By 2025, WHO will support 20 countries in strengthening national regulatory and food control system capacities (including laboratory capacities) to implement compliance and enforcement of their policy actions to improve food environment and promote safe and healthy diets
Description
The work will be implemented in close consultation with the World Health Organisation (WHO) regional and country offices, as well as other relevant partners and stakeholders as necessary, to identify priority countries. These countries will be targeted to receive accelerated support for strengthening national regulatory and food control system capacities (including laboratory capacities) to improve the implementation of, compliance with and enforcement of national policy actions that improve the food environment and promote safe and healthy diets.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Regulation for food environment
Description
Over the next four years, WHO commits to accelerating actions that support countries in developing regulatory and policy measures. It will do this by providing evidence-informed guidance and strengthening national regulatory and food control system capacities (including laboratory capacities) to implement compliance, monitoring and enforcement to improve the food environment and promote safe and healthy diets for all.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
Upper moderate
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Details
| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood overweight
Salt/sodium intake
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Leadership and governance
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Number of countries that received WHO’s support in strengthening their regulatory and food control system capacities (including laboratory capacities) |
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| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 0 Countries | 2021 |
| Target | 20 Countries | December 2025 |
