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Sixty-third meeting of the Advisory Forum (via audio-conference)
The Advisory Forum advises the Director of the Centre on the quality of the scientific work undertaken by ECDC.
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European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2019: Launch event
The event is a platform for governmental institutions, professional and patient organisations, country representatives and media to come together and discuss the current situation regarding antibiotic resistance and the actions taken to address them by all stakeholders, both at EU/EEA and national levels.
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18 November: European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2019
European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) will be marked on Monday 18 November 2019, in partnership with WHO’s World Antibiotic Awareness Week (18 – 24 November 2019).
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ECDC Director to visit Israel
On 4-5 September 2019, ECDC Director will go on a country visit to Israel. The ECDC Director will meet the Director General of the Ministry of Health and senior officials from the Public Health Services, International Relations, Israel Center for Disease Control, Health Emergency Operation Center, Institute for Antibiotic Resistance and Infection Control, and from the Center for Infection Control.
ECDC and the Israel Center for Disease Control (ICDC) signed an administrative agreement in June 2012. The objective of this agreement is to enhance the technical cooperation in the fields of prevention and control of communicable diseases, capacity building and support to preparedness and outbreak response. Additional potential activities include ICDC participation in Disease Programme network meetings, sharing of epidemic intelligence data in the framework of EPISOUTH, participation in simulation exercises and exchange of trainees and experts.
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5th ESCMID Conference on Vaccines: Vaccines against respiratory infections: new insights and new vaccines
ECDC experts will be presenting on a number of topics at the 5th ESCMID Conference on Vaccines in Bilbao on 6-8 September 2019.
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Global Vaccination Summit
The European Commission organises, in cooperation with the World Health Organisation, a Global Vaccination Summit on 12 September 2019, in Brussels.
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ECDC holds the annual Observership programme for ESCMID, EUCIC and ESCV members
As every year, ECDC organised a week-long programme for observers from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), the European Committee on Infection Control (EUCIC) and the European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV) from 2 to 6 September 2019.
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Ebola treatment trial: two drugs identified as more effective
Two out of the four drugs tested in a multi-drug randomised control trial have been found more effective in treating Ebola, the World Health Organization announced on Monday. The Data and Safety Monitoring Board, an independent body that has been reviewing interim safety and efficacy data, has therefore recommended that the study be stopped and that all future patients be randomized to receive either REGN-EB3 or mAb114, in what is being considered an extension phase of the study.
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Staying healthy during Pride season: practice safer sex and check vaccination status
Dutch health authorities have recently reported an increase of hepatitis A infections particularly affecting men who have sex with men. With the on-going Pride events across Europe, ECDC stresses the importance of ensuring hepatitis A vaccination, (advice for) safer sex and personal hygiene practices including washing hands and genital areas before and after sex to avoid infection.
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Travellers who recently received rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Philippines advised to contact health services
The recommendation from ECDC follows reports of falsified rabies vaccines and anti-rabies serum circulating in the Philippines and is aimed at travellers who have received the vaccine or serum after possible exposure to rabies.