ECDC: On Air European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Public health institutes across Europe increasingly recognise the value of examining public health trends and imagining what the future may look like according to different scenarios.



In this episode, Gerjon Ikink, ECDC principal expert on public health foresight, explains what foresight is, why it is important in public health, and how it can be translated into concrete action to prepare for future infectious disease threats.



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For today's episode we sit down with Carlos Carvalho - ECDC's Principal Expert in Digital Surveillance to talk about the state of play of making the public health data flow up to speed in the third decade of the XXI-st century and usable for modern surveillance of infectious diseases.



How far are we in creating the fully digital health data system in Europe, enabling us to track infectious diseases faster? What are the hurdles we still need to jump over? Listen to our podcast and find out!



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In this episode we take a closer look at the data collection for respiratory viruses and why we should take this more seriously than just a cough or a sneeze.

Nick Bundle, ECDC expert on respiratory viruses, also gives us the lowdown on the European Respiratory Virus Surveillance Summary (ERVISS), a new surveillance tool which presents weekly data on influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV.

ERVISS platform is available here.

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On today's episode we are joined by Otilia Mårdh, Medical Epidemiologist at ECDC, to discuss the latest reports on sexually transmitted infections in Europe.

We explore the key findings from the recent reports, discuss the implications for public health, and uncover the strategies being implemented to address the rising rates of STIs.

You can find the reports here.

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On today's episode, we sit down with Ines Steffens, editor-in-chief of Eurosurveillance.

Eurosurveillance is an open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal devoted to the epidemiology, surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases. Published weekly, with 50 issues per year, it features short rapid communications, longer in-depth research articles, surveillance and outbreak reports, reviews and perspective papers.

We discuss the journal's history, scope, and plans for its future.

You can find more information about Eurosurveillance here.

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Today's episode is special one, and is hosted by James Ramsey,
Head of the Communication Unit at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). He is joined by experts from ECDC,
EFSA, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Environment Agency (EEA), and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to discuss the One Health prespective.

Our well-being depends on the health of animals, plants and
our environment. What affects one affects all the others, and increasingly so.


A One Health perspective is about joining forces to find integrated solutions to common challenges such as climate change and antibiotic resistance. Join us to hear from experts at five EU scientific agencies about how we can put One Health into practice. Whether safeguarding access to life-saving medicines or combating the next pandemic, a One Health approach will be essential to how our society navigates the future.  

Host: James Ramsay, Head of the Communication Unit at EFSA

Guests:

Mike Catchpole, Chief Scientist at the ⁠European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)⁠

Carlos das Neves, Chief Scientist at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

Dario Piselli, Expert in environment and health at the European Environment Agency (EEA)

Wim De Coen, Head of Hazard Assessment at the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

Steffen Thirstrup, Chief Medical Officer at the European Medicines Agency (EMA)



EFSA's Science on the Menu podcast

ECHA's Safer Chemicals podcast


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