As the amended ECDC Founding Regulation and the Regulation on serious cross-border threats to health (SCBTH Regulation) came into force in December 2022, the ECDC long-term Strategy 2021-2027 has been adapted to incorporate new and extended tasks of the Centre's strengthened mandate. 2025 will...

The amended ECDC Founding Regulation calls for the Centre to focus its interventions on specific priority areas. In view of this, ECDC's Strategy 2021−2027 has been adapted, including the Strategic Objectives that will guide ECDC interventions in the next few years. The Strategy Implementation...

Thirty-five laboratories of the Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses Network (FWD-Net), 29 of which located in EU/EEA countries, participated in the third international external quality assurance (EQA) scheme for the typing of Salmonella. Six laboratories were located in non-EU/EEA...

Thirty-five laboratories of the Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses Network (FWD-Net), 28 from EU/EEA countries, participated in the second international external quality assurance (EQA) scheme for the typing of Salmonella.

HIV transmission remains a major public health concern and affects more than 2 million people in the WHO European Region, particularly in the eastern part of the Region. This report is the latest in a series published jointly by European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the...

HIV transmission remains a major public health concern and affects more than 2 million people in the WHO European Region, particularly in the eastern part of the Region. This report is the latest in a series published jointly by European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the...

External quality assessments (EQA) are an essential part of any laboratory-based surveillance system, allowing for the monitoring of performance and comparability of results from participating laboratories, identification of potential issues and deployment of resources and training where...

Online and digital/social media are increasingly important communication channels for reaching audiences in a targeted and cost-effective manner. Gay and bisexual men have long been early adopters of technology and the use of the technology by gay and bisexual men, and other men who have sex...