Choices at the World Health Assembly

May 24th, 2013

During WHO’s annual member country meeting, the 66th World Health Assembly in Geneva 20-28 May, infectious diseases and noncommunicable diseases were the two key subjects. Choices had the opportunity to present itself at a side event on public private partnerships.

This event, attended by more than 120 delegates, has been organised by the Dutch government and showed successful cooperation with the food industry in food education (Canada), small scale quick restaurants (Singapore) and front-of-pack labelling (Choices).

Douglas Bettcher, WHO Director of Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, indicated that according to the WHO strategy and the NCD Action Plan, the food industry can be a partner in NCD prevention in the fields of product reformulation and consumer information.