2024年10月18日 · Foodborne diseases are closely linked to poverty in low- and middle-income countries but are a growing public health issue around the world. Increasing international trade and longer, more complex food chains increase the risk of food contamination and the transport of infected food products across national borders.

2024年10月4日 · Foodborne diseases impede socioeconomic development by straining health care systems and harming national economies, tourism, and trade. Food safety is a shared responsibility among different national authorities and requires a multisectoral, one health approach. Overview

2019年11月26日 · Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from a food safety perspective Antimicrobial agents (antibiotics) are essential drugs for treatment of infectious diseases, both for humans and animals. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the development and spread of resistance to these agents following their use and misuse.

2024年6月7日 · Each year, an estimated 600 million people fall ill and 420 000 people die from unsafe food, resulting in the loss of 33 million healthy life years (DALYs). Children under 5 years of age are at particularly high risk, with 125 000 children dying from foodborne diseases every year. These illnesses and deaths are largely preventable.

2019年12月23日 · Foodborne diseases encompass a wide spectrum of illnesses and are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. They are illnesses associated with the ingestion of food contaminated by bacteria, viruses, parasites and chemicals as well as bio-toxins.

2024年6月7日 · The contamination of food by microbiological agents is a worldwide public health concern. Most countries have documented significant increases over the past few decades in the incidence of diseases caused by microorganisms in food, including pathogens such as Salmonella, and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli, as well as parasites such as …

Around the world unsafe food is known to cause more than 200 acute and chronic diseases. In 2015, WHO published the first-ever estimates of global burden of foodborne diseases, which indicated that the 31 hazards examined were responsible for 600 million cases of foodborne diseases in 2010, resulting in 33 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), including 420 …

Street food, which is commonly consumed in all parts of the country, often poses a health hazard as it is contaminated with infectious viruses and bacteria, leading to various food borne diseases. Through its resolution WHA53.15, the 53 rd World Health Assembly in 2000, urged Member States to recognize food safety as an essential public health ...

2018年2月22日 · More than 200 diseases are spread through food. 1 in 10 people fall ill every year from eating contaminated food, and 420 000 people die each year as a result. Children under 5 years of age are at particularly high risk, with some 125 000 young children dying from foodborne diseases every year.

2024年5月6日 · The Strategy, adopted by Member States at the 75th Session of the World Health Assembly – Resolution WHA75(22) – sets concrete global food safety targets to be reached by 2030, including a progress indicator on surveillance of foodborne diseases and contamination. Currently, there is no global mechanism in place to align efforts in this ...