June 2022 to: WHO Focal PointKim PetersenDepartment of Nutrition
5 May 2022

World No Tobacco Day 2022 webinar: Fighting tobacco product waste

joining the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC, Dr Blanco Marquizo worked as Chief of the Risk Factors and Nutrition
28 April 2022

WHO reveals shocking extent of exploitative formula milk marketing

milk formulas should have been terminated decades ago,” said Dr Francesco Branca, Director of the WHO Nutrition, experts were selected for their expertise in social science, epidemiology, marketing, global health, nutrition
28 April 2022

Call for experts and data on microbiological risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in foods

Rome, Italy Telephone: + 39 06 570 50319 Email: jemra@fao.org Haruka IgarashiDepartment of Nutrition
28 April 2022

Talking trash: Behind the tobacco industry's 'green' public relations

joining the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC, Dr Blanco Marquizo worked as Chief of the Risk Factors and Nutrition
26 April 2022

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the WHO press conference – 26 April 2022

Juan Pablo Uribe, the Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank., FIND, on behalf of the diagnostics pillar; And Dr Juan Pablo Uribe, the Global Director for Health, Nutrition
11 April 2022

Call for experts and data on the pre- and post-harvest control of non-typhoidal Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. in poultry meat

, Rome, Italy Telephone: + 39 06 570 50319 Email: jemra@fao.org Haruka IgarashiDepartment of Nutrition
11 April 2022

Eighteenth Meeting of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force

Progress reports were received from a number of groups including: UN Nutrition, NCD2030, SAFER, and the
1 April 2022

12th meeting of the WHO/UNICEF technical expert advisory group on nutrition monitoring (TEAM)

12th meeting of the WHO/UNICEF technical expert advisory group on nutrition monitoring (TEAM), In 2015, WHO and UNICEF established an independent Technical Expert Advisory group on nutrition Monitoring, (TEAM) to advise on enhancing nutrition monitoring at all levels., The TEAM is also expected to help identify emerging research questions and needs related to nutrition, monitoring and to recommend action to develop or refine indicators and methods for the Global Nutrition, consistent with the global nutrition targets decided by the World Health Assembly (WHA).
30 March 2022

WHO World TB Day Newsletter

Fifth, we are concerned by the growing rates of poverty, inequity, under nutrition, comorbidities, discrimination
29 March 2022

Call for toxicological and epidemiological experts - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues (JMPR)

Applications should be submitted by 31st August 2022 to: Mr Søren Madsen WHO JMPR Secretary Department of Nutrition
28 March 2022

Food Safety COP webinar: Role of science in the Codex Alimentarius Commission

assessments to define safe exposure levels to various chemicals and microorganisms in our food as well as nutrition, /WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) and Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Nutrition, Food Systems (AFS) Presenters: Moez Sanaa, Unit Head, the Standards and Scientific Advice on Food and Nutrition, (SSA) Michael-oliver Hinsch , Standards and Scientific Advice on Food and Nutrition (SSA) Luc Ingenbleek, , Monitoring Nutritional Status & Food Safety Events (MNF) Background WHO’s Food Safety Community of
21 March 2022

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
14 March 2022

It’s time to stop infant formula marketing practices that endanger our children

immunity formula products are needed after 12 months of age; that breast milk is inadequate for the nutrition
2 March 2022

World Obesity Day 2022 – Accelerating action to stop obesity

Good nutrition in pregnancy, followed by exclusive breastfeeding until the age of 6 months and continued
25 February 2022

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.
18 February 2022

More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing – WHO, UNICEF

the necessity of formula in the first days after birth, the inadequacy of breast-milk for infant nutrition, to prevent the promotion of formula milk, in line with the International Code, including prohibiting nutrition
14 February 2022

Lack of fuel prevents distribution of critically-needed medical supplies in Tigray region

According to OCHA, health partners estimate the following supplies are required to meet the urgent nutrition, polio oral vaccination for 888,000 children under five years; more than 30,000 metric tonnes of nutrition, hospitalized at stabilization centres; about 830 metric tonnes of nutrient supplements to fortify the nutrition, For example, nutrition screening campaigns conducted in recent months found that 71% of pregnant and
9 February 2022

WHO launches new repository on urban health

It covers topics such as urban planning, housing, environmental issues, transport and mobility, nutrition
7 February 2022

Essential health services face continued disruption during COVID-19 pandemic

areas including sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, immunization, nutrition
4 February 2022

INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2021 #4

composite food (1), fruit and vegetable juices (1), non-alcoholic beverages (1), products for special nutritional
1 February 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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
20 December 2021

Latest child mortality estimates reveal world remains off track to meeting Sustainable Development Goals

“Countries must invest in quality health services, nutrition, and other life-saving interventions for, child mortality are not lost and to meet the SDGs,” said Feng Zhao, Practice Manager for the Health, Nutrition
19 December 2021

Child mortality (under 5 years)

lifesaving interventions such as skilled delivery at birth, postnatal care, breastfeeding and adequate nutrition, Nutrition-related factors contribute to about 45% of deaths in children under 5 years of age.
8 December 2021

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

Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases: treating millions of people, despite the pandemic

Ancylostoma duodenale (hookworms) and are transmitted by faecal contamination of soil; they adversely affect nutritional
7 December 2021

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, 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

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
24 November 2021

Interim statement on COVID-19 vaccination for children and adolescents

routines and loss of access to a wide range of school-provided services such as school meals, health, nutrition
23 November 2021

Corporal punishment and health

hormonal reactivity to stress, overloaded biological systems, including the nervous, cardiovascular and nutritional
17 November 2021

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.
16 November 2021

UN Agencies Back Bold Plan To Ensure Every Child In Need Gets A Regular Healthy Meal In School By 2030

agencies have announced their strong support for an international coalition aiming to rapidly improve the nutrition, millions of children were unable to get their school meals or benefit from school-based health and nutrition, Globally, more than 150 million children are still missing out on meals and essential health and nutrition, smart’ school meals programmes, which combine regular meals in school with complementary health and nutrition, The coalition will work to restore the school meals and other health and nutrition programmes that were
10 November 2021

INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2021 #3

legume and pulses (1), non-alcoholic beverages (1), nuts and oilseeds (1) products for special nutritional, Dr Francesco Branca, Head of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO delivered the keynote speech where he detailed
8 November 2021

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the 44th Session of Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC44)

critical role in improving the safety and quality of food, protecting and promoting consumers’ health and nutrition, WHO remains committed to providing world-class scientific advice for food safety and nutrition.
4 November 2021

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

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

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
26 October 2021

WHO guidance to reduce illness due to lead exposure

active engagement of many WHO offices concerned with public health and environment, food safety and nutrition
8 October 2021

2019 Nobel laureate Michael Kremer emphasizes WASH and deworming benefits

Deworming drugs for soil-transmitted intestinal worms in children: effects on nutritional indicators,, No.: CD000371. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000371.pub6. 4 e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (
7 October 2021

Public Notice and comments on the second meeting of the WHO Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) 2021-2024

secretariat focal pointYuki MinatoTechnical OfficerMultisectoral Actions in Food SystemsDepartment of Nutrition
28 September 2021

State of play of WHO guidance on Front-of-the-Pack labelling

promoting healthy diet”, WHO considers that front-of-pack labelling (FOPL) is a form of supplementary nutrition, implementation tool to promote healthy diets through facilitating the consumers’ understanding of the nutritional, guiding principles: Principle 1: The FOPL system should be aligned with national public health and nutrition
23 September 2021

New coalitions announced at the UN Food Systems Summit to increase access to healthy diets from sustainable food systems

The covid-19 pandemic had a strong negative impact on food security and nutrition., Health and nutrition need to be a core, cross-cutting and rights-based underpinning of food systems transformation, The Summit comes at the mid-point of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition and in the year of the Nutrition, realized through clear, well established and aligned actions,’ said Dr Francesco Branca, WHO Director of Nutrition, broader approach across three main areas: Supplying food: Reorienting the food supply to focus on nutritional
22 September 2021

From animal use to a mainstay treatment against intestinal worms in humans

dampened, when my company announced that the parasitology effort was being discontinued in favor of animal nutrition
15 September 2021

WHO at the high-level session of the 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA)

event to pre-launch its six briefs on actions in the food system to deliver better health and nutrition
7 September 2021

Monitoring flour fortification to maximize health benefits: a manual for millers, regulators, and programme managers

vitamins and minerals is considered a cost–effective strategy to address micronutrient malnutrition and nutrition-associated, fortification programme managers and international organizations that provide technical assistance to 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, 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.
23 August 2021

Regenerating rainforests in Madagascar by listening to communities

loss are clear: slash-and-burn agriculture and uncontrolled anthropogenic wildfires, rooted in the nutritional
3 August 2021

