On 18-19 May, ECDC is hosting the ECDC/EUPHA cooperative technical meeting which aims to develop a European health communication research agenda.

This ECDC/EUPHA cooperative technical meeting aims to:

• Bring together individuals and organisations interested in health communication practice and research;
• Initiate a discussion on the current status of practice and research dedicated to promoting health literacy in the EU (an discus an overview of the CDC/US);
• Produce a Report on current Health Communication issues related to promoting health literacy in communicable diseases in the EU
• Initiate an interest network focussed on sharing innovation to improve health communication dedicated to health literacy in communicable diseases in the EU and the role of a health innovation bank (i.e.: an embryo for a Knowledge Resource Centre on health communication).