In this e-learning course on how to design a functional exercise (FX), also known as a command post exercise (CPX), we are looking at the basic concepts of how to design and run an FX.
This short, self-paced e-learning module will complement a project developed by ECDC in 2023 on vaccine acceptance (Effective communication around the benefit and risk balance of vaccines). The course will be based on the final outputs of the project. It will synthesise project findings and showcase identified good practices in vaccine communications.
An e-learning course aimed at understanding and addressing online vaccination misinformation. It is designed to support public health practitioners and risk communicators in fighting the spread of vaccination misinformation on social media and other digital platforms.
This is a self paced e-learning course to be taken by participants in an asynchronous fashion with the objective of transmitting basic knowledge about how ECDC conducts its EI activities.
This special episode is hosted by James Ramsey, Head of the Communication Unit at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). He is joined by experts from ECDC, EFSA, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Environment Agency (EEA), and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to discuss the One Health perspective.
This course focuses on antimicrobial stewardship as an approach to address healthcare-associated infections (HAI) resulting from multi-drug resistance organisms in acute care settings.
Since the most recent ECDC rapid risk assessment in 2021, the number of EU/EEA countries reporting hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) sequence type (ST) 23 has increased from four to ten and the number of cases reported to ECDC by the countries, increased from 12 to 143.
Work Programme 2024 for the EU Initiative on Health Security, which works to set up a regional workforce responsible for the prevention and control of communicable diseases.
This document assesses the risk associated with the dissemination of carbapenemase-producing hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) of sequence type (ST) 23 and other STs in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA).