20 Nov 2009 Eurovaccine 2009, the first European conference on vaccination and immunisation organised and fully funded by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 11 December 2009. Register online now.20 Nov 2009 A team of ECDC experts has concluded that the threat to health posed by the A(H1N1) pandemic influenza virus in Bulgaria is not substantially different to that in other EU Member States. The clinical pattern of disease appears to be similar to that in other EU countries, with most affected people only experiencing mild illness. However, a number of people have been very seriously ill. While there is no reason for undue alarm, the virus should not be under estimated. 17 Nov 2009 The European Antibiotic Awareness Day launch seminar will include a panel discussion with leading politicians and experts on antibiotic resistance and approaches to tackling it.
REGISTER NOW 12 Nov 2009 ECDC Director Zsuzsanna Jakab today delivered a keynote lecture at a national conference on pandemic preparedness opened by the Hungarian Minister for Health, Dr. Tamás Székely, in Budapest. 09 Nov 2009 The course will be delivered from 15th February to 5th March 2010 in France and will cover the following topics: surveillance, outbreak investigation, survey, analytical epidemiology and communication.
The target audience for the course are persons involved in field epidemiology activities at national or regional level in the European Union, EU candidate countries and the EEA/EFTA countries. The deadline for registration is December 6, 2009 at 23:00 CET. 05 Nov 2009 ECDC welcomes the establishment of an EU/US transatlantic taskforce on antibiotic resistance issues, focussed on appropriate use of antibiotics and strategies for improving the pipeline of new antibiotics. 26 Oct 2009 Public health specialists meet in Stockholm from October 26th to 28th for the third annual ESCAIDE, the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology. At the conference experts will discuss many issues including vaccine strategies, prioritization and the challenges for risk communication in the context of pandemic A(H1N1) 20009. 26 Oct 2009 Dengue is present in sub-Saharan Africa but often unrecognised; however dengue infection is reported in travellers returning from Africa. In the recent years 2007-2009, dengue has been documented in several countries in West Africa, and particularly DEN3 virus. 21 Oct 2009 The third annual report on the epidemiology of 47 communicable diseases and two health issues across the European Union and European Economic Area has been published.
The result of a collective effort by 30 countries, it presents a comprehensive overview of the data from 2007 in standard tables and graphs, together with an analysis of the health threats monitored by ECDC during 2008. |