🚨 Remember! 🚨
Preventive measures can help reduce transmission and protect those at high risk. These include:

💪 vaccination
🙌 frequent handwashing
↔️ maintaining physical distance
👥 avoiding large gatherings
💨 proper ventilation
😷 wearing masks in healthcare settings

#ECDC #COVID19 #Flu #RSV

If this continues, thousands of deaths in the coming years could still be prevented.

Closing this gap means accelerating efforts - from detection and diagnosis to treatment and follow-up.

Read more here: bit.ly/WorldTBDay2026

#WorldTBDay #Tuberculosis #PublicHealth #ECDC #EUHealth

Enhancing laboratory preparedness in Eastern Partnership countries to address respiratory health threats Workshop under the EU-funded Health Resilience in the Eastern Partnership project aim to help countries turn lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic into practical actions for stronger, more resilient publ...

The focus:
✔️ identifying gaps in laboratory systems
✔️ sharing good practices
✔️ strengthening resilience for future respiratory threats

Stronger preparedness starts with collaboration, learning and action.

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3NAwfYx

#EasternPartnership #PublicHealth #ECDC #Prevention #Preparedness

Strengthening laboratory preparedness is key to future health security.

This week, #ECDC brought together experts from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine to turn lessons from #COVID19 into practical action.

#IDsky #EpiSky #Cooperation #EasternPartnership

Around 40.000 people are still diagnosed with Tuberculosis each year in the EU/EEA - and early recognition makes a real difference.

In episode three of our myth busting series, #ECDC expert @veronicacristea.bsky.social explains why.

#TB #Tuberculosis #WorldTBDay #IdSky #EpiSky

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 ⬇️
And read more about the fight with tuberculosis on our hashtag#WorldTBDay - dedicated website here:
➡️ bit.ly/WorldTBDay2026

#Tuberculosis #PublicHealth #ECDC #EUHealth #IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky

EU/EEA falls short on TB detection as one in five cases go unnoticed Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day new report shows that Europe needs to do more to reach 2030 targets

Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day WHO Regional Office for Europe and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) new report shows that Europe needs to do more to reach 2030 targets.
#Tuberculosis #WorldTuberculosisDay #ECDC #WHO
www.vitalsigns.news/eu-eea-falls...

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲:

📺 YouTube - youtu.be/o9Ckx0e_eu4
🎧 Spotify - bit.ly/ECDConAir72
🎶 SoundCloud - soundcloud.com/ecdc_eu/ecdc...

🔗 World TB Day page - bit.ly/47YT66P
🔗 Press release - bit.ly/4uJxPrT

#WorldTBDay #Tuberculosis #PublicHealth #ECDC #IDsky #EpiSky #Podcast

𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗕 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 - 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/47eIn8i
🔗 World TB Day page: bit.ly/3PDcH6i

#WorldTBDay #Tuberculosis #PublicHealth #ECDC #HealthSecurity

European Region misses 1 in 5 TB cases: WHO Europe and ECDC publish new joint surveillance report The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe today published the joint report ‘Tuberculosis Surveillance and Monitor...

TB remains a public health challenge in Europe - too many cases are missed.

New data from #ECDC & #WHOEurope show that 1 in 5 tuberculosis (TB) cases in the region are not diagnosed or reported.

That means people are not diagnosed, not reported & not treated, allowing transmission to continue.

Safe water is essential for health.

Around 2.1 billion people worldwide still lack access to safe drinking water - increasing the risk of waterborne diseases.

#ECDC tracks these diseases to detect risks early and help inform public health action.

#WorldWaterDay #PublicHealth #IdSky #EpiSky

🚨 Remember! 🚨
Preventive measures can help reduce transmission and protect those at high risk. These include:

💪 vaccination
🙌 frequent handwashing
↔️ maintaining physical distance
👥 avoiding large gatherings
💨 proper ventilation
😷 wearing masks in healthcare settings

#ECDC #COVID19 #Flu #RSV

Very low risk for the EU/EEA from the outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease in Kent, England The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) assesses the risk to the general population in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) of invasive meningococcal disease (I...

A cluster of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) cases in Kent, England has raised attention - but what does it mean for the rest of Europe?

According to #ECDC, the 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨/𝗘𝗘𝗔 𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘄.

#PublicHealth #ECDC #MeningococcalDisease #EUHealth #IDsky #EpiSky

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Das #ECDC @ecdc.europa.eu hat neue Daten zu #Mpox in Europa veröffentlicht, aufgeschlüsselt auch nach Klade 1 und Klade 2. Nach einem Anstieg der Klade-1-Fälle in den letzten Monaten sei zwar ein Rückgang zu beobachten, dennoch bestehe Anlass zur Wachsamkeit, auch in Deutschland.

Calls for new EU Reference Laboratories for public health in four fields are now open The European Commission has issued four new calls for applications for the designation of EU Reference Laboratories (EURLs) for public health.

.@ec.europa.eu launched 4 new calls for applications to designate EU Reference Laboratories (EURLs) for public health in the following areas:

▪️ Clostridioides difficile
▪️ Sexually transmitted bacteria
▪️ Mycobacteria
▪️ Invasive bacteria

Info: bit.ly/416vcCF
#PublicHealth #IDsky #EpiSky #ECDC #EURLs

Call for experts for Scientific Expert Panel on RSV vaccination in adults ECDC has launched a call for experts to join a new Scientific Expert Panel (SEP) to support the development of an EU/EEA technical guidance on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination to protect ...

