TARTARE strives to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with foodborne disease by developing a risk-based framework for decision making and allocating resources around food safety, using Ethiopia as a model country. This project focuses on three major food safety pathogens found in raw beef and dairy products (frequently consumed raw in Ethiopia): non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica, Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli, and Campylobacter species. This project utilizes a mixed-methods approach to address three overarching research questions:  

• Understand the public health burden and costs associated with the selected pathogens 
• Search for cost-effective, gender-sensitive, and socio-culturally acceptable strategies to the risks associated with these pathogens 
•  Assess where national resources should be allocated to reduce risk from foodborne disease.  

TARTARE is a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UK Department for International Development funded study led by Ohio State University. (Columbus, Ohio, United States). 

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