In the context of the refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, ECDC, UNHCR, UNICEF and WHO published a document which highlights key considerations for on-site assessment of refugee transit points and accommodation centres in the EU/EEA countries.
This document serves as an advocacy and quick assessment tool for public health responders in refugee-hosting countries to evaluate and strengthen EWAR capacities in the two principal settings relevant to refugee and population health.
This document provides guidance on diagnostic testing, molecular characterisation and metagenomic analysis for suspect cases of severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology.
A very large number of people from Ukraine are fleeing the country and entering the European Union (EU) countries bordering Ukraine (Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia) and the EU-neighbourhood country of the Republic of Moldova.
This is the final report for the mapping study ‘Assessment of electronic health records (EHRs) for infectious disease surveillance, prevention and control’. The study was commissioned by ECDC and was delivered by RAND Europe. The objective of the project is to investigate the current status of EHR systems in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the potential capacity for the use of these data for surveillance of infectious diseases within ECDC’s remit.
The objective of this scoping review is to obtain an estimate of the size and nature of the scientific literature available on digital technologies with the potential to benefit or disrupt key public health functions, focusing on infectious disease surveillance, prevention and control.
In 2019, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) initiated a project to assess the possible impact of technical advances on its key functions. The results of the project will serve as a source of information for ECDC and its main stakeholders in deciding how to prepare for, and possibly benefit from, technological advances to further improve communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control.
This document aims to help public health authorities in EU/EEA countries and the UK in their tracing and
management of persons, including healthcare workers, who have had contact with COVID-19 cases.