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More frequent, extreme rainfall is projected. Flooding has extensive and significant effects on health, spanning the short and long terms and ranging from drowning and injuries to infectious diseases and mental-health problems.
Most EU/EEA countries monitor rubella, rubella in pregnancy and congenital rubella syndrome through mandatory and comprehensive systems, but changes could be made to help align surveillance data acro[...]
Allergy Track is a new mobile app which helps people suffering from allergy to stay on track with their allergic and respiratory symptoms during critical periods and helps measuring the impact of the[...]
The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) has recommended the marketing authorisation for Aftovaxpur DOE for use in response to outbreaks of foot-and-[...]
Millions of girls in the world’s poorest countries to be immunised against the human papilloma virus (HPV) thanks to GAVI negotiating low price for vaccine
By 2040 every second patient in the EU will suffer from some type of allergy. Despite the fact that allergies affect more than 60 million people in all European countries, there is an alarming defici[...]
Last week, public health authorities reported on the on-going outbreak in Wales. Public Health Wales reported 503 measles cases in April, bringing the total number of notified cases in the outbreak a[...]
ECDC has produced three generic protocols: a protocol for developing cohort studies to assess the effectiveness of the rotavirus vaccination in EU Members States; a protocol proposing prospective cas[...]
ECDC releases a communication toolkit for seasonal influenza, with materials targeting healthcare workers and people at higher risk of developing flu-related complications. If you are planning to or[...]
Since 31 March 2013, one hundred and twelve (112) cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus have been reported from eight provinces in eastern China. 26/04/2013 00:00[...]
ERASMUS UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM ROTTERDAM Project context and objectives: In recent years, an increased number of zoonotic viruses and bacteria have crossed the species barrier to humans and cau[...]
During the period March 2012 to February 2013, 8 499 cases of measles were reported by 29 EU/EEA countries and Croatia. For the same period, there were 21 549 rubella cases were reported; 99% of whic[...]
European Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Global Vaccine Summit/Abu Dhabi 25 April 2013 Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Distinguished guests, F[...]
To assist European laboratories in verifying and ensuring their diagnostic capability to detect and identify the avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, ECDC jointly with CNRL and WHO Europe is releasing a te[...]
ECDC is launching a complement of new resources to support front line health care workers and public health professionals working on routine vaccination programmes. This coincides with European Immun[...]
A new interactive platform of vaccination schedules for individual European countries and for specific age groups has been developed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), with the Groupe d’Etudes en Preventologie.
As of 18 April, eighty-seven (87) cases of human infection with influenza A(H7N9) have been reported from six provinces in eastern China. 19/04/2013 00:00[...]
Between 1 October 2012 and 8 April 2013, 16 confirmed cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections were reported in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. As none of the cases have a travel history outs[...]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will provide advice on the impact on public health and animal health of the use of antibiotics in animals. The request was made by the European Commission as part [...]
The hardening of arteries also known as 'atherosclerosis' can cause cardiovascular diseases (CVD), which can lead to heart attacks and strokes. New evidence has been uncovered strengthening the link [...]
Guideline on good pharmacovigilance practices (GVP): P I - Vaccines for prophylaxis against infectious diseases – Definitions for inclusion in GVP annex I Guideline on good pharmacovigilance practice[...]
The objective of this module is to strengthen the conduct of pharmacovigilance for vaccines. It should be noted that the overall objectives and processes of pharmacovigilance are no different for vac[...]
The updated ECDC risk assessment of 12 April concludes that the risk of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus spreading to Europe via humans or through poultry is low at this time. 12/04/2013 00:00[...]
As of 10 April 2013, 33 human cases of infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus have been reported in four provinces of China: Shanghai (15), Jiangsu (10), Zhejiang (6) and Anhui (2). Of these cases, n[...]
Since the last epidemiological update of 3 April, seven additional cases including two fatalities were reported by Chinese authorities. For the first time a child, aged four years, was reported. 05/0[...]
The latest data drawn from ECDC's The European Surveillance System show that of the 29 countries that contribute to measles monitoring, only 13 met the elimination target of less than one case of mea[...]
Following the announcement of three patients presenting with a novel influenza A virus on 31 March 2013, the health bureau of Jiangsu province of China confirmed four more cases of influenza A(H7N9) [...]
In the light of confirmed novel influenza A virus, A(H7N9), infection in humans in China, ECDC has issued a rapid risk assessment for the EU/EEA. At this stage of investigation, the risk of spread of[...]
The WHO has recently updated a number of its interim guidance documents for the novel coronavirus including clinical management (11th February) and the case definition for reporting (19th February); [...]
Food Today, science based information on food, nutrition and safety from EUFIC, the European Food Information Council. More than 17 million people in Europe suffer from food allergies, with 3.5 milli[...]
The European Medicines Agency has issued the European Union (EU) recommendations for the influenza virus strains that should be included in vaccines for the prevention of seasonal influenza next wint[...]
Every year 9 million people are newly diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). The disease kills approximately 1.4 million people per year including infants and adolescents. TB/HIV co-infection and MDR/XDR-[...]
The purpose of this revision is to provide guidance for the submission of variations for annual update of human influenza inactivated vaccines applications in the centralised procedure following amen[...]
Three out of five of the world's most costly diseases are cardiovascular in nature, and their prevention is now recognised as an urgent public health need. This year's EuroPRevent congress, already t[...]
This guideline describes the information on the clinical development to be documented when an application for a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product is made for the treatment of chronic pr[...]
On 21 February 2013, WHO issued its recommendation for the composition of influenza vaccines for the 2013-2014 influenza season in the Northern Hemisphere.[...]
The purpose of this guideline is to provide guidance on development, manufacturing and control for Marketing Authorisation Applications for influenza vaccines. The Quality Module has been updated in [...]
LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN Allergic illnesses have developed into a major health concern in Europe. They diminish patients' quality of life and have considerable socio-economic costs. T[...]
LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN Allergic illnesses have developed into a major health concern in Europe. They diminish patients' quality of life and have considerable socio-economic costs. T[...]
The Annual Epidemiological Report 2012 - which is based on 2010 surveillance data - shows that meaningful disease surveillance in Europe is not easily accomplished. Surveillance systems in the EU sti[...]
Disease outbreaks are inevitable, and can often be unpredictable. They are frequently marked by uncertainty, confusion and a sense of urgency. Communication, generally through the media, is an import[...]
Publishable summary 1.1 Context and objectives of the IMECS initiative The mission of the consortium is to identify the mechanisms of protection from avian influenza in humans that will enable the de[...]
26 February 2013. A new cross-party MEP group has been launched in a bid to ensure that Europe's estimated 29 million chronic liver condition sufferers[...]
A European Union (EU)-funded research project has opened up a radical new era in the world of vaccine discovery and production. Focused on veterinary vaccines, the project's work has made possible a [...]
The European Union is tackling global warming by committing to reducing its energy consumption, promoting renewable energy and using the emission trading scheme. But global warming has brought about [...]
There are recognised hard-to-reach population groups within Europe who have a disproportionate risk of measles susceptibility due to under-vaccination with the MMR vaccine. 12/02/2013 00:00[...]
Both non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and climate change are enormous threats to global health - synergies attempting to tackle these major health threats have received limited attention to date. The[...]
A collection of six strains of Haemophilus influenzae were sent to 30 participating reference laboratories in the IBD-Labnet surveillance network for quality assessment testing. The results show that[...]
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