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.
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains one of the most important communicable diseases in Europe. It is an infection associated with serious disease, persistently high costs of treatment and care, significant number of deaths and shortened life expectancy.
Since 2008, ECDC and the WHO Regional Office for Europe co-ordinate enhanced HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe covering all 53 countries in the WHO European Region.