This report describes the results of the 2023 external quality assessment (EQA) exercise for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) by clinical laboratories that participate in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net).
The French National Sexual Health Strategy (SNSS) launched in 2017 integrates HIV into broader sexual health priorities. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) was asked to review the system to benchmark it against other European systems and provide recommendations for its improvement. Data for the assessment were collected through a desk review, benchmarking exercises, and stakeholder interviews.
The purpose of ECDC’s technical visits to the Western Balkans and Türkiye is to identify areas in the surveillance of communicable diseases that may require further work, and possible ECDC support.
This focused after-action review (AAR) investigated the use of evidence in the Finnish advice-making process for school interventions from December 2021 to January 2022, when the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant was circulating and schools remained open.
This threat assessment addresses the implications of the ongoing Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Rwanda for the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA).
ECDC is helping countries in the Western Balkans and Türkiye improve their infectious disease prevention and control systems and public health workforce. This will prepare the countries for their future participation in ECDC work.
This systematic review aims to provide the evidence regarding the demographic, environmental, and epidemiological or other characteristics associated with carrying T. cruzi infection in at-risk individuals residing in areas non-endemic for CD.
This report aims to assess the available evidence on the risk of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) transmission through substances of human origin (SoHO) such as blood, organs, tissues, and cells, and proposes potential safety measures.
