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ECDC publishes first-ever guidelines for the EU/EEA to ensure the safety of all blood, tissue, and cell donations.

ECDC has released a new form for clinicians to help ensure patients with tuberculosis (TB) can continue their treatment without interruption when moving between countries. This form provides a standardised communication channel across the EU/EEA.

Rabat, 25 September 2025 - The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, together with Morocco’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network concluded a three-day training in Rabat to strengthen the country’s event-based surveillance capacities.

The previously published ECDC report, 'Tools and methods for promoting vaccination acceptance and uptake: a social and behavioural science approach’ is now available in all official EU/EEA languages.

Every month ECDC provides detailed epidemiological overview of the worldwide transmission of dengue in its weekly threat report (Communicable Diseases Threat Report).

From 23 to 26 June 2025, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the Eswatini Ministry of Health, and the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) co-organised a national One Health strategy workshop in the Kingdom of Eswatini.

Regional workshops were held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (24−26 June 2025) and Yaoundé, Cameroon (8−10 July 2025), focusing on the prioritisation of epidemic-prone diseases for emergency preparedness and response in Western and Central Africa.

From 10 to 12 September 2025, ECDC welcomed a delegation from the ASEAN Centre for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases (ACPHEED) for a benchmarking visit.

Every month ECDC provides detailed epidemiological overview of the worldwide transmission of chikungunya virus disease in its weekly threat report (Communicable Diseases Threat Report).

From 7 to 12 September 2025, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Health Task Force (EUHTF), in collaboration with the GOARN Operational Support Team, hosted the GOARN Outbreak Response Scenario Training in Stockholm, Sweden.

The latest survey from ECDC, the fourth of its kind, confirms that Candidozyma auris (formerly Candida auris) continues to spread quickly across European hospitals.

From 25–29 August , 48 fellows from European epidemiological training programmes and 34 facilitators gathered at the Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) in Lisbon, Portugal to strengthen their scientific communication skills as part of the 2025 Project Review Module.

ECDC has launched a new public dashboard for ‘Upcoming scientific outputs’. The searchable dashboard presents all the main scientific outputs currently under development by the Centre.

Mosquitoes are key vectors of diseases like malaria, dengue, and Zika, making their surveillance vital for public health. Madagascar faces rising threats from arboviruses, but lacks robust monitoring systems. In December 2024, Natalia Marta Zmarlak-Feher from the Robert Koch Institute helped launch mosquito surveillance and arbovirus diagnostics as part of a global health initiative.

This year’s World Field Epidemiology Day, held on 7 September, focus on the concrete impact that field epidemiologists have in preventing, detecting, and responding to health threats.

Since the beginning of 2025, and as of 1 September 2025, 11 MERS cases have been reported in Saudi Araba with date of onset in 2025, including two fatalities.

Mosquitoes are key vectors of diseases like malaria, dengue, and Zika, making their surveillance vital for public health. Madagascar faces rising threats from arboviruses, but lacks robust monitoring systems. In December 2024, Natalia Marta Zmarlak-Feher from the Robert Koch Institute helped launch mosquito surveillance and arbovirus diagnostics as part of a global health initiative.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published its environmental statement (EMAS) for 2024. It shows that the implementation of EMAS had led to clear improvements in terms of ECDC’s overall environmental impact and specific targets.

ECDC has warned that record breaking outbreaks of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and chikungunya virus disease point to a ‘new normal’ in Europe.

The EU Health Task Force (EUHTF) has deployed two ECDC experts to Freetown, Sierra Leone, via the DG ECHO Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) to support the national response to the ongoing mpox clade IIb outbreak.