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
31 July 2021

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

start of this year, governments, donors, civil society and the private sector united to launch the Nutrition, As we approach the UN Food Systems Summit in September and the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit, We are committed to making the Nutrition for Growth Year of Action a success by ensuring that every, child’s right to nutritious, safe and affordable food and adequate nutrition is realized from the beginning
28 July 2021

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

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

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

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

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)

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

WHO Director-General's guest lecture at the University of Nottingham

health systems and public policy efforts on a vast range of issues, from mental health to maternal care, nutrition
9 July 2021

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
7 July 2021

Clean Cooking Webinar: Cost-Benefit Analyses of Clean Cooking Policies and Interventions

was Vice Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs in Spain, President of the Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition
30 June 2021

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 .
23 June 2021

Public Notice and comments on the first meeting of the WHO Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) 2021-2024

secretariat focal pointYuki MinatoTechnical OfficerMultisectoral Actions in Food SystemsDepartment of Nutrition
22 June 2021

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.
22 June 2021

Media Advisory: Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Summit for Health – Virtual event 28–29 June 2021

UN Food Systems Summit in September 2021, the 26th Climate Change Conference in November 2021, the Nutrition
22 June 2021

UNESCO and WHO urge countries to make every school a health-promoting school

Comprehensive school health and nutrition programmes in schools have significant impacts among school-aged, For example: School health and nutrition interventions for girls and boys in low-income areas where
15 June 2021

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
4 June 2021

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at Healthy Food Systems: For People, Planet and Prosperity: An UN Food Systems Summit High-level Independent Dialogue

fiscal policies; regulation of marketing of foods and beverages, including breastmilk substitutes; nutrition, This is the year of action on nutrition, and we are halfway through the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition
4 June 2021

Webinar: Burden of foodborne diseases - how can we estimate it, and why do we need it?

, Tuesday Time: 13:30 – 15:00 CET (90 min) Moderators Dr Francesco Branca, Director, Department of Nutrition
4 June 2021

WHO joins the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration on World Environment Day

to supporting health and well-being by helping to regulate infectious diseases, supporting food and nutrition, Climate, One Health and Nature-based Solutions Publication: Guidance on Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Nutrition
1 June 2021

Clean Cooking Webinar: New SDG7 Clean Cooking Data and Pathways to Achieving Progress

was Vice Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs in Spain, President of the Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition
27 May 2021

Health Workforce in COVID-19 Action Series: Time to Protect. Invest. Together.

Deputy Minister of Health, Republic of Turkey; Dr Mickey Chopra, Lead Health Specialist, Health Nutrition
27 May 2021

World Health Assembly adopts decision to recognize 30 January as World NTD Day

gender-based cultural norms and expectations; children infected with soil-transmitted helminthiases are nutritionally
26 May 2021

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
24 May 2021

Director-General's opening remarks at the World Health Assembly - 24 May 2021

We also see progress in efforts to improve nutrition, and to support consumers to make healthier food
20 May 2021

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
20 May 2021

WHO/UNICEF statement on the 40th anniversary of the international code of marketing breastmilk substitutes

to stop commercial interests from damaging breastfeeding rates and endangering the health and nutrition, Breastfeeding is vital to a child’s lifelong nutrition, health, and wellbeing.
13 May 2021

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
11 May 2021

Call for experts and data on the prevention and control of microbiological hazards in fresh fruits and vegetables

, Italy Telephone: + 39 06 570 50319 Email: kang.zhou@fao.org Haruka IgarashiDepartment of Nutrition
11 May 2021

WHO’s work in all regions remains critical in the ongoing fight against COVID-19

vaccine-preventable diseases, tuberculosis, cardiovascular and other noncommunicable diseases, and nutrition
3 May 2021

New WHO benchmarks help countries reduce salt intake and save lives

These new benchmarks are launching during a decisive year for food and nutrition policy., The United Nations Food Systems Summit in September and the Nutrition for Growth Summit in December
30 April 2021

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
23 April 2021

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Global Youth Summit

also developed the Global Health Workforce Youth Hub and have done youth outreach in areas such as nutrition
22 April 2021

Second 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, for health and wellbeing of children and adolescents Expert measurement advisory groups in MNCAH and 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)

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
21 April 2021

Director-General's opening remarks at the second informal member state briefing on UN Food Systems Summit

COVID-19; Ms Gerda Verburg, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Global Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition, Health and nutrition for all are investments in the future.
20 April 2021

