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A peek behind the scenes at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - the EU agency that aims to identify, assess and communicate current and emerging threats to human health posed by infectious diseases in Europe. Hear from our experts on a wide range of topics as they discuss the things that matter, and give you a crash course in Epidemiology 101.
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Episode 19 - Johanna Takkinen - Signs of Serious Salmonella
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Today ECDC has a special episode on the recent salmonella outbreak linked to chocolate products in Europe. Principle Expert in Food and Waterborne Diseases, Johanna Takkinen, speaks to us about what salmonella is, where it comes from, how it can spread, and what symptoms to look for. You can find ECDC's Epidemoloigical Update related to salmonella …
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Episode 18 - Piotr Kramarz - Aiding Ukrainian Refugees in Poland
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On today's episode, we speak with Dr Piotr Kramarz as he discusses his recent field mission to Poland, and working with the Polish health authorities to assist the large numbers of Ukrainian refugees. You can find more information about ECDC's on the Ukrainian crisis here and here. For more information about ECDC, please visit ecdc.europa.eu, or fo…
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Episode 17 - Rob van Hest - Tuberculosis Capture-Recapture for Dummies
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In recognition of World Tuberculosis day on March 24th, we will be hearing from Rob van Hest, Public Health TB Control Physician and Epidemiologist in the Regional Public Health Service of Groningen, Netherlands. Rob has extensive experience in TB screening and treatment, especially among urban risk groups such as the homeless and high-risk drug us…
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Episode 16 - Laura Espinosa - Tweet-Based Epidemiology
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On today's episode, we speak with Laura Espinosa, Epidemic Intelligence Expert at ECDC, about Epitweetr. This tool allows users to automatically monitor trends of tweets with the aim of detecting public health threats early. It was designed to support public health experts with the early detection of threats from infectious diseases but can be exte…
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Episode 15 - Cornelia Adlhoch - Avian Flu and the Cathedral of Silence
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In this episode, ECDC expert Cornelia Adlhoch talks all about avian influenza – how it spreads, how much of a threat it poses to humans, and the ‘cathedral silence’ that farmers sometimes experience when walking into an infected chicken coop.Learn more about avian flu on ECDC pages here too: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/avian-influenza…
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Episode 14 - René Niehus - Mathematical Super Models
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In this episode, we are joined by René Niehus, Expert in Mathematical Modelling, in order to find out more about how ECDC uses models in public health. We get to understand the different kinds of data that can go into models, and how continually analysing new data can build better models in the future. You can find more information on the COVID-19 …
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Episode 13 - Julien Beauté - Disease Data Hub
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On today's episode, we sit down with Julien Beauté, Expert in General Surveillance. We discuss ECDC's surveillance activities and how the surveillance process works from collection to output for diseases such as measles, HIV, and of course more recently COVID-19. To find out more about ECDC's surveillance data, please click here. For more general i…
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Episode 12 - Jordi Borrell Pique - 27 Cases of Pneumonia
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The 31st of December 2019 began as normal for Jordi Borrell Pique, the Epidemic Intelligence Officer on duty for ECDC. Soon, media reports began to arrive of patients showing signs of a ‘pneumonia of unknown etiology’ linked to a wet market in Wuhan. For this episode, we sit down with Jordi to recount those early days of COVID-19 at ECDC and rememb…
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Episode 11 - Teymur Noori - World AIDS Day - Achieving Zero Deaths in Europe
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In today's episode we speak with Teymur Noori, HIV/AIDS expert at ECDC. Teymur explains what the HIV/AIDS situation looks like in Europe, which populations and regions are most affected, and what goals that have been set, and how to reach them. Find out more via ecdc.europa.eu/en/hiv-infection-and-aids…
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Episode 10 - Olivier Briet - Mosquito-borne Diseases and Their Spread in Europe
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In this episode we chat with Olivier Briet, expert on mosquito-borne diseases. He tells us more about which diseases are transmitted by mosquitoes, what effect climate change has on the spread of diseases, and what ECDC does to monitor their spread.As always, you can find more information on this topic on our website: ecdc.europa.eu…
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Episode 9 - Pasi Penttinen - Everything You Wanted to Know About the Flu (But Didn't Ask)
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On this episode, we speak with Pasi Penttinen, ECDC expert on coronavirus and influenza. Pasi discusses the reasons why there have been hardly any cases of flu recently, what to expect from the upcoming flu season, and whether the COVID-19 pandemic is really ‘just like a bad flu season’. “In the worst years, we have more than 200,000 people dying i…
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Episode 8 - Andrea Ammon - Community Engagement for Health Emergencies
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This week we once again sat down with Director Dr Andrea Ammon to discuss ECDC’s appearance at the European Health Forum Gastein, and in particular ECDC’s session on community engagement for health emergencies. Excerpts from the session are included in this episode; information on the speakers can be found here. ECDC’s work on community engagement …
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Episode 7 - Tarik Derrough - Bringing Vaccination Experts Together
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In this episode, we sit down with Tarik Derrough - Expert in vaccine-preventable diseases - to talk about ECDC's role in coordinating disease and laboratory networks. These networks bring together experts to collaborate on various topics. We focus one type of network in particular - National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups or NITAGs - which …
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Episode 6 - Adam Roth - The Disease Detectives
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September 7th is World Field Epidemiology Day so we sat down with Adam Roth, Head of Fellowship Programmes at ECDC to talk about what field epidemiology is, and about the fellowship pathways, EPIET and EUPHEM, that ECDC offers. "This is intervention epidemiology, it should make a difference." More information on TEPHINET is available here.…
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Episode 5 - John Kinsman - Vaccine Hesitancy and Misinformation
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In this episode, we speak with John Kinsman, who is an expert in behavioural change at ECDC. John talks about vaccine hesitancy, the spread of health misinformation and what public health institutions can do to counter misinformation. For more information on vaccines, please visit the European Vaccine Information Portal. “Vaccine hesitancy isn’t al…
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Episode 4 - Piotr Kramarz - Giving the Immune System a Boost
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On this episode, we discuss the importance of vaccines, a little bit about their history, the role ECDC plays when it comes to vaccines monitoring and scheduling in Europe and how vaccines help fight not only COVID-19, but also other diseases with Dr Piotr Kramarz - Deputy Chief Scientist at ECDC. "Vaccination is like a self-defense class for our b…
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Episode 3 - Agoritsa Baka - How Prepared Can We Be?
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For this episode, we look into how well prepared can we be for public health threats with Dr Agoritsa Baka - public health preparedness expert at ECDC. "You need to be able to talk and engage with your community"
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Episode 2 - Thomas Mollet - Looking for Signals
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For the second episode, we look at epidemiological signals with Dr Thomas Mollet - group lead for the ECDC Epidemic Intelligence team, and how important these signals can be in detecting outbreaks. "We are basically hunters of information.”
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Episode 1 - Andrea Ammon - The Directors' Insights
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To begin this audio series, we chat with the ECDC Director, Dr Andrea Ammon on ECDC's past, present and future and what the current pandemic can bring into the European overview of infectious diseases. "Like building an aeroplane while you're flying."
A peek behind the scenes at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - the EU agency that aims to identify, assess and communicate current and emerging threats to human health posed by infectious diseases in Europe.
