ECDC review of communicable disease surveillance in Ukraine

Under this policy, ECDC has undertaken technical cooperation activities with EU candidate countries and potential candidate countries, i.e. the Western Balkans and Türkiye aiming, inter alia, to support future compliance with EU legislation on communicable diseases.

Upon request by Ukraine, as a new EU candidate country, ECDC conducted a technical meeting with representatives of the country’s national public health authorities on 15-16 October 2025. The scope, objectives, and methodology were similar to previous meetings on communicable disease surveillance with the Western Balkans and Türkiye. The meeting agenda was developed jointly with the Public Health Centre of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. During the meeting, findings for all surveillance areas were discussed and the assessment tool was filled out in collaboration with colleagues from the country.

The ECDC country meeting with Ukraine was part of the EU Initiative on Health Security work package on progressive integration of the partner countries in the work of ECDC.