Newsletter – September 2024

1. Editorial
2. EUPHA update
3. European Public Health Conference
4. European Journal of Public Health
5. Call for proposals, job opportunities
6. Interesting news
7. Upcoming courses and conferences
8. Interesting publications
9. European Institutions’ news
10. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control news
11. WHO news

1. Editorial

The 17^th European Public Health Conference in Lisbon is not only a key milestone for advancing scientific discourse but also a crucial opportunity for EUPHA members and sections to come together. During our Governing Board meeting we reflect on the progress we’ve made and outline the bold steps we will take moving forward in a co-creation process.

The conference is more than just a gathering; it is a moment to showcase our collective achievements, strengthen collaborations, and share strategic visions that will guide us in the years ahead. EUPHA members have been pivotal in addressing pressing public health challenges across Europe, and Lisbon will serve as a platform to amplify their voices, ensuring that their work continues to shape the future of public health.

In addition to the rich scientific program, we are excited to organize a special session titled “Everything you want to know about EUPHA” during the lunch symposium on November 13^th. This session will provide an opportunity for attendees to engage directly with EUPHA leadership, learn more about our vision, strategy, and the impact we strive to make in public health across Europe. It is an excellent moment for both long-time members and newcomers to discover how EUPHA can support their professional growth and public health endeavors. And for those who are not members, to join EUPHA’s family!

EPH Conference is not only a celebration of public health innovation but also a significant moment for EUPHA to present its vision and objectives for the future. Together, we will continue to steer the course toward a healthier, more equitable Europe.

2. EUPHA update

EUPHA Participation at European Health Forum Gastein: Strengthening Civil Society’s Role in Health Policy Making

At this year’s European Health Forum Gastein, EUPHA proudly contributed to the session titled “Safeguarding Civil Society Participation in Health Policy Making: Consultation, Collaboration, and Civic Space”. The session highlighted key findings from research on CSO participation in legislative processes, emphasizing the importance of civic engagement in shaping public health policies.

The discussion focused on how we can enhance capacity building and offer support to CSOs, fostering co-development between boards, directors, and public health civil society. By learning from each other, we can create valuable resources that empower CSOs, allowing them to become stronger partners and trusted voices in health policy making.

The session underscored the need for collective solutions and active participation, ensuring that civil society remains a powerful force in advancing public health across Europe. EUPHA remains committed to supporting and strengthening CSO engagement as part of our broader mission to promote healthier, more equitable societies.

EUPHA mental health section and the IMPLEMENTAL project

The EUPHA Public Mental Health is excited to have been invited to actively support the EU–funded JAIMPLEMENTAL joint action led by the National Institute of Public Health, Greece, under the leadership of Dr. Vasileia Konte (website). The final three days conference of JA Implemental took place in Athens, September 16^th – September 19^th bringing together experts from 21 countries, institutions, stakeholders from 10 European organization (among others: EUPHA, OECD, WHO) and policy makers.
The Joint action aimed to improve mental health services in the European region by using two best practice models to transform mental health services. The best practice models were the reform of mental health services in Belgium (launched 2010) and the Austrian “Supra” approach to suicide prevention (launched 2012). Central to the Belgian reform is the aim to transform the mental health system from an institution-based system to a care pathway-based system. This model is in line with the global movement towards community-oriented care.  Central to the SUPRA approach is an integrated suicide prevention program.  
Country partners presented the transformative local (e.g., Germany), regional (e.g. in Spain), and national (e.g., Lithuania, Iceland) projects that built on the two best practices and  highlighted the progress in transforming mental health services initiated by JA IMPLEMENTAL. The projects were based on the Plan-do-study-act  (PDSA) framework.The progress includes dialogues between experts from different sectors, including practitioners from the health care and the social care sector, researchers, and policymakers. This dialogue increased individual and structural capabilities. A network of committed experts across Europe has been created. With the JAIMplemental network and the increased capabilities in the countries, further service improvements will be possible.
The EUPHA mental health section is excited to continue supporting the IMPLEMENTAL project by contributing to data analyses, such as analyses of the PDSA cycle and disseminating the results of the IMPLEMENTAL project to experts within EUPHA. Furthermore, the aims of the Public Mental Health Section and pf JAImplemental is contributing to evidence based mental health systems. A first dissemination workshop presenting JAImplemental processes and outputs  will be held at the next EUPHA conference in Lisbon in 2024. The agenda of the final conference has shown clusters of work that can be sustained and further with the EUPHA mental health section, using much needed synergies.
Taken together, during the final meeting we celebrated success while not forgetting, however, how much work still needs to be done in the field of mental health promotion, prevention and care.

