ECDC hosts refresher training on epidemic intelligence - ISS-G20 Laboratorium Repository

The course brought together 16 public health professionals from Georgia, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine (1), and Tunisia. It was specifically designed for public health professionals who had already attended one of ECDC’s courses on epidemic intelligence (EI) and rapid risk assessment.

The participants actively engaged in various discussions on EI steps and tools used for the detection, filtering, validation, and assessment of public health threats related to communicable diseases and how to apply EI principles in practice.

The course provided an opportunity for the participants to gain insight into the day-to-day EI activities and to meet members of ECDC’s Epidemic Intelligence team, who described the different EI tools and practices used at ECDC, including:

• Collection, collation and storage of information;
• Screening, filtering, validation, analysis, and communication;
• Addressing knowledge gaps and information sharing procedures;
• EI Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs);
• Monitoring of long-term threats and mass gatherings; and
• Communicating EI findings, following the ECDC daily Round Table meeting’s format.

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