The #MIGoodCare call is now open! Led by #ISGlobal for @ecdc.europa.eu#MIGoodCare#ISGlobalit seeks good practice models for testing, linkage and care of #HIV, #hepatitis, #TB and #STIs in migrant populations across Europe. Submit here: 🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/hrbwuqmvkf #MigrantHealth

ECDC’s tools & methods to improve vaccination acceptance & uptake are now available in all EU/EEA languages. These materials help assess barriers & facilitators to vaccination, as well as inform the design of tailored #PublicHealth interventions. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publicati... #IdSky #EpiSky

Don't miss the weekly dose of #PublicHealth content! Subscribe to @eurosurveillance.org email alert and table of contents delivery straight to your mailbox! Check how easy is is to set up! ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ #IdSky #EpiSky #MedSky

We recently concluded the #GOARN Outbreak Response Scenario Training in Stockholm. 🌍🤝 Check out some impressions from the workshop in our video-slideshow! #OutbreakResponse #EUHTF #AdvancingEmergencyPreparednessAndResponse #PoweredByPublicHealthPartners #IDsky #EpiSky

As an author, how do you ensure that the description of more studies in a manuscript submitted for publication are comprehensive? Check our APHEA-accredited micro learnings on the @ecdc.europa.eu Learning Portal 🎓 bit.ly/EUSlearning #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2025 #IDSky #EpiSky #AcademicSky #Medsky 🛟

🧑‍⚕️ Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay! One urgent challenge to patient safety in Europe is the spread of Candidozyma auris in hospitals. This drug-resistant fungus is the topic of our latest #ECDConAir podcast episode with #ECDC's @diamantisp.bsky.social Listen here: bit.ly/ECDConAir66 #IDsky #EpiSky

Key lessons and reflections from the recent #GOARN #OutbreakResponse Scenario Training - adaptability, collaboration, trust, and resilience. Here’s what our participants shared 👇 #PublicHealth #ECDC #EUHTF #AdvancingEmergencyPreparednessAndResponse #PoweredByPublicHealthPartners #IDsky #EpiSky

Fruitful discussions today in #Copenhagen with the EU health ministers at their informal meeting under the Danish EU Presidency #eu2025dk with a focus on how to fight #AntimicrobialResistance and forward-looking bilateral meetings with upcoming EU presidencies and @who.int.

Are you at #ICPIC2025 this week? Don't forget to pay us a visit! #ECDC booth is ready for you! #ICPIC #IDsky #EpiSky

❗ Call for Best Practice Models of Care in Migrant Health! #ECDC is commissioning the collection of innovative models of care that improve 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲, and 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 for migrants in Europe affected by 𝗛𝗜𝗩, 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀, 𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀 (TB), and STIs. #IDsky #EpiSky

How to help improve biosecurity on farms & halt the spread of #AvianFlu in Europe? @efsa.europa.eu & @ec.europa.eu release a communication toolkit that can help keep poultry (and humans) safe! #OneHealth #FoodSafety #AnimalSafety #HumanSafety #PublicHealth #IDsky #EpiSky

Last week, we welcomed a delegation from the ASEAN Centre for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases (#ACPHEED). ACPHEED is currently being established and will serve as a regional hub to strengthen capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to the threat of infectious diseases.

That’s a wrap! ✅ From 7–12 Sept, #ECDC hosted the first #GOARN Outbreak Response Scenario Training in Europe 🇪🇺, bringing 24 health pros to Stockholm for a week of real-world simulation, collaboration & problem-solving 🌍 #PublicHealth #Preparedness #OutbreakResponse #IDsky #EpiSky

#JustPublished! Drug-resistant fungus #CandidozymaAuris is spreading rapidly in European hospitals. #ECDC calls for urgent action. 📈 Cases are rising, outbreaks are larger, and several countries now report local transmission. Press release: bit.ly/46uR1iK #CandidaAuris #HAI #IDsky #EpiSky #AMR

📢 Join us for the next ECDC Lighthouse webinar “The public as partners: unlocking the potential of citizen science in disease prevention and control”. What happens when science opens its doors to the public? 🗓️ Monday 22/09/2025 🕕 13.00-14.00 CET 💻 Online #ECDCLighthouse

📣 Just published | 3rd joint monthly report on West Nile Virus with @ecdc.europa.eu provides updated EU-level data. ➡️ 655 human cases & 38 deaths in EU ➡️ 72 equid & 114 bird outbreaks (-62% vs 2024) ➡️ 5 countries reported both human & animal cases, most in Italy 👉 europa.eu/!4VH3xX #WestNileVirus

