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Joint ECDC and EMCDDA rapid risk assessment: HIV in injecting drug users in the EU/EEA, following a reported increase of cases in Greece and Romania

Risk assessment - 12 Jan 2012

Most European countries reported no changes in the rate of newly diagnosed cases of HIV or HIV prevalence in IDU in 2011.

120112_TER_Joint-EMCDDA-and-ECDC-rapid-risk-assessment-HIV-IDU.pdf - EN - [PDF-696.75 KB]
  • Greece
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Rapid risk assessment: Cutaneous diphtheria among recently arrived refugees and asylum-seekers in the EU, 31 July 2015

Risk assessment - 31 Jul 2015

This rapid risk assessment concludes that there is currently no indication that these cases represent a significant outbreak of diphtheria among refugees in Europe.

RRA: Cutaneous diphtheria among recently arrived refugees and asylum-seekers in the EU - EN - [PDF-457.71 KB]
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  • Sweden

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Suspected outbreak of poliomyelitis in Syria: Risk of importation and spread of poliovirus in the EU

Risk assessment - 24 Oct 2013

Following the announcement by WHO of a cluster of cases of acute flaccid paralysis in Syria, ECDC conducted a risk assessment and concludes that this does pose a risk that polio might be imported to the EU. The Risk Assessment includes number of recommendations for EU Member States.

Suspected outbreak of poliomyelitis in Syria: Risk of importation and spread of poliovirus in the EU - EN - [PDF-411.56 KB]
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Risk of introduction and transmission of wild-type poliovirus in EU/EEA countries following events in Israel and Syria – updated risk assessment (9 December 2013)

Risk assessment - 10 Dec 2013

​The confirmed circulation of wild-type poliovirus (WPV) in Israel and the outbreak of poliomyelitis in Syria mean that there is a high risk the disease will be reintroduced into the EU/EEA.

Risk of introduction and transmission of wild-type poliovirus in EU/EEA countries following events in Israel and Syria – updated risk assessment (9 December 2013) - EN - [PDF-120.13 KB]
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Risk assessment: Situation in northern Africa/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the influx of migrants* to Europe

Risk assessment - 12 Apr 2011

ECDC, after conducting rapid risk assessments, has concluded that the risk of importation of infectious diseases from North Africa to the EU is  considered to be low. From a public health perspective, the most urgent concern is related to the poor living conditions of the migrants, such as overcrowding and poor sanitation.

110412_RA_North Africa_Libya_migration.pdf - EN - [PDF-745.44 KB]
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