Prof. Dr. Jutta Lindert (EUPHA Public Mental Health Section)

EUPHA section webinars

Implementing a structured technology-supported care pathway for older cancer patient with multimorbidity as part of an multi site RCT

October 31, 2024 / 16:00-17:00 CET

Organised by: EUPHA-CHR
Presenter: Bridget O’Sullivan, MSc. Nursing, PG Health Protection, PG Dip. Perioperative Nursing, PG. Cert. Cardiovascular Health, BSc. Nursing, Diploma Nursing
Click here to register.

Team-based care for the management of chronic diseases: from evidence to implementation
November 28, 2024 / 16:00-17:00 CET

Organised by: EUPHA-CHR
Presenters: Dr Viktoria Gastens, PharmD PhD, Population Health Laboratory (#PopHealthLab), University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and Professor Valérie Santschi, PharmD PhD, La Source, School of Nursing Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
Click here to register.

Meet the section: EUPHA-ENV

For this instalment of our new Meet-the-Section newsletter feature, we asked our Environment and health Section colleagues, Marija, Peter and Vlatka, to present the work of their Section:
Environment and health are deeply connected. Because the environment is a major determinant of health, estimated to account more than 23% of all deaths globally, it is of the utmost importance for the Public Health community and health sector. In our work we focus on a number of environmental factors: the polluted air which we breathe, the contaminated water we may drink, noise and chemical pollution, climate change and the environment in which we live, determine our quality of life and play active role in increasing the risk for contracting various diseases.
Our section pursues wide professional collaborations to explore holistic approaches to health, transdisciplinary fields and social movements of Planetary Health, One Health, EcoHealth, Global Health and Health in All Policies.
Section’s past activities include (1) Organization of workshops on EUPHA conference, (2) Liaison and cooperation with other EUPHA sections to promote our key field of Interests; (3) Support EUPHA in disseminating public health topics at events and social media channels such as at European Public Health Week, (4) Setting up and activities of Planetary Health Task Group, (5) Climate Pact Ambassador activities; (6)  Statement (Climate change and Health) in cooperation with other Section, and more.
We welcome you to subscribe to our Section link on the EUPHA website here. Joining our Section means you will receive several newsletters with critical information about our activities together with invitations to our meetings. Both at EPH and online.
Please join us at the EPH Conference during the Join the Network session, pre-conference and other section-led workshops.
Prof dr Marija Jevtic, MD PhD –  president
Dr Peter van den Hazel, MD, vice president
Vlatka Matkovic, PhD –  secretary

3. European Public Health Conference

17^th EPH CONFERENCE, LISBON, PORTUGAL

Pre-Conferences 11 – 12 NOVEMBER
Main Conference 13 – 15 NOVEMBER
Theme: SAILING THE WAVES OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC HEALTH: EXPLORING A SEA OF INNOVATION

SAILING THE WAVES OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC HEALTH: EXPLORING A SEA OF INNOVATION

Plenary programme

The plenary programme is a true journey of discovery of our theme for this year: Sailing the waves of European public health: exploring a sea of innovation. The journey takes us to the following thematic areas of public health:

Opening Ceremony. Wednesday 13 November. 11:45-12:45 Lisbon time. With Sara Cerdas, Former Member of the European Parliament 2019-2024, Portugal.

Navigating the AI wave: overcoming barriers and unleashing the potential of AI in transforming European public health. Wednesday 13 November, 14:00–15:00, organised by WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, exploring how AI is transforming disease surveillance, healthcare delivery, and decision-making.

With Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, WHO Euro; Martin McKee, LSHTM; Katharina Ladewig, Robert Koch Institute; Marco Marsella, Director Digital, EU4Health DG SANTE; Dimitra Panteli, Observatory; Keyrellous Adib, WHO Euro; and Stefan Buttigieg, EUPHA Digital health section

Global Health: how can European public health efforts contribute to global health solutions? Wednesday 13 November, 18:00–19:00. Organised by EUPHA and ASPHER.

