INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2020 #1

Food safety incidents During the first quarter of 2020, the INFOSAN Secretariat was involved in 38 food safety incidents involving 109 WHO Member States and 9 territories of WHO Member States. There were 25 incidents involving a biological hazard (Salmonella spp. [8], Listeria monocytogenes [5], Norovirus [3] Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli [2], Clostridium botulinum [2]…

WHO public consultation on draft Target Product Profiles for Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major yet preventable global health problem, with an estimated 10 million new cases worldwide in 2018, resulting in more than 1.5 million deaths, making it the leading infectious disease cause of death worldwide. An estimated one fourth of the world’s population is infected with the TB bacterium, of whom 5–10% advance…

Medical Product Alert N°3/2020

This Medical Product Alert warns consumers, healthcare professionals, and health authorities against a growing number of falsified medical products that claim to prevent, detect, treat or cure COVID-19.  The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic (caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2) has increased demand for medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and reagents, all related to COVID-19, creating an opportunity for…

Copyright Infringement

Question: Can I really get in trouble for posting that cute little poem on our website? Answer: You may have incurred significant liabilities if that “cute little poem” is copyrighted! No one thinks about sharing poems or stories in newsletters or on websites. Sending an email with some witty or poignant information is easy and…

Email Marketing Metrics

Email marketing is one of the best online marketing strategies around, and is a great way to drive highly targeted traffic to your website. This online marketing technique routinely provides some of the highest ROI figures in the online advertising industry, making it appealing to just about every type of… Read More http://www.associationofmarketing.org/articles/view.php?article_id=6668 Views: 0