Components

Food Safety (FOS)
The work of WHO in food safety includes both technical cooperation with member countries to strengthen national food safety programmes, and normative functions such as developing scientific basis for managing food safety programmes, setting food standards and regulations. The food safety area of work aims to assist Member countries to ensure consumer protection and significantly reduce the incidence of foodborne illnesses through the application of preventive and scientific based approaches and strategies.

Nutrition (NUT)
The nutrition area of work aims to contribute to the improvement of the food and nutritional status of populations of countries in the African Region, particularly vulnerable groups (babies, young children, pregnant women and nursing mothers).