Vaccination helps to prevent diseases and, above all, saves lives. This was the message at an expert meeting on childhood immunisation organised by the Hungarian Presidency. ECDC Director Marc Sprenger stressed the importance of successful vaccination programmes across Europe and future challenges.
ECDC organises a briefing on its preparedness and response activities, combined with a workshop ‘Detection and assessment of public health threats in the European Union’.
This will be the first joint meeting of the EARS-Net and HAI-Net Coordination groups. The meeting will address epidemiological, microbiological and technical aspects related to surveillance and reporting of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections.
The emergence of cholera in Haiti once again reminds us of the ferocity with which infectious diseases can strike and of the complex interactions of emerging infectious diseases with social conditions, human migration, and the ecosystem.
Location:Hilton Am Stadtpark, Vienna, Austria
Organized by:International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)
This study is part of a survey that uses rats and their fleas as indicators of the presence of zoonotic agents in Cyprus. During the three-year survey (2001–2003), fleas were collected from 622 wild rats captured at 51 localities in all five prefectures of Cyprus.
The unit aims to develop capacity in applying formative research to programme planning. Students should develop skills in developing programme goals and objectives and using logical frameworks.
Location:Johannesburg, South Africa
Organized by:University of Witwatersrand, School of Public Health
The 20th IUHPE World Conferences on Health Promotion – Geneva 2010 – is a triennial event organized by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education and Health Promotion Switzerland.
Location:Geneva
Organized by:International Union for Health Promotion and Education and Health Promotion Switzerland
The European Communication Summit brings together key communication experts and opinion leaders on the development of communication practice in the European Union.
Most of the epidemiological studies are carried out on samples of the population. We thus need a sound knowledge of sampling methods, from sample selection to data analysis taking into account the sampling plan.