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Supporting policymakers to overcome opposition to regulatory policies for improving population diets

Improving population diets through regulatory measures—such as restrictions on unhealthy food marketing, front-of-pack labeling, and fiscal policies—has...

01st edition, Epidemiological Bulletin WHO Health Emergencies Programme WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia‎, 14 January 2026. Reporting period: 29 Dec 2025 to 11 Jan 2026

This epidemiological bulletin aims to provide the situation of key infectious diseases in the WHO South-East Asia region to inform risk assessments and...

Global report on the use of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, 2025

This report provides a global assessment of taxes applied to sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). It describes and qualitatively compares their design and...

Global report on the use of alcohol taxes, 2025

This report provides an assessment of taxes applied to alcoholic beverages at the global level. It qualitatively compares their design and provides estimates...