Protecting Europe from infectious diseases needs teamwork from people with diverse types and levels of experience, such as scientific, administrative and IT.
On 7-8 February 2023, the ECDC Director attended the annual meeting of the International Association of Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), hosted by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC).
During their two-year fellowship, ECDC Fellowship Programme fellows are placed in different training sites.
Training sites selected to host a fellow are those with responsibilities for communicable disease surveillance, epidemiology, and public health advice. Selection criteria include an assessment of the training site’s potential for the practice of intervention epidemiology or public health microbiology and the quality of training supervision available for the fellows.
ECDC monitors social media for epidemic intelligence purposes. This is done by monitoring a list of predefined users using Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) and monitoring a list of predefined users on social media platforms.