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Working together to reduce the burden
ECDC strategic multi-annual programme 2014-2020
Working together to reduce the burden
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When it comes to the fight against infectious diseases, no country can afford to stand alone. No one knows this better than the Member State officials responsible for protecting citizens in the EU from these diseases. This is why ECDC’s Management Board, which is made up of these officials, as well as representatives from the European Commission and European Parliament, has put such a lot of effort into developing this Programme. The EU-level element of infectious disease prevention and control may be only a small part of the overall public health activity in this area – most of which takes place at national, regional or local level – but it has a high degree of importance. The Board strongly endorsed the central theme of this new ‘ECDC Strategic Multi-annual Programme: Working together to reduce the burden’. The title recognises that reducing the burden of infectious diseases in the highly interconnected Europe of today is always a collaborative effort: between countries, between the EU level and Member States and between the EU and international partners such as the World Health Organization. It also recognises that we live in difficult times. The resources available for disease prevention and control activities have either been cut, or are under pressure, in most Member States. At the same time, though, the level of threat we face has stayed the same – or is even rising. The challenge for ECDC was to identify a limited number of areas of strategic importance where Member States could achieve more working together at EU level than they could individually. With guidance, input and support from its Management Board, ECDC has identified the ‘core business’ of the Centre in supporting EU-level cooperation against infectious diseases. This is a Programme that focuses relentlessly on the areas where ECDC can provide the most ‘added value’ to Member States and the EU Institutions. We live in difficult times, but they are also a time of opportunity. The Serious Cross-Border Health Threats Decision should lead to a more robust legal framework for cooperation against infectious diseases, while new diagnostic and data processing technologies open the prospect of ‘finger printing’ microbes and tracing their spread with a level of speed and accuracy that was previously unimaginable. ECDC’s Programme will enable us to take advantage of these new possibilities. It acknowledges that while ECDC’s core activities and goals will stay fairly constant over the coming years, the way the Centre conducts those activities and achieves those goals might well change substantially.
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- Corporate author(s): European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (EU body or agency)
- Themes: Activities of the institutions and bodies , Health policy , Public health
- Subject: disease prevention , EU programme , European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control , health policy , infectious disease , information technology , international cooperation , public health
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-9193-557-4 | DOI 10.2900/18465 | Catalogue number TQ-01-14-137-EN-N |
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