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Around half a million men who have sex with men in the EU need PrEP but cannot access it
This estimate on the “PrEP gap” in Europe was published in a paper in Eurosurveillance stating that 500 000 men who have sex with men in the European Union currently cannot access HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), despite being very likely to use it.
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European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE 2019)
ESCAIDE is the leading conference in Europe dealing with infectious diseases and epidemiology. This year’s conference will focus on issues shaping infectious disease epidemiology and microbiology in the next decade and beyond.
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World Health Organization recommendations for the influenza virus vaccine composition for the 2020 southern hemisphere season
On September 2019, WHO has agreed on the recommended composition of the quadrivalent and trivalent influenza vaccines for the southern hemisphere 2020 influenza season.
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Increase of XDR Typhoid fever in travellers returning from Pakistan
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre in Ireland reported an increase in typhoid fever notifications in travellers returning from Pakistan.
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Open call for journalists and influencers to attend ESCAIDE
ECDC is inviting a limited number of journalists and social media influencers to attend the ESCAIDE 2019 conference. ECDC will cover travelling and accommodation expenses for the successful applicants.
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Open call for journalists to attend EAAD
ECDC is inviting a limited number of journalists to attend the EU-level launch event marking the 12th European Antibiotic Awareness Day. ECDC will cover travelling and accommodation expenses for the successful applicants.
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Travel-related case of malaria caused by Plasmodium cynomolgi reported in Denmark
Denmark has reported a travel-related case of malaria caused by Plasmodium cynomolgi in a Danish traveller returning from a visit to forested areas in peninsular Malaysia and Thailand during August-September 2018.
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ECDC Winter Workshop 2020 - The science of using science to support policy making for prevention and control of communicable diseases
The ECDC Winter Workshop 2020 will focus on “The science of using science to support policy making for prevention and control of communicable diseases”. The overall aim of this workshop is to strengthen capacity among public health specialists in Member States of the European Union (EU) and of the European Economic Area (EEA) in the application of scientific principles and concepts to inform and influence policy making decisions related to the prevention and control of communicable diseases.
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Sixtieth meeting of the Advisory Forum
The Advisory Forum advises the Director of the Centre on the quality of the scientific work undertaken by ECDC.