With: Iveta Nagyova, President EUPHA; Henrique Barros, President ASPHER; Agnes Buzyn, former Minister of Health, France; Ilona Kickbusch, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland (tbc); Emma Rawson-Te Patu, President WFPHA; Charles Agyemang, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; Moredreck Chibi, Innovation Lead WHO Euro.

Tackling health inequalities in times of crisis. Thursday 14 November, 10:30–11:30, organised by EuroHealthNet.

With: Fran Baum, The Stretton Institute, The University of Adelaide, Australia (by video message); Katarina Ivanković Knežević, Director for Social Rights and Inclusion, DG EMPL; Didier Jourdan, UNESCO Chair, University of Clermont-Auvergne, France; Jill Litt, University of Colorado, USA and Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain; Caroline Costongs, Director EuroHealthNet.

Harnessing social marketing for interdisciplinary health management: enhancing public health outcomes. Thursday 14 November, 14:00–15:00, organised by European Health Management Association (EHMA).

With Marina Macchiaiolo, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Italy; Stefano Capolongo, DABC Design & Health Lab, Italy

One Health in Europe: from concept to practice. Friday 15 November, 10:30–11:30, organised by European Commission.

Keynote speaker Lorena Boix, Deputy Director-General, DG SANTE. Panellists: Stef Bronzwaer, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA); Barbara Häsler, Royal Veterinary College, UK; Susana Guedes Pombo, Chief Veterinary Officer, Portugal, President World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH); Eva Zažímalová, Co-lead One Health Scientific Opinion.

Closing Ceremony. Friday 15 November, 15:15-16:00. With Ricardo Baptista Leite, President and Founder UNITE, Parliamentarians Network for Global Health.

Pre-conference programme

There are still plenty of places available in the pre-conference programme. The following sessions are the latest additions to the programme:

From insight to impact: advancing equitable vaccination across Europe (VACC), organised by RiseVac, RiverEU and AcToVax4NAM projects. This workshop will present the experience and knowledge from three EU co-funded projects which work with marginalized populations to increase vaccination uptake.

Best practices in EU-wide projects contributing to achieving the objectives of EU Health policies (NFP4) The European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) and Joint Action on increasing the capacity of National Focal Points (NFPs) bring together different actions funded under the EU4Health  and Horizon programmes. The focus is on prevention of non-communicable diseases, including cancer, and on vaccination.

Exploring the European Health Data Space: a journey guided by the HealthData@EU pilot project (EHDS)  This session will showcase how this innovative initiative contributes to unlocking EHDS’s potential for secondary health data use.  

Young Researchers’ Forum (YRF), organised by ASPHER and EUPHA.

You can add a pre-conference to your existing registration by sending an email with your preferred pre-conference to [email protected].

Other pre-conferences deal with thematic fields as cancer prevention; health literacy; Artificial Intelligence; social security, work and health; digital health; strategic foresight methodology; behavioural and cultural insights; prevention and preparedness; syndromic surveillance systems; enhancing your writing skills; and future health scenarios. Detailed information here.

Lunch symposium programme

We are pleased to announce an exciting lunch symposiums programme. Lunch symposiums are held during the extended lunch hours of the conference. Registration not required. Get your lunch in the Exhibition / Catering Area, walk in and join the session. 

Wednesday 13 November, 12:55–13:55 (Lisbon time)

Focus on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in older adults: Disease burden and the potential impact on public health of prevention, organised by GSK

Commercial determinants of NCDs in the WHO European Region: A call to action, organised by WHO Regional Office for Europe

Everything you want to know about EUPHA, organised by the European Public Health Association (EUPHA)

Thursday 14 November, 12:55–13:55 (Lisbon time)

Late breaker Reimagining public health services in Ukraine: leadership and action for change amid the war, organised by USAID “Public Health System Recovery & Resilience Activity, in collaboration with Pact, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), European Institute of Public Health Policy (EIPHP)

Lunch symposium, organised by Conduent, Healthcare solutions

Lunch symposium, organised by Sanofi

Friday 15 November, 12:55 – 13:55 (Lisbon time)

Data-driven health policies: Informed decision-making for Cervical Cancer elimination in Europe, organised by MSD

Mapping and changing the food environment in Europe: from theory to practice, organised by the European Public Health Nutrition Alliance (EPHNA)

The making of a Public Health Leader: unveiling leadership journeys, organised by EUPHAnxt, WHO Regional Office for Europe

Conferência de Saúde Pública da Lusofonia

We are excited to announce the “Conferência de Saúde Pública da Lusofonia” on 11 and 12 November at the Lisbon Congress Center (CCL), strengthening cooperation in public health between the nine Member States of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP). The conference language will be Portuguese. Simultaneous translation into English will be provided. Read more here.

