Week Ahead
In Copenhagen
Source: WHO
74th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe
Health ministers and high-level delegates from the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region, as well as representatives of partner organizations and civil society, will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 29–31 October 2024 for the 74th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (RC74).
In Rome
Joint statement by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization: What are healthy diets?
Released alongside the 2024 Committee on World Food Security (CFS) and COP16, this joint statement outlines four key principles of what constitutes a healthy diet.
It comes at a time of increasing definitions and perspectives around healthy diets and seeks to clarify an official stance based on the latest scientific literature and underpinned by norms and guidelines developed by both WHO and FAO.
The joint statement is also being released in the lead-up to COP29 in Baku,…
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