Professor Mike Catchpole, Chief Scientist of ECDC, presented to the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee of the European Parliament during an exchange of views on vaccination.
The objective for this meeting between ECDC and influenza vaccine manufacturers was to share latest information on influenza disease monitoring including severe disease, monitoring of seasonal influenza vaccination programmes in the EU and new technical developments for improved influenza vaccines.
A two-day workshop of CONSISE (the Consortium for the Standardization of Influenza Seroepidemiology) took place back-to-back with the global influenza conference Options for the control of influenza.
February 2013, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and representatives of Vaccines Europe met at ECDC in Stockholm for a regular scheduled meeting about the use of vaccines for prevention of influenza.
A two-day regional workshop of CONSISE (the Consortium for the Standardization of Influenza Seroepidemiology), including regional partners from East and South East Asia actively engaged in the development of the influenza seroepidemiology protocols and laboratory standardisation work or willing to undertake field work.