South Sudan – Strengthening primary health care in fragile settings

The HSSP prioritizes delivery of a basic package of health and nutrition services through primary health
20 April 2021

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

Sustainable financing for PHC and UHC in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Republic are increasingly providing more joined up support, as illustrated by the new Health and Nutrition
20 April 2021

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

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

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
12 April 2021

Malawi – Strengthening data for greater equity and impact in primary health care

district in the areas of sexual and reproductive, maternal, new-born and adolescent health, and nutrition
6 April 2021

Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 6 April 2021

expanded social protection schemes to mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic on poverty, education, nutrition
6 April 2021

WHO urges countries to build a fairer, healthier world post-COVID-19

impacts of COVID-19, through loss of jobs, increases in poverty, disruptions to education, and threats to nutrition, between improving public health, building sustainable societies, ensuring food security and adequate nutrition
1 April 2021

Clean Cooking Webinar: National Needs Assessment and Stakeholder Mapping

was Vice Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs in Spain, President of the Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition
31 March 2021

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

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
23 March 2021

Statement on Gender-Based Violence in Tigray region of Ethiopia

Childhood vaccination services were observed in only 28 per cent of facilities and comprehensive nutrition
18 March 2021

Reframing child and adolescent health for the SDG era

rapidly on the rise, as many countries face a double burden of malnutrition from both under and over-nutrition
16 March 2021

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
4 March 2021

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at Obesity – Setting the Global agenda event – 4 March 2021

Preventing obesity starts with good maternal nutrition and managing weight gain in pregnancy., Good childhood nutrition is critical., We must clearly inform people about the nutritional content of the food they are buying and consuming
18 February 2021

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
12 February 2021

Acute malnutrition threatens half of children under five in Yemen in 2021: UN

mothers means any disruptions to humanitarian services – from health to water, sanitation and hygiene, to nutrition, , food assistance and livelihoods support – risk causing a deterioration in their nutrition status.
10 February 2021

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the UNICEF Executive Board

WHO’s success, and we are proud to be your partner on so many issues: Ebola, polio, maternal health, nutrition, multi-sectoral approach that addresses their access to services, their mental health and well-being, their nutrition
10 February 2021

Sudan takes action to improve the health of its youth – AA-HA!

sexually transmitted diseases, smoking is on the increase, and unhealthy eating habits result in poor nutrition, priority areas: adolescent sexual and reproductive health; violence against adolescents; adolescent nutrition
10 February 2021

Barbados – meeting the health needs of its adolescents

predisposes Barbadian adolescents to non-communicable diseases (NDCs), especially obesity and poor nutrition, Community based awareness campaigns will also be conducted on the importance of good nutrition, healthy, The capacity of service providers to deliver effective nutrition counselling and services will be enhanced
9 February 2021

Nutrition decade

Nutrition decade
4 February 2021

WHO receives nearly 1200 entries for the 2nd edition of the Health for All Film Festival

Better health and well-being: films about environmental and social determinants of health, such as nutrition
3 February 2021

WHO Director-General's remarks at the Forum of Small States

change resilient health systems, and other urgent health priorities including noncommunicable diseases, nutrition
27 January 2021

Issuing of an evidence review to the Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative (NFSI)

Issuing of an evidence review to the Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative (NFSI), The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety is happy to announce the issuing of Nutrition action in, schools: a review of evidence related to the nutrition-friendly schools initiative., school nutrition policies, awareness and capacity building of the school community, nutrition and, nutrition and health services., ill health and to serve as the updated nutrition module of the Health Promoting Schools.
27 January 2021

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 ”.
27 January 2021

INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2020 #4

beverages (1), cereals and cereal-based products (1), meat and meat products (1), and products for special nutritional
20 January 2021

Turkey: Limiting the spread of COVID-19 among elderly in care homes

protective equipment (PPE), minimize travel, maintain hygiene standards, and improve testing protocols, nutrition
12 January 2021

Early childhood development in conflict-affected countries is key to life-long health, wellbeing and prosperity, says WHO and partners

interrelated and indivisible components for optimal early childhood development: good health, adequate nutrition, Support for responsive care and early learning should be included as part of interventions for optimal nutrition
12 January 2021

WHO urges governments to promote healthy food in public facilities

service policies for a healthy diet aims to increase the availability of healthy food through setting nutrition, Healthy public food procurement and service policies set nutrition criteria for food served and sold
12 January 2021

