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The picture in Asia and the Pacific continues to deteriorate and the region is significantly off track towards achievement of the Targets 2.1 and 2.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Urgent systemic and sectoral...

This report presents the latest updates related to food security and nutrition in Europe and Central Asia, including estimates on the cost and affordability of healthy diets. It also explores...

This report aims to support countries in the necessary transition toward healthier, more sustainable diets by integrating biodiversity in food-based interventions to support nutrition and health.

This State of Knowledge Review synthesises the available information on the inter-linkages between biodiversity, ecosystem stability, and epidemic infectious diseases such as the Ebola virus; and the connection between biodiversity...

KEY MESSAGES After remaining virtually unchanged for five years, the prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) increased 1.5 percentage points in 2020 – reaching a level...

The COVID-19 pandemic event has shown how communicable diseases can spread faster and wider than ever before due to globalisation. The early detection of threats plays a crucial...

The past few decades have seen dramatic improvements in the region in access to food, as well as reduction in stunting rates and in premature death and disability caused by communicable, maternal...

Considering the detrimental environmental impact of current food systems, and the concerns raised about their sustainability, there is an urgent need to promote diets that are healthy and have...

Substantial progress has been made in newborn health and survival and in preventing stillbirths over the past decade, including in countries with the highest burdens of newborn mortality. Ninety-three...

This Standard contains the main principles which are recommended by the Codex Alimentarius in dealing with contaminants and toxins in food and feed and lists the maximum levels and associated sampling plans...