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The call for abstracts for the ESCAIDE 2026 is open until 18 May.
ECDC, in partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Health Information Systems Program South Africa (HISP SA), are piloting a mobile application for event-based surveillance to enable the rapid collection and assessment of information about events that may signal a public health threat.
A human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) infection in a returning traveller from a non-European country where the virus has previously been identified in birds, has been reported in the Lombardy region of Italy. This is the first human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in the EU/EEA.
ECDC’s new practical guide offers detailed instructions for designing and conducting in-action and after-action reviews to strengthen Europe’s public health emergency preparedness and response.
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