Health for all is Somalia’s answer to COVID-19 and future threats to health

and respiratory infections, and issues relating to maternal and child health-related morbidities and nutrition
15 December 2020

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

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.
14 December 2020

Proposed set of indicators for the Global Monitoring Framework for Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition

Proposed set of indicators for the Global Monitoring Framework for Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition, work underway and to submit a draft global monitoring framework for maternal, infant and young child nutrition, the global monitoring of the Comprehensive Implementation Plan on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition
11 December 2020

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 11 December 2020

better health and well-being, in which we invite films about climate change, pollution, sanitation, nutrition
8 December 2020

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
1 December 2020

New toolkit aims to improve global birth defects surveillance

the growing recognition of the impact of birth defects due to infectious diseases like Zika virus, nutrition, Congenital anomalies are largely preventable through improved nutrition in women of reproductive age,
1 December 2020

Health conditions aggravate Southern Africa famine

The emergency appeal for Southern Africa includes $40m for health and nutrition activities in addition
1 December 2020

WHO urges an increase in influenza vaccination

victims were mainly children in the affected area who lacked of access to medical care and had poor nutrition
1 December 2020

Timor-Leste joins WHO

For instance, IMCI promotes the accurate identification of childhood illnesses, seeks to improve nutrition
30 November 2020

Brundtland starts new movement to address environmental crisis affecting children's health

unhealthy behaviors―such as poor hygiene, scavenging, playing with dangerous materials and inappropriate nutrition―must
27 November 2020

Cardiovascular Death and Disability can be reduced more than 50 percent

"In the new mega-cities of the developing world, we see massive illness due to under-nutrition side by, In Finland, community based interventions, including health education and nutrition labelling, led to
26 November 2020

Successful continuation of antiretroviral therapy delivery during COVID 19 – best practices from the South East Asia Region

‘Providing Nutritional Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) in Nanded District’: Pride India, Maharashtra is working with Network of Maharashtra by People Living with HIV/AIDS (NMP+) to provide nutrition, support to 385 members who were in need of nutrition support for three months after the announcement
26 November 2020

Joint Low Birthweight Estimates - Levels and trends 2000–2015

possible to track progress and support various initiatives including the World Health Assembly (WHA) Nutrition, estimates, as well as model input data (survey and administrative), are included in the WHO Global Nutrition
26 November 2020

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
23 November 2020

Countdown to 2030 launches expanded 2020 country profiles on early childhood development

measures of responsive caregiving, and working to strengthen questions on children’s health, learning, nutrition
20 November 2020

Call for public comments on the scope of work for updating FAO/WHO nutrient requirements for children aged 0 – 36 months

Therefore, and in part to inform the planned updating of WHO guidance on complementary feeding, the FAO Nutrition, and Food Systems Division (ESN) and the WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) have initiated
19 November 2020

Children: new threats to health

Overview Children’s survival, nutrition and education have improved dramatically over recent decades.
16 November 2020

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
13 November 2020

Treating pneumonia at the community level can save infant lives in Malawi

children against vaccine-preventable diseases, advised families on exclusive breastfeeding and infant nutrition
5 November 2020

World Health Assembly charts course for COVID-19 response and global health priorities

efforts to address meningitis, epilepsy and other neurological disorders, maternal infant and young child nutrition
4 November 2020

WHO publishes series of profiles on climate change and health in island states

ocean acidification; more extreme weather events (such as more intense tropical cyclones); food and nutrition
3 November 2020

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)

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.
2 November 2020

Keeping Well At Home, Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Ageing Hub booklet

during the COVID-19 restrictions, including guidance on home exercises, maintaining mental well-being, nutrition
30 October 2020

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
28 October 2020

Promoting healthy growth and preventing childhood stunting advisory committee meeting

Background The Department of Nutrition, World Health Organization (WHO) is implementing the project, and nutrition-sensitive interventions., has achieved and its potential contribution to implementation of the Maternal, infant and young child nutrition, d’Ivoire and United Republic of Tanzania and draw lessons for future efforts in pursuit of the WHO nutrition, agenda for maternal, infant and young child nutrition
28 October 2020

Improving migrant health in the Americas: WHO and IOM joining forces

by precarious living conditions and a lack of access to basic services such as water, sanitation and nutrition
23 October 2020

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
20 October 2020

Call for entries: 2nd WHO Health for All Film Festival

Better health and well-being: films about environmental and social determinants of health, such as nutrition
20 October 2020

