Nutrition and Food Safety
The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) aims to address the burden of unhealthy diets, malnutrition and foodborne diseases, by providing guidelines, integrated services, and technical support, embedding nutrition and food safety into health, economic, and environmental agendas, and promoting access to knowledge and care for everyone.

Vision and mission

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Newsletter

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This edition of the NFS Newsletter features key activities the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety undertook in May and June 2026.

Key achievements

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This brochure of our main 2023 achievements highlights the value of global health leadership in setting objectives, aligning partners, and driving change...

News and Agenda

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WHO/UNICEF guide for research on wasting and nutritional oedema in infants and children under 5 years: a global research priority agenda, guidance on evidence generation and core outcome sets

Addressing wasting and nutritional oedema in infants and children requires prioritizing key areas for research. The development of the 2023 WHO guideline...

This WHO guideline provides practice- and science-informed global clinical and public health recommendations for the integrated management of obesity in...

This WHO guideline provides adoptable and adaptable, practice- and science-informed global clinical and public health recommendations on the integrated...

Implementing integrated health campaigns: decision-making and planning guide

This WHO decision-making and planning guide provides a framework for countries considering the integration of health campaigns across multiple health programmes....



Areas of work

NFS & COVID-19

Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) and COVID-19

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Campaign

World Food Safety Day - 7 June

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World Breastfeeding Week - 1 to 7 August

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Our activities

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Documents

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Advocacy brief breastfeeding investment case cover

Investments in breastfeeding support yield some of the highest returns on human capital, yet proven, evidence-based interventions, including counselling,...

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI) is the UN system’s flagship assessment of global hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition,...

A Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) on powdered formula for infants and young children was convened in Rome, Italy,...

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This edition of the NFS Newsletter features key activities the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety undertook in May and June 2026.  

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