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 Mission
Our mission is to support
SEAR member countries to promote healthy lifestyles and environments for
sustainable human development. this will be achieved by strengthening the
capacity of countries to assess and modify behavioural,
environmental, physical, social and economic determinants of human health
Objective
of Food Safety
Promote the development of sound national
policies and programmes for food safety, as well as assistance with
implementation of these programmes. FOS fosters the capacity to detect,
identify, control, and prevent food borne diseases, in order to reduce
the health and social burden of foodborne disease.
Expected
result in Food Safety
Food
borne disease surveillance and food hazard monitoring programme strengthened
Objective
of Promotion of Chemical Safety
Promote the sound management of chemicals by
strengthening national and regional capabilities and capacities for chemical
safety. This includes reducing toxic chemical exposure, improving the
management of chemical accidents, reinforcing poison information centres, and standardizing the management of toxic and
biomedical waste.
Expected
results from the Promotion of Chemical Safety
Appropriate
technology and logistic support provided for prevention, preparedness and
response to chemical incidents and poisonings, radiation accidents and other
technological or environmental emergencies
By end of 2005,
regional capacities in chemical safety are strengthened by:
 Nine
National Chemicals Management Profiles have been revised /started
Health
Care Waste Management (HCWM) programmes in 6 countries are being implemented
A
regional collaborative CEH research network is functional
Poisoning
prevention and management has been enhanced in fifteen centres
in the region
5 Integrated Vector Management
(IVM) pilot projects have been launched
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