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲?

Learn more about the call here: bit.ly/3NgK4Lz

#PublicHealth #Vaccination #RSV #ECDC #EUHealth #IDsky #EpiSky #MedSky

▪️ Selected experts will review key evidence questions, assess evidence syntheses prepared by #ECDC - including surveillance analyses, systematic reviews & modelling outputs - and contribute to judgements on the balance of benefits and harms, certainty of evidence and relevance for adult populations.

🚨 Remember! 🚨
Preventive measures can help reduce transmission and protect those at high risk. These include:

💪 vaccination
🙌 frequent handwashing
↔️ maintaining physical distance
👥 avoiding large gatherings
💨 proper ventilation
😷 wearing masks in healthcare settings

#ECDC #COVID19 #Flu #RSV

Next month, we will present multiple posters and oral presentations during the @ESCMIDGlobal, but 2 are among the top 2% of highest rated submissions.
We see you in Munich! #surveillance #collaboration #RIVM #SSI #genomics #plasmids #outbreak #ESCMID #ESGMAP #CPEsurveillanceStudyGroup #ECDC

One Health One Health is a multi-sectoral approach that aims to balance and optimise the health of people, animals, plants, and their shared environment, recognising their interconnection.

Published three times a year, the newsletter connects perspectives from public health, environment, food safety and medicines.

🧑‍🎓 Learn more about One Health ➡️ www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/one-health
📬 Subscribe ➡️ bit.ly/OneHealthSub...
📕 Read the first issue ➡️ bit.ly/4umbdNN

#OneHealth #ECDC

ECDC Director Pamela Rendi-Wagner is in Addis Ababa this week, where ECDC and Africa CDC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalise their long-standing partnership on public health cooperation.

www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

#AfricaCDC #PublicHealth #ECDC #IDsky #EpiSky

🚨 Remember! 🚨
Preventive measures can help reduce transmission and protect those at high risk. These include:

💪 vaccination
🙌 frequent handwashing
↔️ maintaining physical distance
👥 avoiding large gatherings
💨 proper ventilation
😷 wearing masks in healthcare settings

#ECDC #COVID19 #Flu #RSV

España, segundo país con más casos de legionela, en un año de máximos históricos en Europa El Centro Europeo para la Prevención y el Control de Enfermedades (ECDC) ha publicado los últimos datos sobre legionela en Europa, relativos a 2023

#Pacientes | El #ECDC publica los últimos datos sobre #legionela 🫁 en Europa en 2023

🌎Francia, Alemania, Italia y España concentraron el 72% de los casos

ECDC proposes new EU Reference Laboratories to strengthen Europe’s preparedness against infectious diseases ECDC is recommending the establishment of four new EU Reference Laboratories (EURLs) for public health.

#ECDC proposes establishing 4 new EU Reference Laboratories to strengthen Europe’s preparedness against priority infectious diseases.

The proposal is based on updated scientific assessment & consultation with disease networks & public health authorities across Europe.

#PublicHealth #IDsky #EpiSky

The course focuses on interpreting genomic data using virulence profiling and subtyping approaches, including MLST and cgMLST, in a public health context.

#IDsky #EpiSky #MedSky #BioSky #PublicHealth #Training #ECDC #Microbiology #Bioinformatics #Epidemiology

Lower risk of exposure to cereulide following continued recall of infant formula products across European countries ECDC and EFSA have published a Rapid Outbreak Assessment (ROA) following the ongoing recall of infant formula products due to the detection of cereulide. The assessment concludes that due to the recal...

Be vigilant for vomiting and diarrhoea in infants and young children in general. Seek medical advice if symptoms are persistent or severe.

🔗 Read more about the recall of the infant formula products: bit.ly/4bZFqeV

#FoodSafety #PublicHealth #InfantHealth #ECDC #EFSA

Lower risk of exposure to cereulide following continued recall of infant formula products across European countries ECDC and EFSA have published a Rapid Outbreak Assessment (ROA) following the ongoing recall of infant formula products due to the detection of cereulide. The assessment concludes that due to the recal...

#JustPublished!

🍼 Infant formula recalls – what the latest assessment shows?

#ECDC & #EFSA published a Rapid Outbreak Assessment following the continued recall of infant formula products in several European countries after the detection of #cereulide, a toxin produced by Bacillus cereus bacteria.

EFSA and ECDC rapid outbreak assessment on cereulide incident: likelihood of exposure low Key scientific findingsReported casesAs of 13 February 2026, seven countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Spain and the United Kingdom) had reported cases under investigation involv...

🍼 Infant Formula recall assessment

Together with @ecdc.europa.eu we’ve released a joint assessment on the ongoing infant formula recalls.

Large-scale control measures mean the current risk of exposure to contaminated products is low.

More: 🔗 link.europa.eu/4Kj9HC

#PublicHealth #EFSA #ECDC

#AntimicrobialResistance - #AMR - develops when bacteria can withstand treatments, reducing their effectiveness and posing risks to both animal and human health.

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Read more in the latest joint ECDC–EFSA report ➡️ bit.ly/4qOdOgh

#FoodSafety #PublicHealth #OneHealth #ECDC #EFSA

Discussions covered capacity building, training, pandemic preparedness and response, risk assessment, epidemic intelligence and surveillance.

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4tFiJms

#TogetherForPublicHealth #InternationalCollaboration #PHAC #ECDC #PublicHealth