Thema: ECDC
Strengthening outbreak readiness: ECDC hosts GOARN Outbreak Response Scenario Training in Stockholm
From 7 to 12 September 2025, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Health Task Force (EUHTF), in collaboration...
Epidemiological training fellows gathered in Lisbon to strengthen scientific communication across Europe
From 25–29 August , 48 fellows from European epidemiological training programmes and 34 facilitators gathered at the Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo...
Postcard from the field: Arbovirus and mosquito vector surveillance in Madagascar
Mosquitoes are key vectors of diseases like malaria, dengue, and Zika, making their surveillance vital for public health. Madagascar faces rising threats from arboviruses,...
World Mosquito Day 2025: Europe sets new records for mosquito-borne diseases – ECDC supporting...
ECDC has warned that record breaking outbreaks of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and chikungunya virus disease point to a ‘new normal’ in Europe.
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EU Health Task Force deploys ECDC experts to Sierra Leone to support the mpox...
The EU Health Task Force (EUHTF) has deployed two ECDC experts to Freetown, Sierra Leone, via the DG ECHO Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM)...
New European toolkit launched to help eliminate viral hepatitis B and C in prisons
EUDA and ECDC have jointly produced a European toolkit for the elimination of viral hepatitis in prisons. This new practical online resource, launched ahead...
World Hepatitis Day 2025: Hepatitis burden remains high across the EU/EEA, with the majority...
Marking World Hepatitis Day, data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reveal a significant public health challenge. An estimated five million people in the European Union and European Economic area (EU/EEA) are living with chronic hepatitis B or C – infections that are leading causes of liver disease and cancer – with the majority of people unaware they are infected.
Increased risk of Vibrio infections throughout the summer season
With the arrival of the summer and increases in sea surface temperatures, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is highlighting the seasonal risk posed by Vibrio bacteria.
MediPIET Alumni Network meeting concludes with renewed commitment to sustainable collaboration
The Mediterranean and Black Sea Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (MediPIET) Alumni Network – MediAN – held a two-day event at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.
EU Health Task Force and rescEU Emergency Medical Team Public Health Specialised Care Team...
On 23–24 June 2025, ECDC hosted the first joint partner meeting between the EU Health Task Force (EUHTF) and representatives of the planned rescEU Emergency Medical Team (EMT) Public Health Specialised Care Team (SCT) at its premises in Stockholm, Sweden.