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ECDC Expert consultation on community engagement in public health emergency preparedness
The expert consultation meeting organised by ECDC seeks to identify enabling factors and barriers to good practice in community engagement in the context of public health emergency preparedness. Outcomes of this meeting will inform the development of an ECDC guidance on the topic.
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Expert meeting on the use of evidence in decision making during health crisis
ECDC is organising an expert consultation meeting in Stockholm in order to contribute to a better understanding by public health experts of the mechanisms through which scientific evidence feeds into decision-making processes during emergencies.
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How can we be better prepared for the next global health threat? Planning and implementing emergency risk communication
This capacity building workshop was jointly organised by ECDC and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and it focused on the link between emergency risk communication and public health emergency preparedness planning.
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ECDC expert visit to Malta: conclusions and recommendations
A team of experts from ECDC and four EU countries (France, Italy, Portugal and Spain) visited Malta from 3 to 6 July 2016 and met with staff from the Ministry of Health and key stakeholders in Malta to discuss preparedness planning for mosquito-borne diseases.
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Trainex Sofia – Training and simulation exercise in Bulgaria
Trainex Sofia was a training and simulation exercise involving participants from 27 countries
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Eighteenth European Health Forum Gastein
On the occasion of the 18th European Health Forum Gastein, ECDC, in cooperation with DG Health and Food safety of the European Commission, hosted a lunch workshop. The session aimed to identify existing gaps and explore what needed to be strengthened or further developed to ensure resilient health systems in Europe.
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Are Sweden and the EU ready to tackle the next global epidemic?
This lunchtime seminar addressed the preparedness mechanisms in the EU and in Sweden to protect citizens against infectious diseases and threats to health. Other discussion topics included how to better collaborate in an increasingly globalised world and lessons learnt from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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ECDC 10 years - 10 highlights of ECDC's work
On 20 May 2015, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control celebrated its 10-year anniversary.
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Training course: Ebola and Marburg Diagnostic
The purpose of the course was to strengthen the preparedness for Ebola diagnostic in EU and ensure an adequate laboratory response.
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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.