All blog posts by Maggie Wetzel

Act on NCDs campaign poster
Why don’t non-communicable diseases have the resourcing they deserve?
05 September 2022
Resourcing the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases is a neglected part of the global health investment infrastructure
Maggie Wetzel at WHA75 in Geneva
‘Nice to finally meet you in 3D’ – in-person meetings are back
06 June 2022
WCRF International Policy and Public Affairs Manager Maggie Wetzel talks about her first time at an in-person World Health Assembly.
A child drinking a sugary drink
Good health doesn’t need to be taxing
01 April 2022
Barbados recently doubled a tax on sugary drinks to tackle the growing burden of disease. Maggie Wetzel explores what spurred Barbados into action.
WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses the opening of the 150th session of the Executive Board. Credit: WHO/Christopher Black
Five things we learnt from WHO’s 150th Executive Board meeting
04 February 2022
After a busy week at the WHO 150th Executive Board, here are our five takeaways from the bumper agenda
A public health notice on the street in Latin America
Do Argentines know what they are eating? After the newly enacted Healthy Eating Law they will
30 November 2021
The civil society-led nationwide campaign requesting Congress approve the draft bill on front-of-pack labeling had the slogan "Don't be blinded"
School children getting school dinners
Fulfilling youth potential: why school meals are important
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01 March 2021
How can school food programmes deliver healthy diets to young people around the world?
A globe sitting in a dessertspoon
Putting healthy diets on the global agenda
02 February 2021
Maggie Wetzel reports from the 148th session of the WHO Executive Board