Immunisation is the cornerstone of polio eradication. Two types of vaccine are available: an inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) and a live attenuated OPV.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 1-7 July 2018 and includes updates on dengue, Ebola virus disease, poliomyelitis, mass gathering monitoring (FIFA Men's Football World Cup), Vibrio growth in the Baltic Sea, and West Nile virus.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 24-30 June 2018, and includes updates on Vibrio growth in the Baltic sea, polio, Ebola virus disease, West Nile Virus, and mass gathering monitoring – FIFA World Cup 2018.
The joint annual influenza surveillance meeting by ECDC and the WHO Regional Office for Europe took place on 6 - 8 June 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Invited participants were epidemiological and virological surveillance experts nominated by national health authorities as well as representatives from international institutions, covering the 53 countries of the EU/EEA and the WHO European region. The meeting was by invitation only.
The meeting focused on the evidence base for the revision of the updated “Guide to public health measures to reduce the impact of influenza pandemics in Europe”, with a specific emphasis on non-pharmaceutical countermeasures for pandemic flu.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 25 February-3 March 2018 and includes updates on hepatitis A, influenza A(H7N9), seasonal influenza, MERS-CoV, mass gathering monitoring, poliomyelitis, yellow fever, and deaths linked to cold weather.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 4-10 February 2018 and includes updates on poliomyelitis, hepatitis A, seasonal influenza, rubella, measles, meningitis, mass gathering monitoring (Olympics) and yellow fever.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 28 January-3 February 2018 and includes updates on influenza A(H7N9), seasonal influenza, mass gathering monitoring (Olympics), MERS-CoV, poliomyelitis, and yellow fever.
This online course aims to support the EU/EEA Member States in their planning of annual seasonal influenza vaccination campaigns targeting healthcare workers.