Dr Halfdan Mahler's address to the 61st World Health Assembly

health problems and the methods of preventing and controlling them; promotion of food supply and proper nutrition
16 October 2020

Dr LEE Jong-wook, WHO Director-General's address to staff

We will sustain and intensify our work in areas including tobacco control; nutrition; violence and injuries, The nutritional transitions now affecting all but the very poorest communities pose major challenges.
15 October 2020

New electronic survey manual supports countries to combat micronutrient deficiencies

Micronutrient survey manual (2020) and toolkit, developed in collaboration by WHO, CDC, UNICEF and 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

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

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
13 October 2020

Impact of COVID-19 on people's livelihoods, their health and our food systems

As breadwinners lose jobs, fall ill and die, the food security and nutrition of millions of women and, Only then can we protect the health, livelihoods, food security and nutrition of all people, and ensure
8 October 2020

One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to first ever joint UN estimates

to disruptions in life-saving health services,” said Muhammad Ali Pate, Global Director for Health, Nutrition
7 October 2020

New WHO report tackles children's environmental health

understanding of the interactions between exposure, biological susceptibility, and socioeconomic and nutritional
1 October 2020

World leaders, celebrities to join WHO’s Big Event for Mental Health on 10 October

the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Muhammad Ali Pate: Global Director, Health, Nutrition
29 September 2020

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Bahrain Vision Forum

the virus itself, the pandemic has caused severe disruptions to essential services for immunization, nutrition
24 September 2020

The 43rd Session of Codex Alimentarius Commission

forward to a continued collaboration with the Codex Alimentarius Commission in improving food safety and nutrition
21 September 2020

Physical inactivity a leading cause of disease and disability, warns WHO

Physical inactivity, along increasing tobacco use and poor diet and nutrition, are increasingly becoming, by WHO are moderate physical activity for up to 30 minutes every day, tobacco cessation, and healthy nutrition
18 September 2020

WHO and UNICEF recommit to accelerating health and well-being at all ages

health and psychosocial wellbeing and development; public health emergencies; and maternal and child nutrition, “The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed huge gaps in accessing health, well-being and nutrition services among, The two organizations collaborated to provide high-impact health, immunization, nutrition, HIV and early
17 September 2020

Launch of the 2020 Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All progress report

the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents and Senior Director of Health and Nutrition
15 September 2020

WHO Director-General's introductory remarks at the press briefing with UNESCO and UNICEF

In many countries, essential services for nutrition and immunization have been disrupted, and millions, In many countries, essential services for nutrition and immunization have been disrupted, and millions
8 September 2020

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

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)

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

High-level Roundtable: Build Back Better and Greener

The impacts go far beyond the disease itself, leading to major disruptions to health systems, nutrition
1 September 2020

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
1 September 2020

Call for experts - WHO initiative to estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases

secretariat for the initiative to estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases Department of Nutrition
13 August 2020

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) call for data on Cadmium in all food commodities

To access the GEMS database, go to https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety/databases/global-environment-monitoring-system-food-contamination
10 August 2020

WHO at the virtual High-level Political Forum (HLPF) 2020

and children; global strategy to leave no one behind during the COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19 vaccines, Nutrition
4 August 2020

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
31 July 2020

World Breastfeeding Week 2020 Message

It delivers health, nutritional and emotional benefits to both children and mothers., ENSURE that counselling is made available as part of routine health and nutrition services that are easily
29 July 2020

INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2020 #2

and small children (1), herbs, spiced and condiments (1), nuts and oilseeds (1), products for special nutritional
23 July 2020

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

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

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

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.
29 June 2020

Listings of WHO’s response to COVID-19

jumped between animals and humans. 13 July 2020 The 2020 edition of the UN’s ‘State of Food Security and Nutrition
23 June 2020

Commitment for a TB-Free India

care for all patients across the nation using recommended up-to-date technologies; enabling social and nutritional
23 June 2020

WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for TB meets in Geneva

linking TB to existing social protection schemes, including cash transfers for key vulnerable groups, and nutritional
23 June 2020

Introducing the Civil Society Taskforce:

Violeta Ross Quiroga, Latin American Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS agreed, “the Integration of nutrition
23 June 2020

World Health Day 2017 Let’s talk about depression and TB

Patients with mental disorders also carry other risk factors for TB, including smoking, poor nutrition
22 June 2020

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.