This report presents the results of a study that dealt specifically with effective communication around the benefit and risk balance of vaccination people’s risk perceptions around vaccines and diseases, and approaches to enhancing communication about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.
This document provides an update on the safety of substances of human origin (SoHO) in relation to COVID-19. It reassesses the risk and proposes revised mitigation measures for preventing transmission through SoHO.
This document serves as an advocacy and quick assessment tool for public health responders in refugee-hosting countries to evaluate and strengthen EWAR capacities in the two principal settings relevant to refugee and population health.
This document provides guidance on diagnostic testing, molecular characterisation and metagenomic analysis for suspect cases of severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology.
A very large number of people from Ukraine are fleeing the country and entering the European Union (EU) countries bordering Ukraine (Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia) and the EU-neighbourhood country of the Republic of Moldova.
This is the final report for the mapping study ‘Assessment of electronic health records (EHRs) for infectious disease surveillance, prevention and control’. The study was commissioned by ECDC and was delivered by RAND Europe. The objective of the project is to investigate the current status of EHR systems in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the potential capacity for the use of these data for surveillance of infectious diseases within ECDC’s remit.
The objective of this scoping review is to obtain an estimate of the size and nature of the scientific literature available on digital technologies with the potential to benefit or disrupt key public health functions, focusing on infectious disease surveillance, prevention and control.
This document aims to help public health authorities in EU/EEA countries and the UK in their tracing and
management of persons, including healthcare workers, who have had contact with COVID-19 cases.