Pasi Penttinen

Biographic Data

ID10028190
NAMEPasi Penttinen
GIVEN NAMESPasi
FAMILY NAMEPenttinen
SIGNATUREPENTTINEN P
AFFILIATIONSSaudi Center for Disease Prevention and Control
ORCID0000-0001-6929-1086
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Wastewater-based surveillance of microbial pathogens in GCC countries (2015–2025)

    Open AccessBushra Alghamdi, Norah Albedah et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Background: Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) of microbial pathogens has become an increasingly useful approach to monitor public health at the population level. However, these efforts varied widely in scope, methodology and focus within the GCC region. It remains unclear how WBS is being used across the region, and to what extent it can inform decision-making or contribute to long-term surveillance infrastructure within the GCC. This review ai…

  • Towards a unified regional surveillance system

    Open AccessSami Al Mudarra, Lamis Alghamdi et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    In January 2021, the Gulf Health Council (GHC), established the Gulf Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (Gulf CDC) in Riyadh, marking a pivotal step in harmonizing health strategies, enhancing knowledge generation, and promoting evidence-based approaches to both communicable (CD) and non-communicable diseases (NCD). The Gulf CDC’s mission includes consolidating the region’s health information systems, crucial for monitoring disease burden …