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 WHO Regional and Country Offices as well as other relevant partners and stakeholders as necessary in identifying priority countries to target in providing accelerated support for strengthening national regulatory and food control system capacities (including laboratory capacities) to achieve improved implementation of compliance and enforcement of national policy actions to improve food environment and promote safe and healthy diets
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 |
Upper 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 | Number of countries 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 |
