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Saaja: "Helen Sõber"
Teema: Expansion of WHO data collection platforms to provide detailed data on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes and prices
Kuupäev: 2024-08-02 13:03
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Nataliia Shapoval
Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation
World Health Organization
Regional Office for Europe
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ
WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION
Date: 22 July 2024
ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ
Ms Helen Sõber
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE
BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE
Adviser European Union Affairs and International
REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA Co-operation Department
ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО Ministry of Social Affairs
Head office: Suur-Ameerika 1
UN City, Marmorvej 51, Tallinn 10122, Estonia
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00; Fax: +45 45 33 70 01
Email:
[email protected]
Website: https://www.who.int/europe
Dear Ms Sõber,
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 its technical assistance on health taxes, it is imperative that high-quality, credible and
independent data remain available to support researchers and policy-makers in their decision-making.
Following a successful collection of data on pricing and taxation of alcohol and sugar-sweetened
beverages (SSBs) in 2022, WHO is embarking on a second round of data collection this year. And as in
the work conducted in 2022, we believe that the Ministry of Finance, or similar agency, is the most
suitable to provide the most up-to-date data.
We kindly request that the Ministry of Health 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. Please find
attached Annex 1, which contains the names of designated national data providers from the 2022 round of
data collection.
We kindly ask that you provide contact details, including name, functional title, email address and
telephone number, of nominated representatives no later than 16 August 2024. Please send your
nominations to Ms Natalia Fedkina (
[email protected], copying in
[email protected]) and Ms
Nataliia Shapoval (
[email protected]), who will coordinate this activity on behalf of the Special
Initiative on Noncommunicable Diseases and Innovation. They will be in touch with the nominated
representatives to give further details of the survey.
Thank you for your valuable cooperation with WHO in this important matter.
Sincerely yours,
Dr Gauden Galea
Strategic Advisor
Special Initiative on Noncommunicable Diseases and Innovation
UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email:
[email protected]
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Website: https://www.who.int/europe
Denmark
Encls:
Annex 1. Nominated data providers for WHO data collection survey on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes and
prices 2022.
Copies for information:
Ms Triin Uusberg, Head European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department Ministry of Social Affairs
Suur-Ameerika 1 Tallinn 10129, Estonia
H.E. Ms Riia Salsa-Audiffren, Ambassador Representative of the Republic of Estonia, Permanent Mission of the Republic
of Estonia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28A,
Genève CH-1209, Switzerland
H.E. Mr William Mart Laanemäe, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Estonia
Frederiksgade 19, 4th floor Copenhagen K 1265, Denmark
Ms Kristina Köhler, Liaison Officer, WHO Country Office, Estonia, Paldiski Road 81 Tallinn 10617, Estonia
–2–
For the 2022 Alcohol and SSB tax and price questionnaires : Ms Brigitta Õunmaa , Adviser, Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia (e-mail:
[email protected] ) ; Ms Heidi Vessel , Adviser, Ministry of Finance (e-mail:
[email protected] ); Ms Sille Pihlak , Chief Specialist, Public Health Department, Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia ( e-mail:
[email protected] ) - w ere nominated as focal point s .