Country report: ECDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness Assessment for Norway, 2025 - Under Article 8 of the Regulation (EU) 2022/2371

The aim of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Assessments, as mandated in Article 8 of the Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 on serious cross-border threats to health, is to improve prevention, preparedness and response planning in EU/EEA countries through the implementation of recommendations following individual country assessments. As specified in the Regulation, each European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) country will undergo an assessment every three years, with the first cycle occurring between 2024 and 2026.

This report presents the findings and recommendations of the first assessment conducted in Norway. This involved a desk review of relevant documents, followed by a five-day country visit that took place between 3–7 February 2025. As per the assessment methodology, all of the 16 capacities included in Article 7 of the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1808 self-assessment template were assessed, with five of them considered in-depth: Laboratory; Surveillance; Health Emergency Management; Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and health service provision, which was selected by the country.