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Special Groups & Taskforces
Technical Working Group on
Foodborne Disease Surveillance
A
PPHSN Technical Working Group on Foodborne
Disease Surveillance (TWGFBDS) was
identified during the 10th meeting of the PPHSN Coordinating Body
and the Second Regional EpiNet Workshop held in June 2004. This
initiative followed from the WHO/FAO/SPC Meeting on Future Action on
Food Safety in the Pacific held in Seremban, Malaysia, from 28-31
May 2004.
The members are
listed below:
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Dr Jan Pryor, Fiji
School of Medicine
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Dr Michael O’Leary,
Regional Epidemiologist, CDC/PIHOA Guam,
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Dr Narendra Singh,
Communicable Disease Specialist, SPC
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Dr Seini Kupu, ADB
Consultant for PPHSN at SPC
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Mrs Eden Ridep,
Deputy Chief, Division of Environmental Health, Palau
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Dr Benoît Garin, FBD
Specialist, New Caledonia Pasteur Institute
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Dr Jean-Francois
Yvon, Biologist, Wallis and Futuna
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Mr Len Tarivonda,
National Coordinator ARI/CDD, Vanuatu
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Dr Joe Koroivueta,
Head, National Centre for Scientific Services for Virology and
Vectorborne Diseases, Fiji Islands
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Dr Tom Chiller,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Dr Nu’ualofa
Tu’uau-Potoi, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Preventive Health
Services
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Mr Teodoro Magno,
Environmental Engineer, WHO Office in Papua New Guinea
Membership of this
technical working group is still open to Pacific health
professionals who are interested and perhaps working in this or a
related area.
For any further
information please contact the Technical Working Group on
Foodborne Disease Surveillance through SPC Public Health
Surveillance and Communicable Disease Control section:
phs.cdc@spc.int.
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