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Today, ECDC Director Andrea Ammon and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Acting Executive Director Luc Tytgat signed the EASA-ECDC Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

The European Health Forum Gastein takes place each year in Bad Hofgastein, Austria, and gathers experts in public health from the public and private sectors as well as academia and civil society.

Statement from ECDC Director Andrea Ammon on the current state of influenza, RSV and COVID-19 with the arrival of autumn and winter.

On 13-14 September 2023, a team of ECDC experts travelled to Podgorica to meet with representatives from the Institute of Public Health of Montenegro.

Seven nominated experts – Observer NFPs from the Western Balkans and Türkiye - attended the annual meeting of ECDC’s NFPs for Preparedness and Response, and for Threat detection, EWRS and IHR. The meeting took place in Stockholm, Sweden.

On 12–13 September, ECDC organised a workshop in Stockholm on the use of social and behavioural sciences in preparedness and response to infectious disease outbreaks.

Progress towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 is variable across the region, and most countries in Europe and Central Asia are currently far from achieving the 2025 targets.

On 5 and 6 September, ECDC hosted the first joint SoHO-Net Tissues and Cells (TC) and Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) group meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.

Joaquin Baruch, a fellow in the EPIET programme, talks to us about his experiences in Malta, as well as doing field work in Western Sahara, Algeria and Mozambique.

In recent weeks, signals of SARS-CoV-2 transmission have increased from previously very low levels in the EU/EEA.

Today ECDC is providing an update on the current status of COVID-19 transmission in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA), the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants, and public health considerations for Autumn 2023.

This year’s World Field Epidemiology Day focuses on promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in the field of epidemiology.

This year’s ESCAIDE will be held as a hybrid event, in Barcelona and online, from 22-24 November.

Embark on a two-year hands-on training that enables fellows to support prevention, preparedness and surveillance activities, outbreak investigation and control of communicable disease threats across the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) – and beyond. Apply for the ECDC Fellowship Programme (EPIET/EUPHEM) by 15 October 2023.

EPIET/EUPHEM, PAE and MediPIET fellows attended the Project Review module from 28 August to 1 September in Lisbon, Portugal.

This weekly report provides an overview of the epidemiological situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccine rollout by country. 

Two sub-clusters of endemic Salmonella Enteritidis ST11 have been detected with at least 134 human cases identified in 11 EU/EEA countries.

WHO launched the WHO Civil Society Commission and held the inaugural meeting of its Steering Committee in Geneva today. The Commission provides, for the first time, the ability to channel advice and recommendations in a more structured and systematic manner from civil society to WHO on health priorities and related issues.

Since June 2017, a cross-border outbreak of Salmonella Virchow ST16 has been ongoing in five EU/EEA countries, the UK, and the US. A total of 210 cases have been reported. No deaths have been reported. A majority of cases have been linked to local restaurants serving kebab meat.