Maria Jos Ravalli INPPAZ PAHOWHO

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Education and Social Communication on Food
Safety Safeguarding your food is safeguarding
your health
Maria José Ravalli INPPAZ - PAHO/WHO
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Working Locally, Thinking Globally
World Health Organization
Pan American Health Organization
30 country Offices. 9 Regional Centers
Pan American Institute for Food Safety
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Education and Social Communication INPPAZ s
Objetives
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Education activities on all links of food chain

• Development of models and materials to stimulate
  Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) during food
  manipulation at household level.
• Development of models and materials for formal
  and informal education programs

SIRVETA
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Articulation of programs to define food safety
educational policies.

• Development of activities to stimulate political
  decisions to assign priority to social
  communication and education activities on their
  diseases prevention programs.
• Stimulate the parternship among regulatory
  sectors, with educational sectors - the media.

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Development of Social Comunication Strategy on
Food Safety
Development of social communication activities
Development of communicational
pieces Development of guidelines in social
communication and education on food safety
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Target Audience

• General Population

• General Population

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Target Audience

• Media

• Schools

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Target Audience

• Political Sector

Technicals Sector
Private Sector
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Education and Social Communication on Food
Safety
Investigation
Creation/ Production Development
Implementation
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Education and Social Communication INPPAZ s
Experiences
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Educational Materials for Kids Primary School
Tested at school level in Argentina and
Dominican Republic
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Educational Materials for Kids Primary School
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Educational Materials for Schools Teachers
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http//www.panalimentos.org/comunidad
Community Channel - Organization
Accurate, science-based and consumeroriented
messages
Consumers Children Teachers
Download resources
Interaction
Appealing design
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http//www.panalimentos.org/comunidad
Community Channel - Contents
Tech. info. AdaptedCodexHACCP/GMP
Seasonal Information
FBD
5 key to safer food
Street food vendors
Glossary
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WHO 5 keys to Safer Food
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• Interactive Flash Desgin-Web Badsed Plataform
• Promotional Materials and Games

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Educational activities custom developed for
specific events for kids
www.fs-word.org/uru
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Argentina
Inter Sectorial Approach -Ministry of Health
-Ministry of Agriculture-Inspection Agency
(from Health) -Inspection Agency (Inspection
Agencies) Experienced developed at -Municipal
level-National level
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Uruguay Events to Promote Food Safety
Municipal Day of Healthy Food20th May 2002.
Media
Schools Industies
Political Level
Activities on all links of food chain
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World Day of Food Safety
INPPAZ
WHO Food Safety Advisors
Adivisor Bodies
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PROPOSAL
Pan American Forum for Food Safety Education
-An space to discuss topics of international
interest, exchange materials and scientific
information
-Built up an international food safety education
community
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Muchas graciasMuito O brigadoThank you very
muchMerci beacoup