All activities of the Centre are based on the mission statement as formulated in Article 3 of the ECDC Founding Regulation EC 851/2004:

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Based on this mission statement and following texts in the Founding Regulation there are some core activities within the Centre, mainly:

• Surveillance
• Scientific advice
• Identification of emerging health threats (epidemic intelligence)
• Response
• Training
• Health Communications
• Providing technical assistance (country support)