The aim of this document is to support public health preparedness planning with regard to personal protective equipment (PPE) needs in healthcare settings where patients suspected or confirmed to have been infected with the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV are being treated.
30 March 2022. Infographic
This document aims to support public health preparedness planning and response activities on the safe handling of bodies of deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19: at the site of death, during transport, storage
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and preparation before burial/cremation, and during burial/cremation.
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European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care 2017 Update (Romanian Version)
European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care 2017 Estonian Version
This document aims to provide advice on the use of cloth face masks and sterilisation of respirators and surgical masks as an alternative in healthcare settings with suspected or confirmed COVID-19
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cases if there is a shortage of specialised surgical masks and respirators.
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This document provides guidance to EU/EEA Member States on environmental cleaning in healthcare and non-healthcare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The war in Ukraine will have direct and indirect health consequences on conflict affected people, including internally displaced people and refugees. Governments in countries receiving refugees are
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providing them with access to healthcare. This document aims to provide information to guide individual health assessment carried out by frontline health providers at border areas, reception centres, transit centres and individual clinics as well as national public health agencies/authorities in countries receiving refugees and third country nationals.
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ummer is here and there are a lot of great opportunities for people to gather and enjoy themselves. Public health authorities are working together
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with event organisers and civil society organisations to reach out to people attending events, including at-risk groups, about monkeypox in Europe. This toolkit, jointly created by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), provides them with customisable tools on monkeypox for mass gatherings, both for consideration and use.
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Копенгаген/Стокгольм, 28 ноября 2019 г
It is estimated that prior to the war there were more than 250 000 people (1% of total population) living with HIV in Ukraine, of whom around 130 000 were receiving antiretroviral therapy.
As the displacement of people from Ukraine escalates, it is imperative that countries across Europe receivin
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g these displaced people are prepared to ensure high standards of HIV prevention, treatment and care.
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Free and open access application that gives you direct access to key updates and reports on communicable disease threats of concern to the EU on yo
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ur mobile device.
The application is free to use and can be accessed by anyone. ECDC partners can access additional reports by logging in with their ECDC credentials.
external homepage, available for android, apple & windows
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7 April 2022. Aimed at national policymakers, public health and healthcare planners, staff working in reception centres, and healthcare staff caring for
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displaced persons, the information note concludes that universal testing of incoming refugees from Ukraine for tuberculosis (TB) infection is not recommended. Specific groups, such as household contacts of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary cases, or those who are immunocompromised should however be considered for TB infection testing.
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Marburg virus disease (MVD), formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever, is a severe disease in humans caused by Marburg marburgvirus (MARV). Although MVD is uncommon, MARV has the potential to ca
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use epidemics with significant case fatality rates.
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This algorithm shows the main actions for contacts of probable or confirmed 2019-nCoV cases. Implementation may be modified depending on the risk assessment for individual cases
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and their contacts by public health authorities.
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This e-learning course is designed for front-line managers of institutions hosting or serving people who are medially or socially vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19. It is a non-moderated and self
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-paced course. You can decide when to start it, interrupt and resume to continue at any time. In total, the course is designed to take from 1 to 3 hours to complete. The content of this course is available in all 24 EU official working languages.
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