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The EU Initiative on Health Security (2020-2025) aims to set up a regional workforce responsible for the prevention and control of challenges posed by communicable diseases and enhance regional cooperation to tackle cross-border health security threats in EU candidate and potential candidate countries and European Neighbourhood Policy partner countries.
- Read more about the EU Initiative on Health Security
- 2023 work programme of the EU Initiative on Health Security
- Access EU-IHS training activities here
Trainings organised under the EU Initiative on Health Security
Epidemic intelligence (EI), risk assessment, preparedness and response
ECDC offers tailor-made trainings for national experts from partner countries on epidemic intelligence (EI), risk assessment, preparedness and response.
The ongoing assessments of the preparedness and response capacities in the partner countries have resulted in the development of a general training programme for 2023 that will remain responsive to the needs identified through continuous dialogue between ECDC and the partner countries.
2023 training activities offered on EI, risk assessment, preparedness and response
The Mediterranean and Black Sea Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (MediPIET)
MediPIET aims to enhance health security in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea region by supporting capacity building for prevention and control of natural or man-made threats to health posed by communicable diseases through the implementation of:- A long-term regional Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP)
- Training of Trainers activities (ToTs)
- Annual scientific events
- Networking and capacity building activities
