Commitment

Regulation for food environment

International organisation / Switzerland

World Health Organization

Commitment made: 08 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

Global -

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Commitment 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.

Global Nutrition Targets

Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Under-5 overweight
Salt/sodium intake

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders Government of Japan, additional other extrabudgetary funds are expected from several donors, in addition to WHO funds.
Funding mechanism Public, self and other funders (not private sector).
Cost secured Total costs are partially secured.
Total costs estimated Not been estimated / unknown

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