: By 2025, WHO will set up a network of laboratories, as well as identify especially the identification of regional hubs, to support countries in various regions to implement compliance and enforcement of national regulatory and policy actions to improve food environment and promote safe and healthy diets
Description
The work will be implemented in close consultation with the WHO Regional and Country Offices as well as with national governments and other relevant partners and experts (i.e. laboratory experts) as required in identifying relevant and qualified laboratories which will be able to implement the assessment and analysis in accordance to WHO's requirement, for example the WHO global protocol for TFA assessment in food.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Regulation for food environment
Description
The World Health Organization (WHO) commits over the next four years to accelerate actions to support countries in developing regulatory and policy actions through providing evidence-informed guidance and strengthening national regulatory and food control system capacities (including laboratory capacities) to implement compliance, monitoring and enforcement to improve food environment and promote safe and healthy diets for all.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
Lower moderate
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Details
| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Leadership and governance
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Identifications of laboratories which can be identified as regional hubs and establishment of a network of laboratories |
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| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | No | 2021 |
| Target | Yes |