#WestNileFever update - September. As of 3.09.2025, a total of 652 human cases of #WestNileVirus have been reported in 9 European countries: AL, BG, FR, EL, HU, IT, RO, RS, ES with 38 deaths. Italy is currently experiencing the largest outbreak (500 cases, 32 deaths). wnv-monthly.ecdc.europa.eu

📢 #JustPublished! Understanding sexual behaviour is key to preventing #STIs in Europe. ECDC has reviewed recent sexual behaviour surveys to see what data we have – and how it can help improve STI prevention. Read full: bit.ly/41I0Bw3 #SafeSex #SexualEducation #PublicHealth #STI

The call for late breaker abstracts is now open! You can still get the chance to present your research at ESCAIDE 2025. The deadline is on 24 September at 23:59 CET. Check the eligibility criteria and submit your work: www.escaide.eu/en/abstracts... #EpiSky #MedSky

📣 We are excited to launch the programme & open registration for the hybrid #EHFG2025! Join us 30 Sep–3 Oct to explore how we can heal Europe’s fractured social contract for health & well-being. 🔍 Explore sessions & stay tuned for updates 👉 www.ehfg.org

📺 Where can you watch #SOTEU live? Facebook: www.facebook.com/EuropeanCommission X: x.com/eu_commission LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/european-commission/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/eutube European Broadcasting Service: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu ⏰Tomorrow at 9AM (CEST)!

Europe is in a fight. A fight for our liberty and our ability to determine our destiny for ourselves. This must be Europe’s Independence Moment. A moment we can seize if we're united ↓ www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVnm...

How ready are Europe’s labs to detect #ZoonoticInfluenza viruses like #H5N1? #ECDC’s 2024 External Quality Assessment (EQA) checked the capacity of 30 labs in 27 countries. Read full here: bit.ly/48etxj4

🌍🚨 Kicking off the #GOARN Tier 2 Outbreak Response Training in Stockholm, hosted by #ECDC! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Experts from across Europe & beyond come together to strengthen outbreak response skills, practice in real-life simulation scenarios & foster collaboration for rapid deployment during health emergencies.

Field epidemiologists often work in challenging conditions, where time and resources are limited. Mobile labs are transforming their work by bringing diagnostics to outbreak sites and cutting wait times from days to hours. Celebrate #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay and learn more: youtu.be/z3vJQaNVXBw

Today is #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay! Did you know that #ECDC organises fellowship programmes that you can take part in? Read about the programmes on the occasion of the #WFED2025 here: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

Ahead of #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay, we have just published a preliminary outbreak investigation looking into locally-acquired cases of #WestNileVirus infections in Lazio, Italy, where human cases had never been reported before. Read it here: www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

On World Sexual Health Day, let’s talk about safe sex! 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 📈 Gonorrhoea up 31%* 📈 Syphilis up 13%* Chlamydia remains the most reported bacterial STI *(2023 vs 2022 data)

Busy days for ECDC Fellowship Programmes! The ECDC Fellowship Programme recently gathered in beautiful Lisbon for the Leadership and Communication Module, hosted by the European Maritime Safety Agency (#EMSA). Fellows explored how to communicate and lead effectively as public health professionals.

Our call for late breakers is opening soon! Researchers with eligible abstracts could still get the opportunity to present their work at ESCAIDE this year. The call for late breakers will be open from 10-24 September. Learn more: lnkd.in/gVYyucfc

🌍✨ Last week, ECDC Fellowship Programme was in Lisbon for the Project Review Module, hosted by Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge. Fellows sharpened their skills to: 🎤 Present scientific projects 🔁 Give & receive feedback 🌐 Communicate findings #IDsky #EpiSky

We are hiring! We’re recruiting for four roles: ➡️ Head of Section – AMR & Healthcare-Associated Infections ➡️ Expert – Policy Coordination ➡️ IT Support Specialist ➡️ Expert – Vaccine Preventable Diseases & Immunisation Programmes Info 👉 bit.ly/ECDCjobs #ECDC #PublicHealth #EUJobs #AMR #Policy #IT

✏️ Pencils? ✔️ Books? ✔️ Vaccinations? ✔️ Ready for school! Before the first bell, check your child’s vaccinations. Healthy kids = safer classrooms & communities. Check #EVIP portal vaccination-info.europa.eu for science-based guidance in YOUR language! #BackToSchool #VaccinesWork #UnitedInProtection

📢 New issue is out! This week's focus: ➡️ #Diphtheria sub-clusters in DE & PL with mostly local transmission, severe outcomes & links to homelessness. ➡️ A cross-border #TB outbreak in Vienna tied to a wider multi-country cluster, possibly linked to migratory routes. & much more! bit.ly/4oLHNWD

