scholarly journals New chair of the Council for European State Epidemiologists for Communicable Diseases (CESE) outlines some immediate challenges

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (42) ◽  
Author(s):  
E Hoile
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
The European Union ◽  
National Public Health Institute ◽  
European State ◽  
National Public Health ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Control

For almost 10 years now, there has been close cooperation between the national structures responsible for infectious disease surveillance in the European Union (EU). This work was first formalised when the heads of EU surveillance units, with support from the European Commission, produced a charter for surveillance across the EU. This group has since continued a very fruitful exchange of ideas and initiatives under the slightly misleading name of the Charter Group. In April this year, the group decided to go one step further, and to set up a more formal Council of European State Epidemiologists for Communicable Disease (CESE). Led by the outgoing chairman, Professor Pauli Leinikki of KTL, the National Public Health Institute of Finland, the CESE group has developed a Strategy for Development of Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases in the European Union 2003-2008 (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/lip/latest/doc/2002/com2002_0029en01.doc).

scholarly journals Intervention epidemiology training: a European perspective

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
F van Loock ◽  
Mike Rowland ◽  
T Grein ◽  
A Moren
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Public Health Action ◽  
Health Action ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Eu

Within the widening European Union, large-scale movements of people, animals and food-products increasingly contribute to the potential for spread of communicable diseases. The EU was given a mandate for public health action only in 1992, under the Treaty of European Union ("Maastricht Treaty"), which was broadened in the 1997 with the Treaty of Amsterdam. While all EU countries have statutory requirements for notifying communicable diseases, national and regional communicable disease surveillance practices vary considerably (1). The Network Committee (NC) for the Epidemiological Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases in the EU was established in 1998 to harmonise these activities.

scholarly journals European centre for disease control: when and how, not if

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (46) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Handysides
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
European Union ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Community Action ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Central Resource ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Network Of Networks

The European Union is to set up a central resource to coordinate its communicable disease activities within the programme of Community action in the field of public health (1,2). A recent workshop held at the European Parliament discussed when and in what form rather than whether it should happen (3, 4). The new central resource will make communicable disease surveillance more visible than the 'network of networks' that has been in place for several years.

scholarly journals ECDC to launch first report on communicable diseases epidemiology in the European Union

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Amato-Gauci ◽  
A Ammon
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
The European Union ◽  
First Report ◽  
European Centre ◽  
And Control

The First European Communicable Disease Epidemiological Report has been launched by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) today.

scholarly journals Communicable disease epidemiology training in Northern Europe

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
P Aavitsland ◽  
S Andresen
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Immunisation Programme ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
The State ◽  
Disease Epidemiology ◽  
Hiv Surveillance ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
And Control

The five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) have a long tradition of collaboration in communicable disease epidemiology and control. The state epidemiologists and the immunisation programme managers have met regularly to discuss common challenges and exchange experiences in surveillance and control of communicable diseases. After the three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) regained independence in 1991 and the Soviet Union dissolved, contacts were made across the old iron curtain in several areas, such as culture, education, business, military and medicine. Each of the Nordic communicable disease surveillance institutes started projects with partners in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania or the Russian Federation. The projects were in such diverse areas as HIV surveillance and prevention (1), vaccination programmes and antibiotic resistance. In the mid 1990s the Nordic state epidemiologists noted that there was duplication of efforts and only slow progress towards controlling communicable diseases in the region. Thus, to use the resources more efficiently and to improve the relationships with the Baltic partners, the state epidemiologists set out to co-ordinate their bilateral efforts. They felt that the Nordic network, which had worked so well, could easily be extended eastwards.

scholarly journals From epidemiological surveillance to European integration

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 91-91
Author(s):  
F Tissot
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance System ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
National Surveillance ◽  
Control Potential ◽  
Disease Surveillance System ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Control ◽  
National Surveillance System

Between March and June 1999, 442 000 Kosovar refugees arrived in Albania. The national surveillance system was unprepared for this and an emergency communicable disease surveillance system was set up to detect and control potential outbreaks among the ref

scholarly journals Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Slovenia

2004 ◽  
Vol 8 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Klavs ◽  
A Hocevar-Grom ◽  
M Socan ◽  
M Grgic-Vitek ◽  
L Pahor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Control

National communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Slovenia is coordinated by the Communicable Diseases Centre of the Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia

scholarly journals Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Latvia

2004 ◽  
Vol 8 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Bormane ◽  
I Lucenko ◽  
J Perevoščikovs
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
And Control

The Latvian public health service dates back to 1947. The Sanitary Epidemiological Service, created in Soviet times, provided two main functions – assessment of health risk factors, including surveillance of communicable diseases, and inspection.

scholarly journals Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Cyprus

2004 ◽  
Vol 8 (19) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Poyiadji-Kalakouta
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
And Control

The Medical and Public Health Services of the Ministry of Health of Cyprus have recently developed a new Network for the Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases

Performance Assessment of a Communicable Disease Surveillance System in Response to the Twin Earthquakes of East Azerbaijan

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javad Babaie ◽  
Ali Ardalan ◽  
Hasan Vatandoost ◽  
Mohammad Mehdi Goya ◽  
Ali Akbari Sari
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Disease Surveillance System ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Set Up ◽  
East Azerbaijan

AbstractObjectiveFollowing the twin earthquakes on August 11, 2012, in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran, the provincial health center set up a surveillance system to monitor communicable diseases. This study aimed to assess the performance of this surveillance system.MethodsIn this quantitative-qualitative study, performance of the communicable diseases surveillance system was assessed by using the updated guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Qualitative data were collected through interviews with the surveillance system participants, and quantitative data were obtained from the surveillance system.ResultsThe surveillance system was useful, simple, representative, timely, and flexible. The data quality, acceptability, and stability of the surveillance system were 65.6%, 10.63%, and 100%, respectively. The sensitivity and positive predictive value were not calculated owing to the absence of a gold standard.ConclusionsThe surveillance system satisfactorily met the goals expected for its setup. The data obtained led to the control of communicable diseases in the affected areas. Required interventions based on the incidence of communicable disease were designed and implemented. The results also reassured health authorities and the public. However, data quality and acceptability should be taken into consideration and reviewed for implementation in future disasters. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2015;9:367–373)

scholarly journals European Union Communicable Disease Network Committee issues document on immediate actions for surveillance and control of SARS in Europe - 15 April

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Disease Network ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
And Control

The Committee of the European Union Network for the Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases met on 9 and 10 April 2003 and agreed the following actions for European Union (EU) member states and the European Commission for the surveillance and control of SARS in Europe. These actions are based on the present situation and current knowledge, and are liable to change. The statement does not preclude the possibility that member states may take additional measures.

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