The year 2023 marks the third year in which there was a recovery in the figures for TB diagnosis and treatment, following an unprecedented drop in 2020, due to COVID-19- related disruptions. This has reversed the damaging impact of the pandemic and resulted in reductions in the number of deaths...

ECDC cooperates with countries in the Western Balkans and Türkiye to improve their infectious disease prevention and control systems and public health workforce to prepare them for their future participation in ECDC's work. Technical cooperation with countries in the Western Balkans and...

The main objective of the European protocol for the surveillance of SSIs is to ensure standardisation of definitions, data collection and reporting procedures for hospitals participating in the national/regional surveillance of surgical site infections across Europe, in order to contribute to...

In 2024, ECDC conducted a survey on public health workforce capacity in the field of prevention and control of infectious diseases in the EU/EEA. This was in response to requests from several European Member States to help assess existing workforce capacity and identify gaps and additional...

Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious viral disease, which affects cattle, swine, sheep, goats and other cloven-hoofed animals. It spreads rapidly amongst these animals, through direct contact between animals, or contaminated objects, but also through air and wind. The virus does not...

This report provides an update on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal Target (SDG) 3.3 and other main global and regional targets for eliminating HIV, viral hepatitis, tuberculosis (TB) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as public health threats. These infections...

Although preventable, viral hepatitis, HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STI) and tuberculosis (TB) remain public health issues in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA), causing substantial morbidity and nearly 57 000 deaths annually. As of the end of 2023, 820 000 people...