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Measles - South Africa
Sporadic cases of measles were reported in South Africa throughout 2022. In epidemiological week 40 ...

Emergence of extensively drug-resistant Shigella sonnei strain in France
Shigellosis, a highly contagious diarrheal disease, is caused by Shigella bacteria circula...

Conducting after-action reviews of the public health response to COVID-19
ECDC has published an updated guidance on designing and conducting after-action reviews (AARs) of th...

Pandemic Preparedness, Alert, and Response | June 12-14, 2023
  This course will introduce up-to-date key concepts in the biology, origin, prevention, a...

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020
For 2020, Spain reported three cases of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever and Bulgaria reported one c...

Communicable disease threats report, Week 11, 12-18 March 2023
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and hea...

Zika virus disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020
For 2020, nine EU/EEA countries reported 22 cases of Zika virus (ZIKV) disease, the lowest number ev...

Dengue and severe dengue
Dengue (break-bone fever) is a viral infection that spreads from mosquitoes to people. It is more co...

The role of communities in case management and surveillance for cholera outbreaks
Join us on 21 March 2023 for the second Community Crowdsource event in its Cholera Webinar Series, h...

WHO signs partnership agreement with MapAction
MapAction has signed the Standby Partnership Agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) whic...

Epidemiology and diagnostic testing for Leptospirosis, an emerging public health problem
In this webinar we will have an introduction to leptospirosis, looking into the epidemiology and dia...

Measles – Nepal
On 2 January 2023, an outbreak of measles was confirmed in Nepalgunj sub-metropolitan city (SMC) in ...

EPI-WIN webinar: Influenza – avian influenza H5: its evolution and associated risk
As part of the WHO EPI-WIN webinar series on influenza, this webinar will focus on the H5 avian infl...

WHO publishes recommendations on two new types of insecticide-treated nets
Since 2005, over 2 billion insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been distributed worldwide to preven...

Regional workshop on COVID-19 recovery in Tunisia
The workshop organised by ECDC took place from 7 - 9 March in Tunis, upon invitation of the Tunisian...

WHO's response to the Ukraine crisis: annual report, 2022
The war in Ukraine, which erupted on February 24, 2022, continues to cause intense suffering to its ...

WHO Webinar Series on Trust and Pandemic Preparedness
In this webinar discussants will cover issues around infodemics, mis and dis-information, and how tr...

Influenza Update N° 440
Countries are recommended to monitor the relative co-circulation of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses...

COVID-19 vaccination is rising in many vulnerable African communities thanks to EU-funded, WHO-led project
COVID-19 vaccination coverage is on the rise in some of Africa’s most fragile humanitarian settings ...

Environmental cleaning and infection prevention and control in health care facilities in low- and middle-income countries
Those who clean are the first line of defense against health care-associated infections (HAIs), and ...



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