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Nov 2017

Event

Acute respiratory pandemics: how to plan for and manage

event, training event, workshop
9 Nov 2017 - 11 Nov 2017
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The course is co-organised by ECDC and European Respiratory Society.

This practical course will cover outbreak investigation, pandemic planning, recent developments in respiratory pathogen biology and therapy, and will focus around two practical scenarios in which participants will gain experience in managing an acute epidemic. Research during an epidemic and ethical aspects will also be covered.

  • influenza in humans, pandemic
  • influenza in humans, seasonal
  • outbreak communication
  • pandemic preparedness
  • public health threat
  • respiratory diseases

News

Training Sites available to host EUPHEM EU-track fellows, cohort 2015

training event, news - 15 Apr 2015

Candidates selected to participate in the third round interviews had the opportunity to meet representatives of the available Training Sites.

  • EPIET/EUPHEM
  • EU/EEA
  • training

News

Hand Hygiene Day - SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands

training event, news - 3 May 2016

​Each year on 5 May, the “SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands” campaign takes place as part of a major global effort led by the World Health Organization (WHO) to improve hand hygiene in healthcare settings.

  • healthcare-associated infections
  • prevention and control
  • surgical site infections

Event

ERS Training Course: Acute respiratory pandemics: how to plan and manage

training event
9 Nov 2017 - 11 Nov 2017
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ERS and ECDC

This practical course covered outbreak investigation, pandemic planning, recent developments in respiratory pathogen biology and therapy, and focused around two practical scenarios in which participants could gain experience in managing an acute epidemic.

  • EU/EEA
  • influenza
  • influenza in humans, pandemic
  • pandemic preparedness
  • public health threat
Apr 2018

Event

Course on “Control of multidrug-resistant micro-organisms (MDROs) in health care settings”

training event
9 Apr 2018 - 11 Apr 2018
Stockholm, Sweden
ECDC

The main objective of the course was to strengthen capacity in EU Member States for control of healthcare-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in acute health care settings and to promote the broadest possible implementation of appropriate methods.

  • EU/EEA
  • healthcare-associated infections
  • infections in acute care hospitals
  • prevention and control
  • training
Apr 2018

Event

Cross-sectoral biorisk awareness and mitigation training

training event
17 Apr 2018 - 19 Apr 2018
Olhão - Portugal
ECDC & EUROPOL

The “Cross-sectoral biorisk awareness and mitigation training” was a 2 and a half days regional course organized by ECDC and EUROPOL.

  • EU/EEA
  • Portugal
  • public health response
  • training

Event

ECDC Summer School 2018

training event
29 May 2018 - 1 Jun 2018
Stockholm, Sweden
ECDC

The goal of the Summer School is to strengthen the mentoring and technical skills of both ECDC experts and experts within ECDC networks, such as supervisors of the Fellowship programme, by providing an opportunity for networking and scientific exchange.

  • EPIET/EUPHEM
  • training

News

Europol and ECDC organised second Cross-sectoral Biorisk Awareness and Mitigation Training

training event - 20 Apr 2018

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), organised the second edition of the Cross-sectoral Biorisk Awareness and Mitigation Training, hosted in Olhão, Portugal, on 17 - 19 April 2018.

  • EU/EEA
  • preparedness
  • training

Event

ECDC 2019 Winter Workshop 1st edition: The science of using science to support policy making for prevention and control of communicable diseases

training event
6 Feb 2019 - 8 Feb 2019
Stockholm, Sweden
ECDC

The overall aim of this ECDC Winter Workshop is to strengthen capacity in the application of scientific principles and concepts to inform and influence policy making decisions related to the prevention and control of communicable diseases among public health specialists in Member States of the European Union (EU) and of the European Economic Area (EEA).

  • training
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