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USA-315 [Headquarters]
Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Control of Salmonella and other Foodborne Diseases

Director / Head: 
  Dr. Tom Chiller
 
 
tnc3@cdc.gov




Institution:
  National Centrer for Infectious Diseases, Foodborne Disease Epidemiology Team Foodborne and Diarrhoeal Diseases Branch
  Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC)
Address:
  1600 Clifton Rd., MS CO9
  30329
  Georgia
Town:
  Atlanta
Country:
  USA
Region:
  AMRO
Phone:
  1-404-639-4753
Fax:
  404-248-4144
Web Site:
  http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/gfn.html
Date of Designation:
  21/Mar/2006
Last Redesignation:
  13/Feb/2010
Expiry:
  13/Feb/2014
Terms of Reference:
  1. To assist World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters and Regional Offices in enhancing the capacity of countries to quickly detect, respond, communicate, control, and prevent foodborne and other enteric infections, including foodborne zoonoses 
  2. To support WHO and partner efforts to a/estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases and b/strengthen global efforts to fight antimicrobial resistance in foodborne diseases 
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Subjects:
  1. Food safety 
  2. Bacterial diseases other than those specifically mentioned 
  3. Zoonoses 
Types of activity:
  1. Training and education 
  2. Coordination of activities carried out by several institutions (e.g. other WHO collaborating centres) 
  3. Implementation of WHO programmes and activities at country level 
WHO organization wide expected result:
  9.5 - Systems for surveillance, prevention and control of zoonotic and non-zoonotic foodborne diseases strengthened; food-hazard monitoring and evaluation programmes established and integrated into existing national surveillance systems, and results disseminated to all key players.
  9.6 - Capacity built and support provided to Member States, including their participation in international standard-setting in order to increase their ability to assess risk in the areas of zoonotic and non-zoonotic foodborne diseases and food safety, and to develop and implement national food-control systems, with links to international emergency systems.
 
Responsible Officer:
  AIDARA-KANE Awa
Phone:
  +41 22 79 12403
Email:
  aidarakanea@who.int

Technical Counterpart:
  PEREZ-GUTIERREZ Enrique
Phone:
 
Email:
  pereze@pan.ops-oms.org
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork
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