Registration is through the EPH Conference registration panel. The Lusophone Public Health Conference is organized by EPH Conference, the Portuguese Association for Public Health (APPSP) and the National Association of Public Health Doctors (ANMSP).

Travel and accommodation

TAP Air Portugal has been appointed as the Official Airline Carrier of the 17^th EPH Conference in Lisbon and kindly offers delegates of the EPH Conference a 10 per cent discount. More here.
Hotel bookings are handled by our travel partner Forum d’Ideias. On the EPH Conference website you find a link to the hotel accommodation. More here.

Welcome to Lisbon 2024

The 17^th EPH Conference will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 12 – 15 November 2024. Theme of the EPH conference 2024 is: Sailing the waves of European public health: exploring a sea of innovation. The main conference is from 13 – 15 November. Pre-conferences will be held on 11 and 12 November. The 17th EPH Conference will be held at the Lisbon Congress Center (CCL). Click here for a virtual tour.

4. European Journal of Public Health

Advance articles

Association between frailty and subsequent disability trajectories among older adults: a growth curve longitudinal analysis from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004–19)
Selam Woldemariam and others
The association of economic difficulties with social and health care costs of children—target trial emulation using complete birth cohort data in Finland
Aapo Hiilamo and others
An integrated pathway for influenza vaccination across primary and secondary care using a clinical decision support system: model definition and predictive impact analysis
Maria Lucia Specchia and others
Patients like any others? Providing coverage to undocumented migrants in France: effects on access to care and usual source of care
Antoine Marsaudon and others
Do poor psychosocial resources mediate health inequalities in type 2 diabetes mellitus? Findings from the Maastricht study
Bengisu Sezer and others
Leisure-time activities and disability among Chinese community-dwelling oldest old: evidence from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study
Wen-Fang Zhong and others
Effects of home care and e-mobile training/consultancy on women’s postpartum symptoms and breastfeeding self-efficacy: a randomized clinical trial
Seda Karaçay Yıkar and Evşen Nazik
Developing a nationwide registry of UK veterans seeking help from sector charities—a machine learning approach to stratification
Giuseppe Serra and others
Constructing a One Health governance architecture: a systematic review and analysis of governance mechanisms for One Health
Darlington David Faijue and others
Burden of disease studies supporting policymaking in the European Union: a systematic review
José Chen-Xu and others
Physiological responses to heat exposure in a general population cohort in Denmark: the Lolland–Falster Health Study
Nikolaj Nøhr and others
Flight-related determinants of healthcare services utilization of asylum seekers and refugees in Germany: a study based on the German Socio-Economic Panel
Thomas Grochtdreis and others
Comparative evaluation of access to emicizumab (Hemlibra^®) for people with haemophilia A in community and hospital pharmacies in France
Morgane Cabon and others
Obsessed with fertility
Vasiliy Vlassov
Evaluating changes in the well-being of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal cohort study
Djoeke Besselink and others
The impact of the introduction of tobacco product plain packaging on consumer responses in Ireland: a real-world policy evaluation stratified by socioeconomic groups
Aishling Sheridan and others
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on electronic referrals to rapid access clinics for suspected breast, lung and prostate cancers in Ireland
Niamh Bambury and others
Attributable deaths in Austria due to ozone under different climate scenarios
Hanns Moshammer and others
Time to reap the fruits of EU-SILC’s new way of measuring unmet needs
David Ingleby and Caterina F Guidi
Are educational aspirations associated with susceptibility to smoking, e-cigarette use, and smokeless tobacco use in adolescence?
Hanna Ollila and others
Potentially avoidable mortality among adults with intellectual disability
Lau Caspar Thygesen and others

