Lessons from an outbreak: Salmonellosis outbreak investigation in Poland The winner of the 2012 EAN award for best poster at this year’s ESCAIDE conference tells about her experience with salmonellosis outbreak investigation in Poland. Interview with Anna Zelicka Hardy
	Rubella outbreak investigation in Romania The inside story from Denisa Janta, EPIET cohort 2011 Starting in September 2011, there was an increase in the cases of rubella in the Salaj District - in the northwestern part of Romania – so the local health authorities started an outbreak investigation to identify its cause...
	Tracing back hepatitis A to sun dried tomatoes in UK and in the Netherland By Nelly Fournet and Carlos Carvalho Nelly Fournet and Carlos Carvalho, EPIET fellows of the 2011 cohort, share their experience with their publication in Eurosurveillance about cases of hepatitis A in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
	Mycoplasma from North to South in Europe By Aleksandra Polkowska and Daniel Eibach During the 2011-12 winter, Europe was faced with a recrudescence of infections with Mycoplasma pneumonia. EPIET/EUPHEM fellows contributed and generated evidence for decision making.
	From the field: An EPIET fellow on a cholera mission in Angola By Lisanne Gerstel (EPIET cohort 11) There I was - in Luanda airport, within a week of knowing of my new mission. I was carrying articles about cholera in my hand luggage and had three mefloquine tablets in my bloodstream.
	I left my heart in Guyana... By Nathalie El Omeiri (EPIET cohort 12) They say in Guyana that if you drink creek water, you’re likely to come back! So, running out of time, on my last week-end, I drank from Kaieteur Falls – not a creek but black river water; I hoped it counted…
	With love from Laos: The land of a million elephants and the white parasol By Hannah Lewis (EPIET Cohort 12, WHO Laos) and Christian Winter (PAE Cohort 12, WHO Laos) After finishing EPIET/PAE, we both wanted to apply our newly learnt epidemiological skills in the field, so we were very excited when we found out about the opportunity to work in Lao PDR.