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Webinar: Source attribution method in the foodborne diseases estimates [1]

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Date: 2024-11-05

Background

A variety of methods are available to attribute foodborne diseases to the main transmission pathways and specific food sources, including approaches based on analysis of data from occurrence and epidemiological studies, intervention studies, and expert elicitations (1). Each of these methods has advantages and limitations, and the usefulness of each depends on the public health questions being addressed. In addition, the different methods have different data requirements and attribute human illness at different points of the farm-to-consumption chain (i.e. production, processing or exposure). Their usefulness will therefore vary depending on the hazard and the country or region in question.

As part of the process to update the WHO estimates of global burden of foodborne diseases, WHO has commissioned a global source attribution study. This webinar aims to describe various source attributions methods, the an overarching method taken to update the next edition of the WHO estimates, and how the study is being conducted.

Moderator

Dr Luc Ingenbleek, Technical Officer, Monitoring and Surveillance Nutrition and Food Safety (MNF) Unit, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO

Speakers

Mr Michael Batz, Senior Policy Advisor, Human Foods Program, US Food and Drug Administration, United States of America

Dr Sara Monteiro Pires, Senior Researcher, Technical University of Denmark / Chair of the Source Attribution Task Force of the WHO FERG

Dr Tina Nane, Associate Professor, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands



Tentative agenda

14:00 – 14:05 Welcome and introduction

14:05 – 14:20 What is source attribution for foodborne diseases – Mr Michael Batz

14:20 – 14:35 The WHO/FERG approach – Dr Sara Monteiro Pires

14:35 – 14:50 Structured expert judgement – Dr Tina Nane

14:50 – 15:00 Questions and answers

Organizer

Monitoring and Surveillance Nutrition and Food Safety (MNF) Unit, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety

Reference

(1) Pires SM, Evers EG, van Pelt W, Ayers T, Scallan E, Angulo FJ et al. Attributing the human disease burden of foodborne infections to specific sources. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2009;6(4):417–24

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