5. Call for proposals, job opportunities

Irish National Screening Advisory Committee (NSAC) – Vacancies

NSAC is an independent expert committee which advises the Minister and Department of Health on all new proposals for population-based screening programmes and revisions to existing programmes. The Committee plays a significant strategic role in the development and consideration of population-based screening programmes in Ireland.
Currently, there are several vacancies on the Committee and we are now seeking members with expertise and experience in the following areas:

• Paediatrics and Child Health
• Public Health
• Nursing and Midwifery
• General Practice
• Laboratory Services
• Genetics
• Social Science
• Epidemiology
• Pathology

An expression of interest process, inviting applications from suitably qualified individuals is currently live on StateBoards.ie and on Committee’s website, with a closing date of 04 October 2024.
In the context of increasing cooperation at a European level on approaches to population-based screening, Ireland is looking to promote this dimension through increased international membership on our Advisory Committee.
Appointment to a position on the Committee is on a voluntary basis and will be for a period of five years, renewable for a further three years up to a maximum of eight years. Committee members are not required to be residents of Ireland and Committee meetings are held in hybrid format, with virtual options available for those not based near Dublin.
Information on the role and work of the Committee is available on its webpage [email protected]

Opinion survey on Artificial Intelligence

The survey is part of the research project  COMPLEX THINKING & AI taking place at the Centre for Social Studies, of the University of Coimbra between the 1st of May and the 31st of October 2024. 
The participation is voluntary and anonymous and will take between 15 and 30 minutes. You may respond to the survey here. You can also find the link to the survey in the project´s website here.
The deadline to fill in is 5 October.

Wellcome Trust Climate and Mental Health Award

This award will fund projects to advance our understanding of how heat impacts anxiety, depression and psychosis in the most impacted groups globally through biological, psychological and/or social mechanisms. Click here for more information.

Call for applications: Health Technology Assessment Stakeholder Network

The European Commission has launched a supplementary call for applications for the Health Technology Assessment Stakeholder Network. The call is being launched following the establishment of the HTA Stakeholder Network in 2023 and the aim is to select additional organisations to the existing network.
Click here for more information.

6. Interesting news

Time to close the loopholes in the free trade of tobacco (JA PreventNCD)

International trade of tobacco products and tobacco farming is impeding the achievement of numerous Sustainable Development Goals. The adverse impacts of trade liberalization could be negated by excluding tobacco products from the commitments of trade liberalization in free trade agreements and trade preferences.
Click here for more information.

Should the EU regulate burgeoning health influencers?

With health content booming on social media, experts and lawmakers are mulling regulation of social media influencers, prioritising ‘credible’ content creators.
Click here for more information.

Who’s the real health commissioner?

EU health policy is now split across multiple departments, and MEPs aren’t happy.
Click here for more information.

7. Upcoming courses and conferences

8. Interesting publications

Spain: health system review 2024 (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)

New Health Systems in Transition report on Spain. Click here for more information.

Integrated Care (IC) and Population Health Management (PHM); Two Sides of the Same Coin?

“…in practice IC and PHM complement each other, whereas in science differences contribute to the understanding of the various mechanisms.” Click here for more information.

Action Guide for Efficient Cancer Care

“Efficiency in cancer care is not just about cost reduction; it is about delivering the best possible health outcomes by optimising the use of available resources—be they human, financial, infrastructural, or technological.”
Click here for more information.

Nurse understaffing associated with adverse outcomes for surgical admissions

Understaffing by both registered nurses and nursing assistants is associated with increased risks of a range of adverse events, and generally larger effects are seen with registered nurse understaffing.
Click here for more information.

A focus on adolescent social media use and gaming in Europe, central Asia and Canada

This report, Volume 6 in the series, focuses on adolescent social media use and gaming, using the unique HBSC evidence on adolescents aged 11, 13 and 15 years across 44 countries and regions in Europe, central Asia and Canada. It describes the status of adolescent social media use and gaming, the role of gender, age and social inequality, and changes in adolescent social media use and gaming since 2018. Findings from the 2021/2022 HBSC survey provide an important evidence benchmark for current research, intervention and policy-planning.
Click here for more information.

Engagement of patients and the public in personalised prevention in Europe using genomic information: a scoping review

Personalised prevention using genomic information requires active involvement from patients and the public, who should be well-informed and empowered to make healthcare decisions that reflect their personal values. Elaborating on and implementing practises that engage and empower patients and the public at all levels of the engagement spectrum and for all chronic diseases is needed, fostering a more inclusive and participatory approach to personalised prevention. Click here for more information.

