Burden of foodborne disease: pilot study in Albania progress report

Abstract

In September 2006 the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses launched an initiative to estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases. Two of the three objectives of the initiative are to strengthen national capacity to conduct burden of foodborne illness studies and promote the use of results in policy. This paper describes progress on a national burden of foodborne illness study in Albania.

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