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How well did the EU respond to the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic? Experts now give their verdict

Frontiers

In 2004, the EU created the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), precisely with the goal of coordinating cross-border disease surveillance and guidelines. At the EU member state level, global health security should become (again) a critical item on their national health agendas,” says Gontariuk.

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Testing the Waters: Ethiopia Pilots a Wastewater Surveillance Program

APHL

“Leveraging the existing capacity to monitor for other pathogens of public health importance and their genetic elements will further bolster the rich data that can be expanded from this complex matrix that is wastewater,” Eshete commented. While the pilot may be done, a comprehensive wastewater-based surveillance system in Ethiopia is not.

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Developing Laboratory Leadership Despite War: GLLP Graduates First Ukrainian Cohort

APHL

The workshop content focused on the nine laboratory leadership competencies: laboratory systems; leadership; management; communication; quality management systems; biosafety and biosecurity; disease surveillance and outbreak investigation; emergency preparedness, response and recovery; and research.

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ProMED and samdesk enter into a long-term strategic alliance for next-generation global infectious disease early warning detection and monitoring.

ProMED

Organizations can now generate detailed, location-specific reports that highlight potential health risks, helping them to better prepare and protect their personnel. Data-Driven Decision Support With billions of data points and real-time analysis, the samdesk platform offers a comprehensive view of the global health landscape.

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‘Protect our children’: Vaccine expert on why immunization remains crucial

HEALTHBEAT

Dr. Alicia Fry is the Task Force for Global Health's Center for Vaccine Equity director. Before joining the Task Force, she worked for the Fulton County Board of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These tools are really used across public health. And you’re reducing inequity.

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How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic

KFF Health News

“It’s disheartening to see so many of the same failures that emerged during the covid-19 crisis reemerge,” said Tom Bollyky, director of the Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Researchers welcomed the news but said it should have happened months ago before the virus was so entrenched.

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How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

HEALTHBEAT

Its disheartening to see so many of the same failures that emerged during the Covid-19 crisis re-emerge, said Tom Bollyky, director of the Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Sam Scarpino, a disease surveillance specialist in the Boston area, wondered how many other mysterious infections had gone undetected.