Annual exchange of views at the European Parliment's ENVI Committee with Andrea Ammon, Acting Director

1. Andrea Ammon, ECDC Acting Director
Annual exchange of views before the ENVI Committee,
31 January 2017, European Parliament, Brussels
ECDC’s activities in 2016 & priorities
for 2017

2. ECDC Zika virus response
ECDC publications on Zika in 2016 include:
• 9 Rapid Risk Assessments
• 39 Epidemiological updates
• Interim Guidance for healthcare providers & Zika Virus laboratory diagnosis
• Scientific Advice, Policy Briefing & infographics
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3. Outbreak of yellow fever in Angola; ECDC
in 1st European Medical Corps deployment
• Deployed at short notice from 10 May to 21 May 2016.
• Luanda and field visits to Huambo and Huila
• Meeting with MoH, WHO Incident Manager, UN, CDC USA, CDC China, MSF,
Cooperacion Cubana with the support of the EU delegation in Angola

4. Supporting countries in addressing
vaccine hesitancy
Toolkit materials for country adaptation
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/immunisation/comms-aid/pages/protection.aspx

5. Life-course vaccination
Ensure protection across life!
Source, image: dreamstime.com

6. Source: ECDC, 2016

7. Many people living with HIV have not yet
been diagnosed

8. PREVENT
More primary HIV
prevention esp for
those most at-risk
TEST
Reach out more
to reduce the
undiagnosed
TREAT
Link more
diagnosed to care
and early treatment
HIV/AIDS - Concerted action needed

9. ECDC guidance on screening for infectious
diseases among newly arrived migrants to
the EU/EEA
 To prevent and control communicable
diseases among migrant: Ensure access
to healthcare for early diagnosis and
treatment

10. Looking ahead
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11. ECDC vision & strategic work areas

12. Current health threats monitored and
assessed by ECDC
ECDC Risk Assessments in January
2017:
- Seasonal Influenza, published on 25
January 2017
- Yellow fever – Brazil, published on 26
January 2017
- Influenza A(H7N9) – China, published
on 27 January 2017
- Zika virus outbreak, soon to be
published.
- Salmonella Enteritidis in Scotland,
soon to be published.
- Salmonella Stourbridge, soon to be
published.
http://ecdc.europa.eu/seasonal-influenza
Weekly infographic on Seasonal Influenza

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Collaboration between three EU agencies
on surveillance and analysis of data in a
One Health Perspective
•
Joint Interagency Antimicrobial Consumption
and Resistance Analysis report (JIACRA)
First JIACRA report published in January 2015
Second JIACRA report to be published in 2017

14. Working with international partners
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Cooperation and capacity building in
enlargement & ENP partner countries
Partnership/MoU with other CDCs
Potential new partner

15. Always a priority: Protecting the health of
EU citizens
15Source: ECDC, Flickr