Tuesday 15 December 2015

 

08.00 - 08.45 Registration

Opening session: Welcome speeches

Chair: 

08.45 - 09.30 

Keiji Fukuda (World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)  

 

André van der Zande (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment,
Bilthoven, the Netherlands)
  

 

Arie Havelaar (Chair Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference
Group (FERG),University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA)
 

Session 1:   Report from FERG Task Forces 

Chairs: 

  • Keiji Fukuda (World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Jaap van Dissel (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven,
    the Netherlands)
     

09.30 - 09.55 

Methodological Framework for World Health Organization Estimates of the Global
Burden of Foodborne Disease

Brecht de Vleesschauwer (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA,
Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium)
 

09.55 - 10.20 

Source Attribution Estimates of the Relative Contributions to the Burden of Disease
due to Selected Foodborne Hazards: a WHO Expert Elicitation

Tine Hald (National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark) 

10.20 - 10.30 

Discussion

10.30 - 11.00 

Break 

11.00 - 11.25 

The Burden of Disease Caused by Enteric pathogens 

Martyn Kirk (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia)

11.25 - 11.50

The Burden of Disease Caused by Foodborne Parasites 

Paul Torgerson (Vetsuisse Faculty, Zurich, Switzerland) 

11.50 - 12.15

The Burden of Disease from Chemicals in Food 

Herman Gibb (Gibb Epidemiology Consulting, LLC, Arlington, VA, USA)

11.50 - 12.30 

Discussion 

12.30 - 13.30 

Lunch 

 

Session 2:   General Discussion and next steps towards better estimates

Chairs:

  • Claudia Stein (World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark) 
  • Hans van Oers (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven,
    the Netherlands)
     

13.30 - 14.00 

General discussion

14.00 - 14.25 

The Global Burden of Foodborne Disease – a WHO Technical Perspective

Colin Mathers (World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)

14.30 - 14.50 

The Burden of Foodborne Disease – an IHME Perspective

David Pigott (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford,
UK and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, USA)
 

14.50 - 15.00 

Discussion 

15.00 - 15.30 

Break 

15.30 - 16.30 

Discussion on next steps towards better estimates 

16.30 - 18.00 

Networking reception 

 

Wednesday 16 December 2015

Session 3:  From Science to Public Health Policy

Chairs:

  • Renata Clarke (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy)
  • David Goldman (Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, Washington DC, USA)

09.00 - 09.25 

The Global Burden of Foodborne Disease: Overview and Implications

Arie Havelaar (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA) 

09.25 - 09.50 

Country Studies as a Component of the WHO Initiative to Estimate
The Global Burden of Foodborne Disease

Robin Lake (Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR),
Christchurch, New Zealand) 

09.50 - 10.15 

The Global Burden of Foodborne Disease : From Science to Public Health Policy 

Frederick Angulo (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta,
Georgia, USA)

10.15 - 10.30 

Discussion 

10.30 - 11.00 

Break 

11.00 - 12.30 

Country testimonials 

  • Karen Keddy (National Institute for Communicable Diseases,
    Johannesburg, South Africa) 
  • Yuko Kumagai (The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan) 
  • Gijs Theunissen (Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Hague,
    the Netherlands) 
  • Lisa Indar (Caribbean Public Health Agency, Port of Spain,
    Trinidad and Tobago) 
  • Patricia Griffin (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
    Atlanta, GA, USA) 
  • Mohammad Rokni (Teheran University of Medical Sciences,
    Iran)
     

12.30 - 13.30 

Lunch 

Session 4:  Testimonials from stakeholders 

Chairs:

  • Kazuaki Miyagishima (World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland) 
  • Arie Havelaar (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA)   

13.30 - 15.00 

Use of estimates by stakeholders 

  • Awilo Ochieng-Pernet (Chairperson, Codex Alimentarius Commission;
    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, Bern, Switzerland) 
  • Markus Lipp (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
    Rome, Italy) 
  • Laura Lamberti (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA) 
  • Leon Gorris (Unilever R&D, Vlaardingen, the Netherlands) 
  • Barbara Kowalcyk (Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention,
    Raleigh, NC, USA) 
  • Gillian Mylrea (World Organization for Animal Health (OIE),
    Paris, France)

15.00 - 15.30

Discussion 

15.30 

WHO vision on future steps towards a safer global food supply 

Kazuaki Miyagishima (World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland) 

16.00 

Closing of meeting