Everything you always wanted to know about European Union health policies but were afraid to ask

What does the European Union mean for health? What can it mean for health?
This comprehensively revised fourth edition answers these questions. It provides a broad and up-to-date review and analysis of European Union public health policies. It begins by explaining the basic politics of European integration and European policy-making in health, including the basic question of how the European Union (EU) came to have a health policy and what that policy does. Thereafter, it moves on to the three faces of European Union health policy.
Click here for more information.

Health as a driver of political participation and preferences: Implications for policy makers and political actors

Health is central to people’s lives yet an under-appreciated influence on politics.
Click here for more information.

Shifting sands of health: Democracy, demographics, digitalisation (Eurohealth)

This special issue of Eurohealth offers a pre-reader for the 2024 European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), a key platform for health policy exchange. The discussions at this year’s EHFG will focus on the ever-changing health landscape in Europe – driven by the complex “3D” interplay of democracy, demographics, and digitalisation – and their wide-ranging implications for the health of our societies and healthcare systems.
Read more here.

9. European Institutions’ news

Commission supports action across Europe to attract and retain nurses

The Commission has signed a contribution agreement with the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO Europe) to support Member States in retaining nurses in their health systems and making the profession more attractive to nurses. Click here for more information.

Health Technology Assessment: Commission publishes new guidance on validity of clinical studies

The Commission has published a guidance document on the validity of clinical studies for joint clinical assessments under the EU Health Technology Assessment Regulation, adopted by the Member State Coordination Group. Click here for more information.

Commission recommends stronger measures on smoke-free environments to better protect public health

The new initiative recommends that Member States extend smoke-free environment policies to key outdoor areas, to better protect people in the EU, particularly children and young people. Click here for more information.

Survey Code Against Cancer

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) are currently conducting a short online survey to identify the most effective strategies and practices that can enhance our efforts in increasing the awareness of the upcoming European Code Against Cancer, 5^th Edition (the 4^th edition for reference: https://cancer-code-europe.iarc.fr/index.php/en/). The ECAC is a long-standing, EU evidence-based cancer prevention tool to reduce cancer risk. By increasing collective efforts to improve its awareness in the general public in the EU, we will improve population health and NCD prevention, in particular cancer.
Click here to open the survey, which will take around 10 minutes.

Events from the European Observatory

New Spotlight Webinar series – Health for All Policies spotlight series: How health and health systems contribute to the SDGs

• The role of the health sector in tackling climate change (SDG13), 1 October 2024
• Health and health system effects on poverty, 8 October 2024 
• Co-benefits from health and health systems to education, 15 October 2024 

Past events & recordings by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

• The impact of price growth on health systems: Building resilience to cost pressures, 17 September 2024
  
• Learning from Health Systems Analysis – the Health System in Spain, 16 September 2024, conference recording now available on our website & YouTube channel.
• Spotlight on addressing youth alcohol consumption, 16 September 2024 

The Observatory’s sessions at the European Health Forum Gastein

The full schedule of our sessions and contributions to EHFG2024 is on our website, with recordings to follow as the conference progresses.

10. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control news

Eurosurveillance – Volume 29, Issue 36, 05 September 2024

Miscellaneous
Note from the editors: Celebrating collaboration on World Field Epidemiology Day
Eurosurveillance editorial team

Rapid communication
Worrying increase in the risk of vertical transmission of syphilis in Croatia, 2020 to 2024
Tatjana Nemeth Blažić, Nina Krajcar, Mirjana Lana Kosanović Ličina, Dominik Ljubas, Otilia Mardh  and Ivana Božičević

Outbreaks
An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 associated with contaminated lettuce and the cascading risks from climate change, the United Kingdom, August to September 2022
Neil Cunningham, Claire Jenkins, Sarah Williams, Joanna Garner, Bernd Eggen, Amy Douglas, Tina Potter, Anthony Wilson, Giovanni Leonardi, Lesley Larkin  and Susan Hopkins
Peri-domestic entomological surveillance using private traps allows detection of dengue virus in Aedes albopictus during an autochthonous transmission event in mainland France, late summer 2023
Barbara Viginier, Raphaëlle Klitting, Clémence Galon, Violaine Bonnefoux, Christophe Bellet, Albin Fontaine, Élise Brottet, Marie-Claire Paty, Armelle Mercurol, Nathalie Ragozin, Sara Moutailler, Gilda Grard, Xavier de Lamballerie, Frédérick Arnaud, Maxime Ratinier  and Vincent Raquin

