European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

12 traineeship positions. 5-9 months in Stockholm. A chance to see European public health from the inside. 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗖 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳. Trainees will join teams across different areas of ECDC’s work, gaining practical experience, working alongside experts and contributing to activities that support infectious disease prevention and control across Europe. If you are at the start of your career and want to understand how public health work happens at European level, this could be your next step. 📍 Stockholm, Sweden ⏳ 5–9 months 📅 Find the traineeship field for you and apply by 5 October 2026 at 12:00 (noon) Click: https://bit.ly/ECDCJobs #ECDC #PublicHealth #Traineeship #Careers

Today, on #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay, we are putting the spotlight on what field epidemiology looks like beyond the classroom. EPIET/PAE/FETP fellows Linda Adamíková and Antonia Genath have just returned from seven weeks in South Sudan, where they supported WHO with Ebola preparedness, including surveillance, data analysis and training. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁? 𝗚𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁. And for anyone thinking about that path, applications for the next ECDC Fellowship Programme cohort open tomorrow ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eCE--Cp 🎧 Their full conversation on ECDC: On Air is coming soon! #WFED2026 #DiseaseDetectives #FieldEpidemiology #EPIET #EUPHEM #ECDC #Podcast #ECDConAir

You may have heard it called “𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿-𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗮”. But what does that actually mean, and how worried should we be? In July, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published a rapid risk assessment following an increase in ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhoea in Europe. Resistant cases had previously been mostly sporadic and associated with travel, particularly to South-East Asia. Now, there is growing evidence of these strains also spreading locally in Europe. 𝗦𝗼, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗖: 𝗢𝗻 𝗔𝗶𝗿 – 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗪𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿. ECDC's expert Otilia Mårdh explains how gonorrhoea develops resistance to antibiotics, what multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea actually mean, and whether we could reach a point where some infections become untreatable. The resistant cases addressed in our assessment were all successfully treated. However, keeping gonorrhoea treatable depends on detecting resistance early, using antibiotics appropriately, and preventing infections in the first place. 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗻: 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/ECDConAir78 📺 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dyA-dHdV 🎶 SoundCloud: https://lnkd.in/dd-6WWVG 🔎 Read ECDC’s risk assessment: https://bit.ly/4dq0XwW #Gonorrhoea #AntimicrobialResistance #SexualHealth #ECDC Episode hosted by Caroline Daamen.

𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘆𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁. On #InternationalMicroorganismDay, we’re looking at the laboratory network helping Europe detect and respond to infectious disease threats. 𝗘𝗨 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗟𝘀) for public health work with national laboratories across Europe to make testing more reliable and comparable, support surveillance, and help countries respond when outbreaks occur. In our ECDC: On Air podcast episode “A Network of Laboratory Excellence”, ECDC’s expert Andreas Hoefer and Rita Figueira from the European Commission’s DG SANTE explain how that cooperation works and why strong laboratory networks matter for public health across Europe. Listen to the episode on: 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/ECDConAir68 📺 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dccAgz-E 🔬 Learn more about the EU Reference Laboratories for public health on the ECDC portal: bit.ly/ECDCEURLs and via a short introduction by Andreas Hoefer at #ESCAIDE2025: https://lnkd.in/dMYSGnMH #InternationalMicroorganismDay #Microbiology #PublicHealth #ECDC #EURLs

On World Patient Safety Day, we are highlighting a simple but essential part of safer healthcare: 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘆𝗴𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗲. At Mater Dei Hospital - Malta’s main tertiary care hospital, ECDC’s hyFive app has been introduced to support hand hygiene monitoring in everyday clinical practice. In this video, the lead of infection prevention and control team, Professor Michael Borg explains how hyFive makes hand hygiene observations easier to record directly at ward level, saves time and supports clear, practical feedback to healthcare staff. Free to use and designed for day-to-day infection prevention work, hyFive helps healthcare facilities monitor hand hygiene compliance and turn observations into actionable information. Better monitoring. Better feedback. Safer care. Read more about the app here: https://bit.ly/474BEwW hashtag #WorldPatientSafetyDay #HandHygiene #InfectionPrevention #hyFive

You can now register for online attendance of ESCAIDE, Europe's leading public health conference, taking place on 18-20 November 2026 in Stockholm and online! Registrations are free of charge. This year's exciting programme is packed with sessions on essential, current topics in public health and infectious diseases, including: - Crises and challenges shaping public health - EU health security - Rebuilding public trust through health communication - Learning and decision-making based on surveillance data Speakers include leading scientific experts from public health institutions, academia, and international health organisations. Our interactive online platform allows you to watch the conference, engage with speakers, network with other attendees, and more. Join us: https://lnkd.in/dtzCcHRB Explore the programme: https://lnkd.in/d6qwRrZp #ESCAIDE #ESCAIDE2026