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Management of contacts of MDR TB and XDR TB patients
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - 2012
The spread of tuberculosis (TB) occurs mainly in settings where prolonged contact between people promotes the transmission from an infectious 'source case' with TB disease to one or several 'contacts'. A main component in stopping the spread of TB is to rapidly diagnose infectious TB disease...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015307271
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Management of contacts of MDR TB and XDR TB patients
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - 2012
The spread of tuberculosis (TB) occurs mainly in settings where prolonged contact between people promotes the transmission from an infectious 'source case' with TB disease to one or several 'contacts'. A main component in stopping the spread of TB is to rapidly diagnose infectious TB disease...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015308531
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Last-line antibiotics are failing : options to address this urgent threat to patients and healthcare systems
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - 2016
pipeline is empty for the development of new antibiotics and will likely remain so for years to come. Patients who are infected … is taken. This poses serious challenges to the functioning of healthcare systems and represents high economic costs to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015295041
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Last-line antibiotics are failing : options to address this urgent threat to patients and healthcare systems
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - 2016
pipeline is empty for the development of new antibiotics and will likely remain so for years to come. Patients who are infected … is taken. This poses serious challenges to the functioning of healthcare systems and represents high economic costs to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015296250
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Vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers and their patients in Europe : a qualitative study
Larson, Heidi (contributor);  … - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - 2015
vaccine hesitancy in Europe and investigate how healthcare professionals respond to hesitant patients. The knowledge gained … vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers and their patients, and to develop more targeted and effective public health …The research described in this report was conducted to assess potential concerns among hesitant healthcare workers in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015297821
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Assessing communicable disease control and prevention in EU enlargement countries : disease surveillance, preparedness and response, health governance and public health capacity de...
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - 2016
ECDC has been working with EU Candidate Countries since 2006 and with EU Potential Candidate Countries since 2009 to prepare them for participation in ECDC activities. Work with these countries has been mainly financed by a Contribution Agreement between the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015294394
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HIV stigma in the healthcare setting : monitoring implementation of the Dublin Declaration on partnership to fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - 2024
healthcare settings, as per United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal 3 Target 3.3 [1] and the Paris Declaration [2]. The … to negative healthcare outcomes such as delayed care, avoidance of health facilities, and poor adherence to medication …, ultimately hampering HIV prevention and treatment efforts. Understanding how and in which contexts stigma manifests in healthcare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015275650
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Social marketing guide for public health programme managers and practitioners
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - 2014
The ECDC Social Marketing guide provides public health programme managers and practitioners with a summary of social marketing concepts and approaches. The guide introduces key principles and action steps that can be applied when considering, implementing and/or evaluating social marketing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015302140
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Core competencies for EU public health epidemiologists in communicable disease surveillance and response
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - 2010 - Second revised edition
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015311424
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Let's talk about hesitancy : enhancing confidence in vaccination and uptake : practical guide for public health programme managers and communicators
Apfel, Franklin (contributor); Cecconi, Sabrina (contributor) - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - 2016
support to healthcare providers in their efforts to enhance vaccination confidence and uptake. This guide serves as a … supplement to the ECDC guide 'Let's talk about protection', which focuses on strengthening the capacities of healthcare providers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015294253