European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Overview

• Role: Strengthening Europe's defences against infectious diseases
• Director: Andrea Ammon
• Established in: 2005
• Number of staff: 290
• Location: Stockholm (Sweden)
• Website: ECDC

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What it does

• Analyse and interpret data from EU countries on 52 communicable diseases and conditions, using the European Surveillance System (TESSy).
• Provide scientific advice to the EU governments and institutions.
• Ensure early detection and analysis of emerging threats to the EU.
• Coordinate the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) and the European Programme for Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM).
• Help EU governments prepare for outbreaks of disease.
• Organise ESCAIDE, the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology, an annual 3-day scientific conference.

Who benefits

• the public health community in Europe, in particular
  • national & sub-national public health bodies in the EU/EEA
  • the EU institutions
  • other European policymakers
• public health professionals, researchers, international organisations & national authorities outside Europe.