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Pesticide residues in food 2024: Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues: evalutation: part II: toxicological

This volume presents the toxicological evaluations prepared by the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR) following its meeting held in Rome,...

Global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022–2030: 2026 mid-term progress report

This report is the second in a series of biennial progress reports on the implementation of the Global health sector strategies on, respectively, HIV,...

Consolidated guidance for strengthening national routine surveillance systems: updated HIV case definitions, advanced HIV disease indicators and surveillance checklist

WHO’s new consolidated guidance define the core components of a strong routine HIV surveillance system. Bringing together updated HIV and advanced...

Safety evaluation of certain contaminants in food: prepared by the one hundred and first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)

This monograph presents the safety evaluation of arsenic as a contaminant in food conducted by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)...