ECDC country visit to Albania to discuss surveillance of communicable diseases

ECDC is helping countries in the Western Balkans and Türkiye to improve their infectious disease prevention and control systems and public health workforce to prepare them for their future participation in ECDC’s work.

Technical cooperation with Western Balkans and Türkiye aims to improve their ‘One-Health’ response to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and enhance surveillance of laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory infections (SARI). The project is funded by the European Commission under the Instrument of Pre-accession Assistance (IPA).

The purpose of ECDC’s technical visits to the Western Balkans and Türkiye is to identify areas in the surveillance of communicable diseases that may require further work, and possible ECDC support. This will enable the countries to fulfil ECDC requirements for data and information submission, including completeness and timeliness, at the minimum level required by the EU.