We greatly valuee the ongoing cooperation with Japan and stand committed to continue working together to strengthen global health security.

#InternationalCooperation #PublicHealth #ECDC #20YearsECDC

#ECDC Director Dr Pamela Rendi-Wagner closing the #20yearsECDC event:

"We need more European independence for scientific evidence, in light of geopolitical changes.

We can only build the future of public health together".

#PublicHealth

Henrik Ullum - @ssi-dk.bsky.social:

"Digital surveillance of infectious diseases and #AI are tools we should really embrace to tackle future health threats. We really need to improve our data as without good data, we cannot have good AI."

#20yearsECDC #ECDC #PublicHealth

Brigadier General Petter Iversen at #20yearsECDC:

"Will we see kinetic war like in #Ukraine? Will we see a more hybrid war affecting the enemies health? We are seeing a future with a lot of unknowns."

#Preparedness #PublicHealth #ECDC

Brigadier General Petter Iversen at #20yearsECDC:

"If you weaken the health of a nation you will be a much easier target. We are facing new threats that are not the known threats we have today."

#PublicHealth #ModernWarfare #DefenceUnion

Marion Koopmans:

"It's a transformative time and it's important to reflect on what will come. Preparing for response is important, but we can't know everything. Flexibility in mindset and flexibility in who we work with is important."

#PublicHealth #ECDC #20yearsECDC

Marion Koopmans at #20YearsECDC:

"The societal and behavioural aspects of building resilience is important. Society wants to be part of this, part of resilience and understanding what's going on."

#PublicHealth #HealthEU #EuropeanHealthUnion

Minister Forssmed:
#AMR is threatening our healthcare systems and we are not doing enough.

We need stewardship when it comes to AMR. We talk about state of the art treatments, but we need to protect basic treatments, like #antibiotics.

#20yearsECDC #PublicHealth

Commissioner Várhelyi:
"After the #pandemic, everyone I talk to says we don't want to be caught off guard again. There is a different alertness in society."

#20yearsECDC #ECDC #PublicHealth

Time for the panel discussion at #20yearsECDC.
Commissioner Várhelyi & Minister Forssmed are joined by:
▫️ Petter Iversen - Brigadier General - COMEDS - NATO
▫️ Marion Koopmans - Scientific Director Erasmus Medical Centre
▫️ Henrik Ullum - CEO - Statens Serum Institute - Denmark

Jakob Forssmed:
"We really appreciate #ECDC's commitment to cooperation across sectors, mandates and borders."

#20YearsECDC #PublicHealth

Jakob Forssmed:
"When others are failing we are building stronger institutions that are reliable, build trust, are prepared to respond and are working together".

#20yearsECDC #ECDC #ECDC4PublicHealth

Jakob Forssmed - Minister for Social Affairs & Public Health of Sweden at #20yearsECDC:

"Since it's establishment in 2005 ECDC has become an important agency in which Sweden has great confidence.

Its presence reflects Sweden's commitment to international cooperation & evidence based health policy"

"You responded to the #COVID19 pandemic with rapid risk assessments & activated PHE to channel as many resources as possible to response teams.

Lessons from the pandemic have shaped all our work in EU #PublicHealth and will shape the future of ECDC as well" - Comm. Olivér Várhelyi at #20yearsECDC

Commissioner for Health and Food Safety - Olivér Várhelyi at #20yearsECDC:

"The past 20 years have not been easy helping the EU manage several public health crises.

The pandemic clearly exposed structural vulnerabilities in Europe".

#ECDC #ECDC4PublicHealth @ec.europa.eu

#ECDC Director - Dr Pamela Rendi-Wagner opening the #20yearsECDC celebrations in Stockholm:

"We have achieved so much together in the past 20 years. However, the next 20 years will demand even more from us."

"ECDC and all of us in the field have emerged from public health emergencies stronger, better prepared and better coordinated than before.

Now ECDC works with Member States and international partners closer than ever before".

#20YearsECDC #ECDC

"ECDC was born from a simple idea - no country in Europe should face public health threats alone.

Since ECDC's founding our world has profoundly changed so has the field of public health" - #ECDC Director Dr Pamela Rendi-Wagner.

#20YearsECDC

“Since #ECDC was established in 2005, the context in which we operate has profoundly changed. Now is the time to build on our achievements and to move forward" - ECDC Director - Dr Pamela Rendi-Wagner.

#20yearsECDC #ECDC4PublicHealth #StrongerTogether