This focused After-Action Review (AAR) investigates the use of evidence in the Norwegian advice-making process for long-term care facilities (LTCFs) during the emergence of the Omicron variant of concern (VOC) between November 2021 and April 2022. The Omicron variant wave initially led to a...

This report is based on the findings from two focused After-Action reviews (AARs) in Norway and Georgia that discussed the use of evidence in the advice-making process for long-term care facilities (LTCFs) during the start of the COVID-19 Omicron wave in early 2022. Both countries responded to a...

Following a request from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) made its first major contribution to outbreak response activities in the field in...

In the context of preparedness for, and management of, cases of Ebola infection imported into the EU, ECDC - in collaboration with Belgium public health authorities - conducted a 3.5-day peer-review country visit in March 2015. Five experts (three from ECDC and two from other EU Member States1)...

The largest ever epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been ongoing in West Africa since December 2013, affecting mainly Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. This has also exposed EU/EEA Member States with unprecedented levels of risk of importation of highly contagious viral haemorrhagic fever...

The largest ever epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been ongoing in West Africa since December 2013, affecting mainly Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. This has also exposed EU/EEA Member States with unprecedented levels of risk of importation of highly contagious viral haemorrhagic fever...

This technical report is a broad-brush picture of what we consider to be the main strengths and vulnerabilities of Ebola emergency preparedness in three EU Member States. It contains a brief background, a description of objectives and an explanation of the methodological approach. Findings are...

Social inequalities in Europe, both between and within Member States, can have serious consequences for health. Health inequalities among socially disadvantaged and advantaged EU citizens are at odds with the EU principles of solidarity, fairness, and equal opportunity for all. In 2009, the...

The European Commission awarded a contract in November 2005 to a consortium composed of the TARKI Social Research Institute (Hungary), CASE, Center for Social and Economic Research (Poland) and CEPS to analyse the socio-economic developments and the process of structural reforms in what were...

The effects of the current global economic crisis on the spread and control of communicable diseases remain uncertain. This study aimed to explore experts’ views about the impact of the current crisis and measures that have been undertaken by governments to mitigate an alleged adverse effect...