More frequent heatwaves and flooding, longer and hotter summers - all of these factors created more favourable conditions for mosquitos to thrive. Watch our animation, learn more and stay safe!
HIV continues to affect the health and wellbeing of people in Europe. In 2020, 14,971 new HIV diagnoses were reported in 29 countries of the EU/EEA. This video explain how we can reduce these numbers
Supplementary document with country case studies in relation to the ECDC operational guidance on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in the EU/EEA and the UK: Implementation, standards and monitoring.
Every year, more than 500 000 sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) are notified in the EU/EEA and the UK. What can be done to boost testing and treatment?
On 3 August 2015, Spain notified a case of chikungunya virus infection in a resident of the city of Gandía in the autonomous community of Valencia. On 11 September 2015, authorities in Spain acknowledged that the case was a false positive. This rapid risk assessment reviews the later discarded chikungunya case reported from Spain without travel history to endemic areas and the risk of possible onwards transmission.
Each year, 33000 people die from an infection due to bacteria resistant to antibiotics. The burden of infections with bacteria resistant to antibiotics on the European population is comparable to that of influenza, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS combined.