ECDC Virtual Academy (EVA)

Topic outline

• ECDC capacity building related to the Sustainable Development Goals

  ECDC capacity building related to the Sustainable Development Goals

  Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.3 is to ‘end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases’ by 2030. To help EU/EEA countries achieve this and other global goals, ECDC has several projects aimed at strengthening EU/EEA countries’ technical and scientific capacities to prevent and control AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) through the provision of capacity building activities such as trainings, workshops, country-to-country exchanges and webinars.  

  The activities we have provided or are preparing to provide can be found in the list below. Please note that some are only accessible to the individuals who were nominated to attend them. Others are open to all.

  Contact SBT@ecdc.europa.eu if you are interested in subscribing to our newsletter to receive country support and HIV, viral hepatitis, STI and TB disease area updates.

  • Activity						HIV	HEP	STIs	TB
    Podcasts
    Episode 48 - Otilia Mardh - Let's Talk About (Safe) Sex						X		X
    Episode 44 - Anastasia Pharris - World AIDS Day 2023						X
    Episode 34 - Senia Rosales-Klintz - Yes! We Can End TB!									X
    Episode 21 - Erika Duffell - An Unsolved Hepatitis Mystery							X
    Webinars (recordings)
    How to use the ECDC HIV Modelling Platform, March 2024						X
    Introduction to the 2023 ECDC-EMCDDA guidance on preventing and controlling infectious diseases among people who inject drugs, March 2024						X	X	X	X
    Stigma: what you as a healthcare provider can do to address it, June 2023						X	X	X	X
    Improving testing for HIV and related co-infections in general practice, March 2023						X	X	X	X
    Current and upcoming point-of-care technologies and how they can impact sexual health, particularly for key populations, October 2022								X
    Testing and care of hepatitis B and C among migrant populations, October 2022							X
    Key considerations on the continuum of HIV care for refugees from Ukraine, May 2022						X
    Follow-up sessions
    Implementing ECDC HIV, hepatitis B and C testing guidance, as well as STI testing standards in the EU/EEA, October 2023						X	X	X
    Workshops
    Face-to-face: increasing the use of ECDC surveillance and monitoring data (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), Stockholm, May 2024						X	X	X
    Face-to-face: Increasing the use of ECDC surveillance and monitoring data (Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania), Stockholm, October 2023						X	X	X
    Face-to-face: Cascade of care of MDR/RR-TB, with a special focus on treatment adherence, Riga, 29-30 May									X
    Face-to-face: Increasing the use of surveillance and monitoring data (Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain), Stockholm, April 2023						X	X	X
    Online: Implementing ECDC HIV, hepatitis B and C testing guidance, as well as STI testing standards in the EU/EEA, August/September/October 2022						X	X	X
    Online: Key considerations for ensuring continuity of TB care for refugees from Ukraine, June/September 2022									X
    Online: How to lay the foundation for a national TB action plan or strategy, April 2022									X
    Online: Active TB case finding in vulnerable populations, September 2021									X
    Online: Active TB case finding in migrants, October 2020									X
    Face-to-face: Active TB case finding in migrants, Athens, February 2020									X
    Face-to-face: Large capacity building workshop on TB diagnosis, January 2020									X
    Trainings
    NEW! Online training: Implementing the 2023 ECDC-EMCDDA guidance on preventing and controlling infectious diseases among people who inject drugs, June 2024, afternoons						X	X	X	X
    Online training: Implementing the 2023 ECDC-EMCDDA guidance on preventing and controlling infectious diseases among people who inject drugs, April 2024, afternoons						X	X	X	X
    Online: Implementing guidance on antenatal screening for HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis: from guidelines to practice, May 2023						X	X	X
    Online: Implementing PrEP operational guidance: from guidelines to practice, May 2023						X
    Face-to-face: Programmatic management of TB infection, Rotterdam, October 2022									X
    Training material
    Men who have sex with men learning resources for community health workers, 2020						X		X
    HEP: viral hepatitis; STIs: sexually transmitted infections; TB: tuberculosis