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The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) have released two new additions to a series of European standards of care for HIV, which cover key aspects of HIV prevention, testing and treatment.

The meeting was held in a hybrid format at ECDC and brought together experts from the Public Health Centre of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and ECDC specialists.

Every month ECDC provides detailed epidemiological overview of the worldwide transmission of mpox in its weekly threat report.

From 7 to 9 October 2025, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), under the framework of the EU Health Task Force (EUHTF), organised a three-day training course on outbreak investigation tools using the R software environment.

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Vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) reduce the risk of infection in older adults and infants, according to a new Cochrane review.

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.