ECDC has published a technical report which contains the results of a review and update of the core competencies in applied infectious disease epidemiology for mid-career applied epidemiologists.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issued an update to the health safety measures for air travel, paving the way for a relaxation of the need to wear medical masks on board a flight, but noting that a face mask is still one of the best protections against the transmission of COVID-19.
Public health ethics, risk communication and the European framework for tackling cross-border health threats. These were the three themes of the 2022 edition of the ECDC European Summer School.
This document provides an overview of public health guidance aimed to ensure that the needs of refugees in relation to viral hepatitis are appropriately met, for all stages along the continuum of care from prevention through to treatment.
EMA and ECDC have reviewed currently available studies and epidemiological data to provide a common position for EU/EEA countries on the current need and potential benefit of a fourth dose (second booster dose) of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
Concerted efforts by the ECDC, UNHCR, WHO, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have resulted in a document aimed to provide information to guide individual health assessment carried out by frontline health providers.
ECDC has been working closely with its partners to strengthen the regional workforce for the prevention and control of the challenges posed by communicable diseases in the EU enlargement and the European Neighborhood Policy partner countries.
According to the latest ECDC/WHO report on tuberculosis (TB) surveillance and monitoring in Europe, a sharp drop (24%) in reported tuberculosis cases between 2019 and 2020 was probably exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which hindered detection and reporting.
Displaced people from Ukraine hosted in reception centres should be offered free access to SARS-CoV-2 testing and vaccination for COVID-19. Additionally, protective measures are recommended by ECDC in the report Guidance for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in temporary reception centres in the context of the displacement of people from Ukraine, published on 18 March.