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EVM Archive - Epidemiological surveillance & Control of Communicable Diseases

The following items have been listed previously in the "Current Issues" section.

16 September 2003. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Establishing a European Centre [for Disease Prevention and Control] (presented by the Commission) COM(2003) 441 final/2. 2003/0174 (COD) - PDF File

European Commission and WHO discuss enhanced cooperation in the control of communicable disease. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 19. 8 May 2003.

Speech / 02 / 528 David BYRNE European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection EU Health Policy on a World Stage European Policy Centre Brussels, 29 October 2002.

Speech / 02 /152 Mr. David BYRNE, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection. Reinforcing the frontline of European public health - tackling Communicable Diseases in a changing environment. European Regional Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Berlin, 15 April 2002.

Commission decision of 19 March 2002 laying down case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C (2002) 1043) (2002/253/EC). Official Journal L 86 3.4.2002. - PDF File

Progress report on the network for the epidemiological surveillance and control of communicable diseases in the Community (presented by the Commission). 7 September 2000. COM(2000) 471 final. - PDF FIle

Commission Decision of 22 December 1999 on the communicable diseases to be progressively covered by the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(1999) 4015) (2000/96/EC). Official Journal L 28 3.2.2000. - PDF File

Commission Decision of 22 December 1999 on the early warning and response system for the prevention and control of communicable diseases under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(1999) 4016) (2000/57/EC). Official Journal L 21 26.1.2000. - PDF FIle

Communicable diseases - European Networks (Memo/01/370). [Commission Press Release: 14 November 2001]

February 1999. Control of infectious diseases. RTD Info Supplement February 1999. [Commission - DG Research]

Decision No 1786/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 adopting a programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008). Official Journal L 271 9.10.2002 - PDF File

Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 1998 setting up a network for the epidemiological surveillance and control of communicable diseases in the Community. Official Journal L 268 3.10.1998 - PDF File

European Centre is an important part of longer term response to SARS and similar threats. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 18. 1 May 2003.

Expected differential impact of migration on communicable diseases across the EU. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Volume 7, Issue 11. 13 March 2003.

Communicable disease tasks prominent in the first call of the Sixth Framework Research Programme (FP6). Eurosurveillance Weekly. Volume 6, Issue 51. 19 December 2002.

European Centre for Disease Control: when and how, not if. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 6, Issue 46. 14 November 2002.

New programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008). Eurosurveillance Weekly. Volume 6, Issue 43. 24 October 2002.

New chair of the Council for European State Epidemiologists for Communicable Disease (CESE) outlines some immediate challenges. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Volume 6, Issue 42. 17 October 2002.

6 November 2002. Workshop on communicable disease surveillance in Europe: is there a need for a European Centre? Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 6, Issue 41. 10 October 2002.

European Commissioner again pledges European centre for disease control by 2005. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Volume 6, Issue 40. 3 October 2002.

11 April 2002. The latest issue of EpiNorth, the infectious disease bulletin of northern Europe, is now available online in English and Russian at http://www.epinorth.org

Global Health Security. Epidemic Alert and Response. WHO Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR).

Epibiostat. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco [website]

EuroTB [website] Surveillance of tuberculosis in Europe. WHO Collaborating Centre. [CEC / InVS]