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.
This disease surveillance report presents an overview of the epidemiological situation for communicable diseases and related health issues that are under European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) surveillance.
The EVD-LabNet is strengthening capacity for early detection and surveillance of (re)emerging viral diseases in the EU/EEA countries and EU Candidate Countries.
EARS-Net is based on routine clinical antimicrobial susceptibility data from local and clinical laboratories reported to ECDC by appointed representatives from the Member States.
Outsourced microbiological support to hospital-based surveillance of CDI aims to increase the capacity of laboratories in EU/EEA Member States to perform diagnostic practices with high diagnostic accuracy and acquire comparable typing data from C. difficile isolates.
The Emerging and Vector-borne Diseases (EVD) team of ECDC communicates, consults and cooperates with EVD-Net on surveillance, response, prevention, control and preparedness aspects of EVDs and vectors, with particular focus on country needs and country support possibilities.
On 16 and 17 January 2023, ECDC Director Andrea Ammon was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to meet with Africa CDC Director Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma and the African Union Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development Ambassador Minata Cessouma Samate.