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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION Date: 08 June 2022 ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE Ms Elen Ohov BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA Adviser ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО European Union Affairs and International Co- Head office: operation Department UN City, Marmorvej 51, Ministry of Social Affairs DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Suur-Ameerika 1 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00; Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Email: [email protected] 10122 Tallinn Website: http://www.euro.who.int Estonia Our reference: WHO/GDO Your reference: Notre référence: -25-2022 Votre référence: Unser Zeichen: Ihr Zeichen: См. наш номер: На Ваш номер: Dear Ms Ohov, Expansion of WHO data collection platforms to provide detailed data on alcohol and sugar- sweetened beverage taxes and prices The World Health Organization (WHO) is committed to providing Member States with accurate, relevant and internationally comparable information that they can use to guide the development of health policy and to evaluate the impact of those policy measures. As WHO scales up technical assistance on health taxes, it is imperative that high-quality, credible and independent data are available to support researchers and policy-makers in their decision-making. While there is a world-class database on tobacco taxes and prices collected and presented on a two- yearly basis as part of the WHO Global Tobacco Control Report, the price and tax data collected by the existing alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) monitoring tools do not provide the same level of comprehensive details. Therefore, with the support of its Member States, WHO has taken the initiative to develop a new database for alcohol and SSB tax and price data to be collected as part of a single survey. We believe the Ministry of Finance, or a similar institution, is the most suitable to provide the most up-to-date data. We kindly request the Ministry of Health to facilitate the nomination of a representative from the Ministry of Health and a representative from the Ministry of Finance, who will help us to compile the country data on alcohol and SSB taxes and who will be involved in validating the results for the country once the analysis is complete. Our priority is the most accurate reflection of your country data. We kindly request that you provide contact details, including name, functional title, email address and telephone number, of nominated representatives no later than 30 June 2022. Please send your nominations to Dr Sumudu Kasturiarachchi ([email protected]) and Ms Olga Oleinik ([email protected]), who will coordinate this activity on behalf of the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. They will be in touch with the nominated representatives to give further details of the survey. UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email: [email protected] DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Website: http://www.euro.who.int Denmark Thank you for your valuable cooperation with WHO in this important matter. Sincerely yours, for Dr Nino Berdzuli Director Division of Country Health Programmes Copy for information to: Ms Triin Uusberg, Head, European and International Coordination Department, Ministry of Social Affairs, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10129 Tallinn, Estonia H.E. Ms Katrin Saarsalu-Layachi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28A, CH-1209 Genève, Switzerland H.E. Mr William Mart Laanemäe, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Estonia, Frederiksgade 19, 4th floor, 1265 Copenhagen K, Denmark Ms Kristina Köhler, Liaison Officer, WHO Country Office, Estonia, Paldiski Road 81, 10617 Tallinn, Estonia –2– Saatja: OLEINIK, Olga <[email protected]> Saadetud: 08.06.2022 14:41 Adressaat: Elen Ohov <[email protected]> Koopia: Triin Uusberg <[email protected]>; SM Info <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; KÖHLER, Kristina <[email protected]>; WICKRAMASINGHE, Kremlin <[email protected]>; Carina Ferreira-Borges <[email protected]>; KASTURIARACHCHI, Sumudu <[email protected]>; NEUFELD, Maria <[email protected]>; OLEINIK, Olga <[email protected]> Teema: Expansion of WHO data collection platforms to provide detailed data on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes and prices - EST Dear Ms Ohov, On behalf of Dr Nino Berdzuli, Director of the Division of Country Health Programmes, WHO Regional Office for Europe, we are pleased to share the letter attached in relation to the expansion of WHO data collection platforms to provide detailed data on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes and prices in the WHO European Region. We kindly request the Ministry of Health to facilitate the nomination of a representative from the Ministry of Health and a representative from the Ministry of Finance, who will help us to compile the country data on alcohol and SSB taxes and who will be involved in validating the results for the country, once the analysis is complete. We look forward to receiving contact details, including name, functional title, email address and telephone number, of nominated representatives no later than 30 June 2022. Please send your nominations to Dr Sumudu Kasturiarachchi () and Ms Olga Oleinik (), who will coordinate this activity on behalf of the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. They will be in touch with the nominated representatives to give further details of the survey. Best regards, Olga Olga Oleinik WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD Office) E-mail: Web site: