Decade of action on nutrition and global initiatives
The cross-cutting team on Decade of Action on Nutrition and Global Initiatives identifies, promotes and coordinates initiatives in the action areas for the Decade of Action on Nutrition and engages with the other Units on the development and dissemination of new policy guidance, advocacy and capacity building of WHO staff.
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All →SHAKE the salt habit, 2nd ed.
The document outlines a structured approach to developing a comprehensive sodium reduction strategy, including preparatory steps such as establishing governance...
Evaluation of certain contaminants in food: one-hundred-and-first meeting report of the Joint FAO/WHO...
OverviewThe one-hundred-and-first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) was held in Geneva from 15 to 21 October 2025....
The WHO acceleration plan to stop obesity: a joint WHO/UNICEF operational model for designing and implementing...
Obesity is one of the most urgent public health challenges of our time. In 2022, more than 1 billion people worldwide were living with obesity, a number...
Microbiological risk assessment of viruses in foods: part 2: prevention and intervention measures: meeting...
In response to a request from the 53rd Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk...