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World AIDS Day 2024
World AIDS Day stands as a global initiative uniting people worldwide to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the epidemic.
Reducing antimicrobial resistance: accelerated efforts are needed to meet the EU targets
Data published by ECDC in connection with European Antibiotic Awareness Day shows that, despite improvement in some areas, the EU is lapsing in progress towards its 2030 antimicrobial resistance (AMR) targets.
ECDC Lighthouse - Community of Practice for social and behavioural sciences
ECDC Lighthouse will enable public health professionals and other stakeholders to connect, learn, and collaborate to address challenges in infectious disease prevention from a social and behavioural perspective.
Increased flu and COVID-19 vaccination recommended for risk groups in EU/EEA ahead of winter
Seasonal influenza and COVID-19 vaccination uptake for risk groups such as the elderly were sub-optimal in several EU/EEA Member States during the 2023-2024 season.
In 2023, the first and second most reported zoonoses in humans were campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis, respectively. For both agents, an increase in the absolute number of cases was observed in comparison with 2022.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 30 November - 6 December2024 and includes updates on increases in respiratory infections due to Mycoplasma pnemoniae in the EU/EEA, SARS-CoV-2 variant classification, Influenza A(H5N1), Avian influenza, Middle East respiratory syndrome, an unknown disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mpox, suspected viral hemorrhagic fever in Sierra Leone, and overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA.
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About ECDC
ECDC collects, analyses and shares data on more than 50 infectious disease topics. ECDC experts assess risks to Europe and provide guidance to help countries prevent and respond to outbreaks and public health threats.
