The following items have been listed previously in the
"Press Room" and "News"
sections of the EVM website.
European
Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Health and Consumer
Affairs: Results of the Council Meeting, Brussels, 1-2 December
2003.
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Dec-2003 |
Task
Force on Immunization (TFI) in Africa adopts recommendations on strengthening
routine polio immunization, and on additional funding for accelerated
measles prevention and control, tetanus elimination and yellow fever
control (9 December 2003).
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Dec-2003 |
Update
on cluster of cases of tetanus in injecting drug users (IDU) in
Dec-2003
England (December 2003).
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Dec-2003 |
Increased
influenza activity in Europe (December 2003).
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Dec-2003 |
Monitoring
of tickborne encephalitis (TBE) in Germany.
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Nov-2003 |
Significant
increase in meningococcal disease in Moscow (November 2003).
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Nov-2003 |
Meningococcal
meningitis increase in Moscow associated with
serogroup A.
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Nov-2003 |
The
European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS) reports increasing influenza
activity in Europe, particularly in Ireland, Spain and the United
Kingdom. (7 November 2003)
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Nov-2003 |
Current
influenza activity in the UK.
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Nov-2003 |
The
UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) is encouraging people to have their
influenza vaccination.
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Nov-2003 |
NDSC
urges high-risk categories to get vaccinated against flu as cases
more than double in two weeks (5 November 2003).
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Nov-2003 |
Typhoid
fever cases linked to a sandwich shop in Paris: the situation
on 5 November.
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Nov-2003 |
Recent
outbreaks of influenza A H3N2 reported in Dublin.
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Oct-2003 |
A
summary of presentations given at the Seventh International Meeting
of the European Laboratory Working Group on Diphtheria
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Oct-2003 |
Measles
Epidemic Attributed to Inadequate Vaccination Coverage --- Campania, Italy, 2002 (31 October 2003).
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Oct-2003 |
Mass
immunization campaign launched to protect 15 million children
from polio, as outbreaks in Nigeria spread across West Africa.
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Oct-2003 |
WHO
consensus document on the epidemiology of SARS (17 October 2003).
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Oct-2003 |
Institut
de Veille Sanitaire reports human case of rabies in a child in France
who had visited Gabon (22 October 2003).
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Oct-2003 |
New
Danish study does not support a causal relationship between thiomersal-containing
vaccines and the occurrence of autism.
A summary is published in Eurosurveillance
Weekly.
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Oct-2003 |
Commissioner
Byrne - messages from his presentation at the European Health Forum Gastein (3 October 2003).
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Oct-2003 |
The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have published "Global progress toward universal childhood hepatitis B vaccination, 2003"
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Sep-2003 |
Commissioner
Busquin presents clinical trials programme to
African Health Ministers
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Sep-2003 |
UK
Health Protection Agency research on pertussis among infants and young children Abstract: "Severe and unrecognised: pertussis in
UK infants," is published in Archives of Disease in Childhood
and may be accessed at ADC Online
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Aug-2003 |
Danish
childhood vaccination programme modified to include
pertussis and polio boosters at 5 years of age
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Aug-2003 |
World
Health Organization (WHO) issues document providing
guidance on future public health management of SARS
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Aug-2003 |
Eurosurveillance
Weekly (14 August 2003) reports a case of rabies
in a puppy in Nyon, Switzerland
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Aug-2003 |
Measles
outbreaks in a population with declining vaccine uptake -
August 8,
2003
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Aug-2003 |
Combating
poverty-related diseases: European Commissioner Busquin
to visit Africa
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Aug-2003 |
Commission
publishes proposal for establishing a European Centre for Disease
Prevention and Control (ECDC) See
also Corrigendum
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Jul-2003 |
Commission
Press Release: Commission to invest EUR 9 million into research
for SARS prevention
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Jul-2003 |
The
work programme and related documents may be downloaded
from the CORDIS
website
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Jul-2003 |
3
July 2003. Policy-oriented research - Special call on Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
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Jul-2003 |
Polio
eradication efforts stepped up, as polio threatens other countries
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Jul-2003 |
A
European survey, commissioned by ESWI, has been carried out on: Influenza vaccination in Europe: an inventory of strategies to reach
target populations and optimise vaccination uptake
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Jun-2003 |
Measles
in Europe in 2001 and 2002
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Jun-2003 |
WHO
European Region's Strategy for elmination of measles and
congenital rubella infection
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Jun-2003 |
Vaccine
coverage of pre-school age children in France in 2000
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Jun-2003 |
Immunisation:
the views of parents and health Professionals in Ireland The
full report is available from the Department of Public Health - Southern
Health Board in Ireland
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Jun-2003 |
Commission
Statement on the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) by Health
and Consumer Protection Commissioner David Byrne, European Parliament,
7 April 2003.
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Apr-2003 |
Immediate
actions for the surveillance and control of SARS in Europe. Participants to the Communicable Disease Network Committee met on 9 and 10 April 2003 and agreed the following actions for Member States and the Commission for the surveillance and control of SARS in Europe. These actions are based on the present situation and current knowledge and are liable to change. The statement does not preclude the possibility that Member States may take additional measures.
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Apr-2003 |
SARS
in the EU countries and around the world.
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WHO
recommended measures for persons undertaking international
travel from areas affected by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
Weekly Epidemiological Record. Vol. 78, No. 14. 4 April 2003. p.97
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Apr-2003 |
Global
surveillance for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Weekly
Epidemiological Record. Vol. 78, No. 14. 4 April 2003. p. 100
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Apr-2003 |
SARS
- Case reporting form. Weekly Epidemiological Record. Vol. 78,
No. 14. 4 April 2003. p. 106.
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Apr-2003 |
European
Centre is an important part of longer term response to SARS and similar threats. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 18. 1 May 2003.
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May 2003 |
Laboratory
investigations into the aetiological agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 17. 24
April 2003.
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Apr-2003 |
Declining
influenza activity in Europe while public concern over SARS has not
increased practice consultations practice for influenza-like illness
or acute respiratory infections. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol.
7, Issue 16. 17 April 2003.
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Apr-2003 |
Possible
transmission of SARS within the United Kingdom. Eurosurveillance
Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 16. 17 April 2003.
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Apr-2003 |
Monkey
experiments provide confirmation that a novel coronavirus is the cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Eurosurveillance
Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 16. 17 April 2003.
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Apr-2003 |
SARS
update 11 April - Compelling evidence for aetiology. WHO team
report from China, global epidemiology, and EU index and guidance.
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Apr-2003 |
Index
of SARS guidance produced by competent authorities in the European Union and elsewhere. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 15.
10 April 2003.
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Apr-2003 |
SARS:
the situation in France - 3 April. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 14. 3 April 2003.
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Apr-2003 |
| Clinical
descriptions of of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Eurosurveillance
Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 13. 27 March 2003. |
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