Online Webinar, Global
On 7 June, World Food Safety Day, FAO and WHO will host a hybrid high-level event where participants can learn how food safety standards contribute to saving lives. The event will expand on this year’s theme for World Food Safety Day, "Food standards save lives".
Geneva, Switzerland
This high-level event is being held in the sidelines of the 76th World Health Assembly advances the Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition, which officially launched at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27).
Geneva, Switzerland
GAIN and partners are organising the World Health Assembly, WHA76 side event "Joining Forces to Improve Adolescent Nutrition" which calls for greater investment in adolescent nutrition and support to WHO member states to develop policies and programmes that support healthy diets and lifestyles.
Pregny-Chambésy, Switzerland
The WHA resolution on safe and effective food fortification has united the health policy, disability rights, and nutrition sectors behind an effort to prevent micronutrient deficiencies and their consequences, including spina bifida and other neural tube defects.
- Geneva, Switzerland
The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organisation, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget.
- Ha Noi, Vietnam
This conference aims to make a substantial contribution to the UN Food Systems Summit’s follow-up process, in view of the first Stock-Taking Moment that is tentatively scheduled for June/July 2023 (TBC).
- , India
The Global Dialogue on Food Systems Transformation is being held on April 20-21, 2023, with the objective of engaging industry stakeholders in G20 countries to shape the future of food systems and showcasing implementation models for food system transformation.
Online Webinar, Global
This resolution is particularly timely given rising levels of hunger and malnutrition resulting from the current global food crisis. Join the global #futurefortified community on Tuesday 4 April for a webinar to learn more about this important global initiative and what you can do to support it.
Online webinar, Bangladesh
GAIN's Executive Director, Lawrence Haddad will feature in a panel discussion: "In Conversation: Averting a Hunger Catastrophe: Ensuring Food & Nutrition Security by 2030" with Simon George, President of Cargill South Asia and Session Chair: Basanta Kumar Kar, former Country Director of GAIN Bangladesh and fondly known as the Nutrition Man of India
Online, Global
Global conflicts, drastic climate change, economic slowdown among other factors have led to a food crisis of a humongous nature. According to a report of the World Food Programme, as many as 828 million people go to bed hungry every night.