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Intersectoral Coordination between Health and Agriculture: Zoonoses, Food Safety and Foot-and-Mouth Disease (PAHO Occasional Publication)
Intersectoral Coordination between Health and Agriculture Zoonoses Food Safety and FootandMouth Disease - PAHO Occasional Publication Author:World Health Organization Preventing and controlling foodborne diseases and protecting consumers has emerged as a serious public health challenge at the onset of the 21st century. This publication details the meeting's discussion on the role of community participation in developing healthy markets and food safety, as well as that on zoonoses that affect the economy and p... more »ublic health, such as brucellosis, bovine tuberculosis, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and other emerging zoonoses. RIMSA is now a one-of-a-kind forum that provides the highest-level intersectoral coordination between the health and agriculture sectors for the prevention, control, and eradication of socially and economically important zoonoses and other animal diseases, and of foodborne diseases. This report represents the institutional memory of progress made by national programs and is a testimony of the principles of equity and Pan Americanism that have guided PAHO's technical cooperation in veterinary public health.« less