intervals. To evaluate progress in the area of communicable diseases, the European Commission's Directorate-General Health and …, surveillance, preparedness and response, and health governance in this domain for all EU enlargement countries (EU Candidate …

As stated in Article 8 of the Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 on Serious Cross-Border Threats to Health (SCBTH), ECDC has the … responsibility, in coordination with relevant Union agencies and bodies, to conduct Public Health Emergency Preparedness Assessments … planning in accordance with Article 7 of the SCBTH regulation. The aim of the PHEPA is to improve prevention, preparedness and …

Health communication activities to inform and influence individual and community decisions are increasingly being used … have a significant positive impact on health-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviour. However, the extent and nature of … the use of health communication activities for the prevention and control of communicable diseases across Europe is …

experience stigma and discrimination [3]. HIV stigma is a recognised barrier to achieving positive health and well-being, linked … to negative healthcare outcomes such as delayed care, avoidance of health facilities, and poor adherence to medication …

The ECDC Social Marketing guide provides public health programme managers and practitioners with a summary of social … health programmes. Social marketing is defined as an approach that seeks to integrate marketing concepts with other … changing behaviours, to develop public health interventions. Social marketing also incorporates input from end …

evidence-based and peer-reviewed advice for public health programme managers (PHPMs) and communicators involved with …

, seeks to identify both the strengths and the areas for improvement of public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) in the …, an initial step towards this goal consisted of the development of an ECDC public health emergency preparedness logic … model that focuses particularly on crossborder threats to health in the European context [1]. This logic model provides a …

carbapenems and colistin, is a grave public health concern and a threat to patient safety and economies in Europe and globally …