Project Identify to Improve Laboratory-Based Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases in Southeast Asia

In oder to increase detection of foodborne pathogens in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, the World Health Organization West Pacific Regional Office (WPRO/WHO) and the DTU National Food Insitute have set up a series of lectures on epidemiology and laboratory-based surveillance of foodborne diseases, along with discussions on specific local needs, which culminated in the creation of a priority-based 5-year workplan for each of those countries.