Research
Genomic analysis of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates from cholera cases, Europe, 2022
Caroline Rouard, David R Greig, Thamida Tauhid, Susann Dupke, Elisabeth Njamkepo, Ettore Amato, Boas van der Putten, Umaer Naseer, Marion Blaschitz, Georgia D Mandilara, James Cohen Stuart, Alexander Indra, Harold Noël, Theologia Sideroglou, Florian Heger, and others

Author’s correction
Authors’ correction for Euro Surveill. 2024;29(32)
Eurosurveillance editorial team

Erratum
Erratum for Euro Surveill. 2024;29(35)
Eurosurveillance editorial team

Eurosurveillance – Volume 29, Issue 37, 12 September 2024

Research
Relative effectiveness of bivalent boosters against severe COVID-19 outcomes among people aged ≥ 65 years in Finland, September 2022 to August 2023
Eero Poukka, Jori Perälä, Hanna Nohynek, Sirkka Goebeler, Kari Auranen, Tuija Leino  and Ulrike Baum
Prescriber-level surveillance of outpatient antimicrobial consumption to enable targeted antimicrobial stewardship: a nationwide observational study, Switzerland, 2015 to 2022
Sereina M Graber, Sabrina M Stollberg, Catherine Plüss-Suard, Carola A Huber, Andreas Kronenberg, Oliver Senn, Stefan Neuner-Jehle  and Andreas Plate

Meeting report
Food-borne disease risk: biosurveillance in water networks
Paulette Posen  and Jane Heywood

Letter
Letter to the editor: Is the acellular pertussis vaccine driving the increase in severe whooping cough cases in children?
Blandine Prevost, Nadia Nathan  and Harriet Corvol

Author’s correction
Author’s correction for Euro Surveill. 2024;29(35)
Eurosurveillance editorial team

Eurosurveillance – Volume 29, Issue 38, 19 September 2024

Rapid communication
Co-circulation of monkeypox virus subclades Ia and Ib in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July to August 2024
Tony Wawina-Bokalanga, Prince Akil-Bandali, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Emmanuel Lokilo, Daan Jansen, Adrienne Amuri-Aziza, Jean-Claude Makangara-Cigolo, Elisabeth Pukuta-Simbu, Rilia Ola-Mpumbe, Mamito Muyembe, Cris Kacita, Princesse Paku-Tshambu, Pedro HLF Dantas, and others
Orthopoxvirus-specific antibodies wane to undetectable levels 1 year after MVA-BN vaccination of at-risk individuals, the Netherlands, 2022 to 2023
Leanne PM van Leeuwen, Marc C Shamier, Babs E Verstrepen, Hannelore M Götz, Katharina S Schmitz, Najlae Akhiyate, Koen Wijnans, Susanne Bogers, Martin E van Royen, Eric CM van Gorp, Marion PG Koopmans, Rory D de Vries, Corine H GeurtsvanKessel  and Luca M Zaeck

Research
The potential of federated learning for public health purposes: a qualitative analysis of GDPR compliance, Europe, 2021
Natalie Lieftink, Carolina dos S Ribeiro, Mark Kroon, George B Haringhuizen, Albert Wong  and Linda HM van de Burgwal
Genomic analysis of Brucella isolates from animals and humans, Türkiye, 2010 to 2020
Kadir Akar, Hanka Brangsch, Tariq Jamil, Gülseren Yıldız Öz, Emin Ayhan Baklan, Buket Eroğlu, Eray Atıl, Sevil Erdenlig Gürbilek , Oktay Keskin, Osman Yaşar Tel, Ayfer Güllü Yücetepe, Vassilios Sandalakis, Evridiki Boukouvala, Anna Psaroulaki, and others
Oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use and resistance-associated mutations among men who have sex with men and transgender persons newly diagnosed with HIV in the Netherlands: results from the ATHENA cohort, 2018 to 2022
Vita W Jongen, Daniela Bezemer, Ard van Sighem, Anders Boyd, Casper Rokx, Karin Grintjes, Aafke Cents-Bosma, Eline Op de Coul, Birgit van Benthem, Annemarie Wensing, Ferdinand WNM Wit, Marc van der Valk  and on behalf of the ATHENA national observational HIV cohort

