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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.

EUDA and ECDC have jointly produced a European toolkit for the elimination of viral hepatitis in prisons.