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Gulf Health Council and Gulf CDC visit ECDC

Wed, 06/04/2025 - 15:54
On 2 June 2025, ECDC welcomed a delegation from the Gulf Health Council and the Gulf Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).
Categories: C.D.C. (Europe)

Risk ranking of epidemic-prone diseases in the Northern African Regional Coordination Centre in Egypt

Wed, 06/04/2025 - 10:30
Between 20 and 22 May 2025, a regional workshop was held in Cairo, Egypt, on the risk-ranking of epidemic-prone diseases.
Categories: C.D.C. (Europe)

Postcard from the field: deployment to South Sudan through the WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN)

Tue, 06/03/2025 - 13:41
In 2024-2025, South Sudan experienced its largest ever recorded outbreak of cholera. On 18 December 2024, Ebba Rosendal, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Lisbon, Portugal, and Sebastian von Schreeb, Direção-Geral da Saúde (DGS), Lisbon, Portugal, were deployed to Juba, the capital of South Sudan, through the WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN).
Categories: C.D.C. (Europe)

Call for new EU reference laboratories for public health in the field of respiratory viruses

Wed, 05/28/2025 - 16:43
On 28 May 2025, the European Commission issued a new call for laboratories in EU Member States and EEA countries to submit applications to be designated as an EU reference laboratory (EURL) for public health in the field of respiratory viruses.
Categories: C.D.C. (Europe)

Stay safe this summer: protect yourself from STIs in the upcoming holiday season

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 14:37
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are spreading across Europe, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is urging everyone to stay informed and practice safer sex during upcoming holidays, festivals, and travel this summer season.
Categories: C.D.C. (Europe)

Celebrating 20 years of ECDC

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 11:14
In 2025, ECDC celebrates 20 years of strengthening Europe’s defences against infectious diseases.
Categories: C.D.C. (Europe)

ECDC Extends Collaboration with Eastern Partnership Countries on Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

Mon, 05/26/2025 - 16:34
On 29 April 2025, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Directorate-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood (DG ENEST) of the European Commission officially launched the project “Strengthening Resilience to Major Cross-Border Health Threats in the Eastern Partnership Countries.”
Categories: C.D.C. (Europe)

The first meeting of the European Union Reference Laboratories network is a milestone for the Health Union

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 14:59
On 22-23 May 2025, ECDC and the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety hosted a meeting of the newly founded network of European Union Reference Laboratories for Public Health (EURL-PH) in Luxembourg.
Categories: C.D.C. (Europe)

ECDC Hosts Second Epidemic Intelligence Network Meeting in Madrid

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 13:12
On 6 and 7 May 2025, ECDC convened the second meeting of the Epidemic Intelligence Network in Madrid, Spain, kindly hosted by the Spanish Ministry of Health. The meeting marked a key step in defining the priorities and activities of this recently established network.
Categories: C.D.C. (Europe)

ECDC Summer School 2025: Mathematical modelling for assessing and anticipating threats in public health

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 11:29
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) recently co-organised the annual Summer School titled “Introduction to Mathematical Modelling for Assessing and Anticipating Threats in Public Health”.
Categories: C.D.C. (Europe)

The European Commission Hosts Key One Health Meeting

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 17:47
On 21-22 May 21 2025 representatives from the Cross-agency One Health Task Force, comprising five EU Agencies (ECDC, EMA, EFSA, EEA and ECHA), convened in Brussels with officials from the Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) and other European Commission services to advance coordination and implementation of the One Health approach in the EU.
Categories: C.D.C. (Europe)

R Training for Rwanda Biomedical Centre Experts in Rwanda

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 10:34
From 12 to 16 May 2025, an R training was organised for 15 experts of the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) in collaboration with Africa CDC.
Categories: C.D.C. (Europe)

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