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The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has recently organised a workshop for the National Nutrition Committee, in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), to develop the 2nd edition of the national nutrition strategy 2022-2030 and the related action plan.
The workshop is part of the Ministry’s plans to improve the nutritional status of the UAE population at all age stages and reduce disease and mortality rates from risk factors for non-communicable diseases in the diet, to achieve the Global nutrition targets 2025, and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Present at the workshop were Dr Hussein Abdul Rahman Al Rand, the Ministry’s Assistant Under-Secretary for the Public Health Sector and Chairman of the National Nutrition Committee, Nouf Khamis Al Ali, Director of the Health Promotion Department, MoHAP, while from WHO attended Dr Ayoub Al Jawaldah from the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as a number of strategic partners from 16 different sectors, such as health, education, municipalities, trade and industry, agriculture, economy and food and beverages industry.
The ministry’s nutrition team has reviewed the achievements of the 1st UAE’s National Nutrition Action Plan, and discussed the challenges that faced members of the National Committee for Nutrition, and solutions.