In the framework of the Project “Surveillance and Response to Avian and Pandemic Influenza’, funded by Centre of Disease Control Prevention (CDC), on 30 March was organized ‘Annual Regional Influenza Meeting of Countries of South East Europe (SEE)’, in Zagreb, Croatia.
On 21st November 2017 a workshop was held at the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Disease, Sofia (NCIPD) on the implementation of the project “Surveillance and Response to Avian and Pandemic Influenza”, funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This project is being implemented by SECID in South-Eastern Europe.
Participants from different organizations attended the meeting.
In the framework of the fifth year implementation of the Project ‘Surveillance and response to avian and pandemic influenza’, funded by Center of Disease Control Prevention (CDC), on 11-12 October 2017, in Albania was organized a workshop to enhance and strengthen the surveillance of SARI in Tirana.
The objective of the workshop was:
A Workshop on Midterm Seasonal Influenza Surveillance Evaluation in South Eastern European Countries, took place in Belgrade Serbia, on 11 December 2017The overall aim of the workshop was to analyse the current status of influenza surveillance evaluation and the challenges and opportunities related to it in all countries of South Eastern Europe to improve the surveillance evaluation process.
The specific objectives of the meeting were to:
From November 13th to 15th three SECID’s specialists (one from Serbia: Dr Dragana Dimitrijevic and two from Montenegro: Dr Božidarka Rakocevic and Ana Radulovic) conducted a study visit to RIVM (the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment); NIVEL (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research) and Erasmus MC. This activity was part of the project "Surveillance and Response to Avian and Pandemic Influenza by the National Health Authorities of Countries of South East Europe", financed by CDC, USA.
On the 27-28.09.2017 in town of Hisaria, Bulgaria, was held second annual meeting of human and veterinarian experts on influenza preparedness within the project “Surveillance and Response To Avian And Pandemic Influenza”, funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), executed by “Southeast European Centre for Surveillance and Control of Infectious Diseases”.
Participants from different organizations admitted the meeting.
In the framework of the fifth year implementation of the Project ‘Surveillance and response to avian and pandemic influenza’, funded by Center of Disease Control Prevention (CDC), on 9 October 2017, in Albania was organized a workshop to enhance and strengthen the surveillance of Influenza Like Illness (ILI) in Tirana. The workshop focused on the assessment of the influenza sentinel ILI centers for the last four influenza seasons.
In the framework of the fifth year implementation of the Project ‘Surveillance and response to avian and pandemic influenza’, funded by Center of Disease Control Prevention (CDC), the National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Romania- The National Centre for Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control, in collaboration with INC, Cantacuzino’ and ARPS (Romanian Health Promotion Association), organized a national workshop, on 19-20 October 2017.
The main activities conducted in Romania during the fourth year implementation of the of the Project “Surveillance and response to avian and pandemic influenza‟, funded by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were as following:
In the framework of the fourth year of Project "Surveillance and Response to Avian and Pandemic Influenza by National Health Authorities of Countries of South East Europe" in Serbia was conducted supervision of sentinel sites since March 2017 until August 2017. During this period were supervised IPH, sentinel Public Health Centers in districts and one sentinel hospital.