Letter
Letter to the editor: Oropouche virus risk for European travellers to Cuba: an emerging public health concern
Marta Giovanetti, Francesco Branda, Fabio Scarpa, Massimo Ciccozzi  and Giancarlo Ceccarelli
Author’s response: Oropouche virus risk for European travellers to Cuba: an emerging public health concern
Concetta Castilletti, Federico Giovanni Gobbi  and on behalf of all co-authors of the original article

Eurosurveillance – Volume 29, Issue 39, 26 September 2024

Rapid communication
Increased circulation of GII.17 noroviruses, six European countries and the United States, 2023 to 2024
Preeti Chhabra , Shan Wong , Sandra Niendorf , Ingeborg Lederer , Harry Vennema , Mirko Faber , Athinna Nisavanh , Sonja Jacobsen , Rachel Williams , Aoife Colgan , Zoe Yandle , Patricia Garvey , Haider Al-Hello , Katia Ambert-Balay , Leslie Barclay , Miranda de Graaf , Cristina Celma , Judith Breuer , Jan Vinjé  and Amy Douglas

Surveillance
Co-circulation of seasonal influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, A(H3N2) and B/Victoria lineage viruses with further genetic diversification, EU/EEA, 2022/23 influenza season
Eeva K Broberg , Olov Svartström , Maximilian Riess , Annette Kraus , Maja Vukovikj , Angeliki Melidou  and Members of the European Reference Laboratory Network for Human Influenza (ERLI-Net)

Research
The transmission risk of multidrug-resistant organisms between hospital patients and their pets – a case−control study, Germany, 2019 to 2022
Carolin Hackmann , Antonia Genath , Désirée Gruhl , Anna Weber , Friederike Maechler , Axel Kola , Frank Schwab , Stefan Schwarz , Antina Lübke-Becker , Thomas Schneider , Petra Gastmeier  and Rasmus Leistner
Inpatient burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Switzerland, 2003 to 2021: an analysis of administrative data
Michael Stucki , Golda Lenzin , Philipp KA Agyeman , Klara M Posfay-Barbe , Nicole Ritz , Johannes Trück , Angela Fallegger , Susanne G Oberle , Oliver Martyn  and Simon Wieser
“Vaccinating your child during an emergency is more important than ever”: a randomised controlled trial on message framing among Ukrainian refugees in Poland, 2023
Maike Winters , Agnieszka Sochoń-Latuszek , Anastasiia Nurzhynska , Kseniia Yoruk , Katarzyna Kukuła , Mutribjon Bahruddinov , Aleksandra Kusek , Dorota Kleszczewska , Anna Dzielska , Tomasz Maciejewski , Joanna Mazur , Hannah Melchinger , John Kinsman , Piotr Kramarz , Sarah Christie  and Saad B Omer

Miscellaneous
Traineeships at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Eurosurveillance editorial team

11. WHO news

Teens, screens and mental health: New WHO report indicates need for healthier online habits among adolescents

New data from the WHO Regional Office for Europe reveals a sharp rise in problematic social media use among adolescents, with rates increasing from 7% in 2018 to 11% in 2022. This, coupled with findings that 12% of adolescents are at risk of problematic gaming, raises urgent concerns about the impact of digital technology on the mental health and well-being of young people. Click here for more information.

Quality of care indicators to support implementation of the Health Quality Fund in Romania: technical guidebook

Considering the relevance of pursuing quality of care and patient safety to achieve Universal Health Coverage, the current health priorities and needs of the Romanian health-care system, this guidebook aims to support public sector hospitals with implementation of evidence-based and feasible indicators to support national adoption of the Health Quality Fund in Romania. Click here for more information.

Data for a healthier future: how countries can protect people from noncommunicable diseases

The latest data from WHO shows that Denmark, Estonia, Norway and Sweden have succeeded in reducing premature mortality from NCDs, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory illnesses. But what are the NCD-focused policies that have made this progress possible? There is no silver bullet that suits every country, but there are several shared policy actions that can help protect people’s health. Click here for more information

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