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Principles and computer tools for outbreak investigation
ECDC delivered Training courses for communicable disease outbreak investigation in years 2007, 2008 and 2009 within a framework contract and more than 400 epidemiologists were trained. Still constant need was perceived and articulated from EU Member states. ECDC therefore decided to deliver new set of courses with the same aim.
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4th annual meeting of the European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance Network (ELDSNet)
The objective of the annual ELDSNet meeting was to present and discuss the epidemiology of Legionnaires’ disease in Europe in 2012
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The 5th ESWI Influenza Conference
The European Scientific Working group on Influenza (ESWI) is a network organisation of stakeholders with a mission to reduce the burden of influenza in Europe. It holds regular conferences that have become the largest European scientific forums dedicated to influenza.
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European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2014: Stakeholder Event
ECDC organised a EU-level launch event in Stockholm (on invitation only) on the 17 November in Stockholm.
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Exchange of views on the Ebola crisis, European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
ECDC Director Marc Sprenger addressed MEPs of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety regarding the ongoing Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa.
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European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE)
2014, the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) took place at the Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre in the heart of the city.
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Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) Conference 2014
The ninth Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) International Conference was a three-day conference focussing on infection prevention and control, organised by the HIS in collaboration with the French Society of Hospital Hygiene (SF2H). The conference programme covered a range of key topics such as epidemiology, surveillance, information technology in infection prevention and control, decontamination, blood borne viruses, antimicrobial resistance and rapid diagnostic methods.
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Fighting against HIV/AIDS - 10 years after the Dublin Declaration
The fight against HIV and AIDS achieved significant results in the last years, increasing lifespan of HIV-positive people.
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Assessing seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness
On 3 December 2015, ECDC hosts a technical meeting to discuss influenza vaccine effectiveness studies and how they can best meet public health needs as well as regulatory requirements.
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Expert consultation: Dengue and chikungunya preparedness in Europe: priorities and road map
On 14-15 January 2015 an ECDC consultation gathered public health experts, entomologists and epidemiologists from Europe, as well as experts from WHO, CDC and PacNet, to review the EU preparedness to dengue and chikungunya importation and onwards transmission and produce a roadmap towards improved EU preparedness.