The theme of EAAD 2025 was ‘From Resistance to Resilience: healthcare workers leading the change’, and it focused on the significant challenges faced by healthcare workers when addressing severe infections, particularly those caused by antimicrobial resistant organisms.
Between 6 September and 28 November 2025, 2,896 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) virus detections were reported in domestic (442) and wild (2,454) birds in 29 countries in Europe.
2025 marks the final year of the EU Initiative on Health Security, during which ECDC and partner countries continued to strengthen regional cooperation and workforce capacities to tackle communicable diseases across EU enlargement and EU Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) partner countries.
SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses are significant public health threats with varying impacts on global health. SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, exhibits high transmissibility and recurrent waves driven by new variants.
The International tuberculosis care transfer form summarises a patient's essential diagnostic and treatment information, ensuring clinicians have the necessary data to provide timely and appropriate continuity of care across borders. The document is in Arabic
This ECDC framework serves to guide the integration of wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) into infectious disease surveillance and public health decision-making at the EU/EEA level.
