WHO Press Conference
Press Conference Announcement
Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases
At an embargoed media briefing on 2 December, WHO will release the most comprehensive report to date estimating the global burden of foodborne diseases. This helps address the lack of data on a leading cause of preventable illness and death worldwide.
Under embargo until Thursday 3 December 2015, at 3 p.m. Geneva time (CET)
Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima, Director, Food Safety, WHO Dr Arie Hendrik Havelaar, Professor, Microbial Risk Assessment & Epidemiology of Foodborne Diseases, University of Florida and Chair of the WHO Foodborne Diseases Burden Epidemiology Reference Group Dr. Philippe Verger, Specialist in Food Chemical Risk Assessment, WHO
Under embargo until Thursday 3 December 2015, at 3 p.m. Geneva time (CET)
Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima, Director, Food Safety, WHO Dr Arie Hendrik Havelaar, Professor, Microbial Risk Assessment & Epidemiology of Foodborne Diseases, University of Florida and Chair of the WHO Foodborne Diseases Burden Epidemiology Reference Group Dr. Philippe Verger, Specialist in Food Chemical Risk Assessment, WHO
