ECDC organised this workshop to map training resources and identify needs in the area of communicable disease surveillance and control in EU candidate countries and potential candidates. Outcomes for participants included identifying priorities and drawing up country specific action plans, and...

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...

This report describes the external quality assessment (EQA) scheme for the European Legionnaires' disease Surveillance network, for the detection, isolation, identification, and enumeration of Legionella species. The EQA schemes provide an outbreak scenario with packages of clinical and...

Despite progress, rates of HIV testing among populations most at risk of HIV in Europe and Central Asia remain low and a significant number of people living with HIV still do not know that they are infected. In addition, late diagnosis rates remain high for HIV, with nearly half of all HIV cases...

- More than one in three countries in Europe and Central Asia report that unfavourable laws and policies are a barrier to provision of HIV prevention services for people who inject drugs and sex workers. - In two out of five countries, such laws and policies reportedly limit the provision of HIV...

Despite progress, rates of HIV testing among populations most at risk of HIV in Europe and Central Asia remain low and a significant number of people living with HIV still do not know that they are infected. In addition, late diagnosis rates remain high for HIV, with nearly half of all HIV cases...

This report summarises data on the continuum of HIV care submitted by countries in Europe and Central Asia for the 2014 and 2016 rounds of reporting on implementation of the Dublin Declaration. The report is structured around a four-stage continuum of care, to provide an understanding of the...

Nowadays, treatment with combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) enables people with HIV infection to live a long, healthy and productive life. It also reduces viral load significantly and this has been shown to be important in preventing onward transmission of HIV. The effectiveness of HIV...