Want to assess and mitigate the risk of locally acquired #AedesBorne diseases in your area? We’ve launched a 45-minute course to support EU/EEA public health professionals. #PublicHealth #VectorBorne #ECDCTraining #ECDCLearningPortal #IdSky #EpiSky

To mark #WorldMosquitoDay, ECDC warns that record breaking outbreaks of WNV infection and chikungunya are pointing to a ‘new normal’ with higher levels of mosquito-borne disease transmission in Europe. Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

Our new issue is out! This week's journal includes ➡️ an overview of early season, local transmission of #chikungunya virus in mainland France ➡️ an analysis of patient data from 1982 to 2021 for alveolar echinococcosis in France Read it here 🗞️ www.eurosurveillance.org/content/euro...

🦟 West Nile virus in Europe As summer progresses, IT, EL, RO, BG & FR have reported 163 locally acquired human cases of #WestNileVirus infection so far this year. 📊 This is above the 10-year average for this point in the season, but far below the same period in record years of 2024 & 2018.

A new #ECDCCrowd task is out! Help us identify research related to wastewater surveillance for infectious diseases monitoring. Find out how to do that here: crowd.ecdc.europa.eu Your help is invaluable! #WastewaterSurveillance #AMR #InfectiousDiseases #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #IDSky #EpiSky

🧵1/2 With the mosquito and tick season in full swing, we have #JustPublished seasonal surveillance reports on Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the EU/EEA: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/crimean-c... Chikungunya virus disease in the EU/EEA: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/chikungun... More ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Our new issue is out, featuring ➡️ Two articles looking into an invasive meningococcal disease outbreak associated with travel to Saudi Arabia for Umrah ➡️ Research on influenza A(H1N2) detected in a patient in Sweden Read it here 🗞️ www.eurosurveillance.org/content/euro...

#HepatitisB & #HepatitisC affect millions in Europe - people in prisons are especially affected. The #EuroHePP toolkit from @ecdc.europa.eu & #EUDA helps health services to assess local needs & gaps, plan a strategy & implement services to eliminate hepatitis in prisons. #IDsky #EpiSky #Hepatitis

Attending ESCAIDE 2025? Don't miss the chance to register for our in-person workshops: 📑 Evidence-based public health and evidence-informed decision-making in public health: lnkd.in/dMSK5vdy 🔬 Eurosurveillance workshop: Improve your chances to get published in journals: lnkd.in/dmBR9Zeu

📢 Ahead of Prisoners' Justice Day, we’re proud to share a new joint initiative with @ecdc.europa.eu: the European Toolkit for the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis in Prisons. 🔗 Explore the toolkit: eurohepp.ecdc.europa.eu 📰 Read our news item: www.euda.europa.eu/news/2025/ne...

#EuroHePP – a new interactive toolkit from #ECDC & #EUDA designed to support efforts to eliminate hepatitis B & C in prisons in Europe. It offers guidance for: ✅ Conducting a health needs assessment ✅ Strategy development ✅ Service implementation ✅ Monitoring & evaluation eurohepp.ecdc.europa.eu

Last week in #epidemiology - ECDC's Communicable Disease Threats Report focuses on: - #dengue, #mpox, #chikungunya - #CCHF, #WestNileVirus - #cholera, #Botulism, #RespiratoryViruses, #AvianInfluenza - mass gathering monitoring of #Jubilee2025 & #EURO2025 www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publicati... #EpiSky

How could maternal #vaccination and long‑acting monoclonal antibodies for newborns reduce #RSV hospitalisations across Europe? #ECDC and #EUSMIND consortium, are launching the 2025/26 RSV scenario round via #RespiCompass, our collaborative modelling platform.

Our new issue is out, featuring ➡️ an article on Salmonella Enteritidis infections in the Netherlands ➡️ an update of EUDA's technical protocol for surveys to monitor drug-related infectious diseases among people who inject drugs in Europe Read it here: www.eurosurveillance.org/content/euro...

DYK that #vaccines can prevent infections that lead to certain types of #cancer? The #HPV vaccine protects against a virus linked to cervical, throat & other cancers, while the #hepatitisB vaccine helps prevent liver cancer #IDsky #EpiSky #HepatitisPrevention #HepatitisAwareness #WorldHepatitisDay

Let's put more spotlight on #hepatitis this week. #SDGs call for the elimination of #ViralHepatitis as a health threat by 2030, with targets to: ✅ Diagnose 90% of people with chronic hepatitis B & C ✅ Treat 80% of those eligible ✅ Cut new infections by 90% ✅ Reduce hepatitis-related deaths by 65%