The Nutrition Data Portal aims to facilitate access to data that encompasses several areas of nutrition and related indicators, including micronutrients, child growth and malnutrition, key indicators within the Global Nutrition Monitoring Framework, and nutrition-related health and development data. The portal offers visualization of key nutrition indicators and country profiles, in addition to data search tools.
Nutrition and Food Safety
The Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) Department is addressing the burden of disease from physical, chemical and microbial hazards in food and unhealthy diets, maternal and child malnutrition, overweight and obesity.
Databases
Nutrition Data Portal
WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition
Established in 1986, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition compiles, standardizes, and disseminates child anthropometric data of nutrition surveys conducted globally based in the WHO Child Growth Standards, and, since 2012, it profits from the UNICEF-WHO-WB Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) collaboration.
Evaluations of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
This searchable database contains the summaries of all the evaluations of flavours, food additives, contaminants, toxicants and veterinary drugs JECFA has performed. Each summary contains basic chemical information, ADIs/TDIs, links to the most recent reports and monographs as well as to the specification database, and a history of JECFA evaluations. The database is searchable by partial name or CAS number, by first character (letter or symbol), or by functional class. Includes all updates up to the 87th JECFA (June 2019).
Food safety collaborative platform (FOSCOLLAB)
The Food safety collaborative platform (FOSCOLLAB) integrates elements from separate sources: JECFA database, JMPR database, GEMS/Food Contaminants database, FAO/WHO Chronic individual food consumption database (CIFOCOss), the WHO Collaborating Centers Database and data from other UN organizations. By integrating multiple sources of reliable data, FOSCOLLAB helps overcome the challenges of accessing key sources in a timely manner, allowing for better risk assessment and decision-making by food safety professionals and authorities.
Inventory of evaluations performed by the Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR)
This inventory summarizes evaluations of pesticides that have been performed by the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR). It does not include the maximum residue levels (MRLs) that have been recommended by JMPR.
Maximum residue limits adopted by Codex Alimentarius Commission are available on:
Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS) / Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Since 1976, the Global Environment Monitoring System - Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment Programme, which is commonly known as GEMS/Food, has informed governments, the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other relevant institutions, as well as the public, on levels and trends of contaminants in food, their contribution to total human exposure, and significance with regard to public health and trade. The Programme is implemented by the WHO in cooperation with a network of more than 30 WHO Collaborating Centres and recognized national institutions located all around the world.
Global database on the Implementation of Food and Nutrition Action (GIFNA)
The Global database on the Implementation of Food and Nutrition Action (GIFNA) is providing valuable information on the implementation of numerous nutrition policies and interventions. The use of GIFNA is growing steadily since the launch of it precursor GINA in November 2012. GIFNA contains information collected from a variety of sources and invites users to directly submit their data. Users can share information on how programmes are implemented, including country adaptations and lessons learnt.
Contact us
Email: gifna@who.int
Global targets tracking tool
WHO Member States endorsed six global nutrition targets for improving maternal, infant and young child nutrition in 2012. The translation of the global targets into national ones needs to consider nutrition profiles, risk factor trends, demographic changes, experience with developing and implementing nutrition policies, and health system development. WHO, in collaboration with UNICEF and the EC, developed the Tracking Tool to help countries set their national targets and monitor progress. This tool allows users to explore scenarios taking into account different rates of progress for the six targets and the time left to 2025.
Internationally Peer Reviewed Chemical Safety Information (INCHEM)
Rapid access to internationally peer-reviewed information on chemicals published through the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS). All types of chemicals from the full range of exposure situations (environment, food, occupational) are included. Searching across all collections or within individual collections is available.
Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS)
The Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS), formerly known as the Micronutrient Deficiency Information System (MDIS), was established in 1991 following a request by the World Health Assembly to strengthen surveillance of micronutrient deficiencies at the global level. The VMNIS has four main components: 1) The Micronutrients database; 2) Summaries of biochemical indicators for assessing the prevalence of various vitamin and mineral deficiencies in populations; 3) Surveillance tools; 3) Global laboratory directory for the assessment of micronutrient status.
Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)
Bringing together all existing WHO Global Nutrition Databases dynamically, as well as other existing food and nutrition-related data from partner agencies, NLIS is a web-based tool which provides nutrition and nutrition-related health and development data in the form of automated country profiles and user-defined downloadable data. Data presented in the country profiles are structured by the UNICEF conceptual framework for causes of malnutrition and intend to give an overview snapshot of a country's nutrition, health, and development at the national level.
WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding
WHO began the Global Data Bank on Breastfeeding in 1991 as part of its monitoring and surveillance activities. Since then the Data Bank has undergone several revisions to accommodate new sets of definitions and indicators and integrate all operational targets of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding, changing as a result of the name to "WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding". The Data Bank is maintained and managed in keeping with internationally accepted definitions and indicators. It pools information mainly from national and regional surveys, and studies dealing specifically with the prevalence and duration of breastfeeding and complementary feeding. The Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding is continually updated as new studies and surveys become available.