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It is a real pleasure to share with you the third newsletter of the year 2023. With this newsletter, we, together with YOU, look back to an active first half year, especially with respect to IF General Meeting and several high level events such as the adoption of the WHA76.19 Resolution and the 16th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD.

It is with great pleasure that we announce that The seventy-sixth World Health Assembly has voted to adopt the resolution WHA76.19 'Accelerating efforts for preventing micronutrient deficiencies and their consequences, including spina bifida and other neural tube defects, through safe and effective food fortification'. This is a tremendous achievement for the global SBH community. 

It is with great pleasure that we announce that The seventy-sixth World Health Assembly has voted to adopt the resolution “Accelerating efforts for preventing micronutrient deficiencies and their consequences, including spina bifida and other neural tube defects, through safe and effective food fortification”. This is a tremendous achievement for the global SBH community. 

Join IF in celebrating and raise awareness on the important draft WHA resolution for food fortification the government of Colombia is sponsoring alongside numerous co-sponsoring WHO Member States a side event to the WHA together with IF and a broad coalition of partners from public and civil society.