The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) have agreed to collaborate in the training of public health professionals in competencies for prevention and control of communicable diseases. The collabo...
This report summarises the presentations and discussions of a workshop on health promotion and primary prevention, held at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday 29 November 2016. The aim of the workshop was to provide background and technical information and advice to the members of the...
An important part of the ECDC’s function is to provide its stakeholders with scientific advice upon their request (Regulation EC/851/2004). ECDC received such a request from the European Commission on 11 May 2010. ECDC was asked to estimate the change of total risk of exposure to hepatitis B (HB...
This study analyses the impact on labour mobility and employment of the 2013 revision of the Professional Qualifications Directive (DIR 2005/36) and related EU initiatives. It analyses trends in mobility and recognition, focussing on the health sector and four country case studies- Germany, Ital...