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Headquarters
Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses (FOS)
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20
CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 791 4807
E-mail: foodsafety@who.int
Regional Office for Africa
Food Safety
Professor Patience Mensah
WHO Regional Office for Africa
B.P. 6 Brazzaville,
Republic of Congo
Tel: +47 241 39501/3
Fax: +47 241 39501/3
E-mail: mensahp@afro.who.int
Regional office for the Americas
Zoonoses
Dr Ottorino Cosivi
Coordinator, Veterinary Public Health
Director, Pan American Center for Foot and Mouth Disease (PANAFTOSA)
Pan American Health Organization/Regional office for the Americas
Av. Presidente Kennedy, 7778
Duque de Caxias CEP 25040-004
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tel: +55 21 3661 9002
Fax +55 21 3661 9001
E-mail: cosivio@panaftosa.ops-oms.org
Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Food Safety
Dr Mohamed Elmi
Regional Adviser for Food and Chemical Safety
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Abdul Razzak Al Sanhouri Street
P.O. Box 7608
Nasr City Cairo 11371, Egypt
Tel: +202 27 65 384
Fax: +202 670 2492 / 202 67 2494
E-mail: elmim@emro.who.int
Foodborne Diseases Surveillance
Dr H. El Mahdi El Bushra
Regional Adviser for Emerging Diseases Communicable Disease Surveillance, Forecasting and Response
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
P.O. Box 7608
Nasr City Cairo 11371, Egypt
Tel: +202 276 5291 or 670 2535
Fax: +202 276 5414
E-mail: elbushrah@emro.who.int
Zoonoses
Dr Riadh Ben-Ismaïl
Regional Adviser for Tropical Diseases and Zoonoses
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
P.O. Box 7608
Nasr City Cairo 11371, Egypt
Tel: +202 276 5280
Fax: +202 276 5414
E-mail: ismailr@emro.who.int
Regional office for Europe
Food Safety
Dr Hilde Kruse
World Health Organization
Regional Office for Europe
European Centre for Environment and Health, Rome
Via Francesco Crispi, 10
Rome 00187, Italy
Tel: +39 06 4877 525
Fax: +39 06 4877 599
E-mail: foodsafety@ecr.euro.who.int
Regional Office for South East Asia
Food Safety
Dr Kunal Bagchi
Regional Adviser for Nutrition and Food Safety
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
Indraprastha Estate
New Delhi-110002, India
Tel: +91 11 2330 9313
E-mail: bagchik@searo.who.int
Zoonoses
Dr Gyanendra Gongal
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
Indraprastha Estate
New Delhi-110002, India
Tel: +91 11 2337 0804 (ext. 26647)
Fax: +91 11 2337 8412
E-mail: gongalg@searo.who.int
Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Food Safety
Ms Jenny Bishop
Regional Adviser for Food Safety
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
P.O. Box 2932
Manila 1000, Philippines
+63 2 528 9862 (direct) +63 2 528 8001 (switchboard)
Fax: +63 521 1036
E-mail: bishopj@wpro.who.int
Zoonoses
Dr Bee Lee Ong
Regional Focal Point for Zoonoses
Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
P.O. Box 2932
Manila 1000, Philippines
Tel: +63 2 528 9914
Fax: +63 2 521 1036
E-mail: ongb@wpro.who.int
