European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disease Surveillance Systems‡ |
| Project/Program Name | Headquarters
Location | Date
Established | Mission/Goal |
| Basic Surveillance Network (BSN) | Stockholm, Sweden | 2000 | To collect data on numbers and incidences from national databases and gather them in one place. Provides access to basic descriptive epidemiologic data for all listed diseases and European countries. |
| European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS) | Netherlands | 1996 | To monitor the annual flu epidemic and collect patient samples for virology to inform vaccine strain selection. |
| European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS) | Netherlands | 1999 | To maintain a comprehensive surveillance and information system on the prevalence and spread of major invasive bacteria with clinically and epidemiologically relevant antimicrobial resistance in Europe. |
| European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS (EuroHIV) | France | 1984 | To coordinate the surveillance of HIV/AIDS in the WHO European Region (52 countries); objectives include making international comparisons, assessing trends, characterizing affected populations, predicting disease burden, and evaluating surveillance methods. |
| European Union Invasive Bacterial Infections Surveillance Network (EU-IBIS) | London, England | 1999 | To improve the epidemiologic information on invasive disease caused by N. meningitides and H. influenzae within the EU; to improve the laboratory capacity by standardizing methods; to evaluate the impact of vaccination on the epidemiology of N. meningitidis and H. influenzae; to compare the impact of vaccination with conjugate vaccines produced by different manufacturers and according to different schedules. |
| European Network for Diagnostics of “Imported” Viral Diseases (ENIVD) | Berlin, Germany | 1998 | To improve diagnosis of “imported” and emerging virus infections. |
| Surveillance of Tuberculosis in Europe, WHO Collaborating Centre (EuroTB) | France | 1996 | To improve public health surveillance of tuberculosis in Europe and to standardize tuberculosis surveillance methods. |
| European surveillance network for vaccine preventable diseases (EUVAC.NET) | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1999 | To conduct epidemiologic surveillance and control of vaccine-preventable diseases in the European community. |
| European Working Group for Legionella Infections (EWGLI) | London, England | 1986 | To improve knowledge and information on the epidemiologic and microbiologic (clinical & environmental) aspects of legionnaires’ disease. Achieved through international surveillance and improved diagnostics, management, and treatment methods. |
| International surveillance network for the enteric infections Salmonella and VTEC 0157 (Enter-net) | London, England | 1997 | To maintain and develop international laboratory- based surveillance of the major enteric bacterial pathogens; maintain national reference services; monitors epidemiologic trends, disseminates information on potential international incidents, and responds to international outbreaks of food-borne pathogens. |
| Hospital in Europe Link for (Nosocomial) Infection Control Surveillance (HELICS) | Lyon, France | 1995 | To collect, analyze, and disseminate valid data on the risks of nosocomial infections in European hospitals. |
| The European and Allied Countries Collaborative Study Group of CJD, plus the Extended European Collaborative Study Group of CJD (EUROCJD, NEUROCJD) | Edinburgh, Scotland | 1993
(EUROCJD)
1998
(NEUROCJD) | To identify trends in the incidence of CJD; to assess putative risk factors for CJD, including past medical history, occupation, and diet; to study the clinical pathology of CJD variants; to study the molecular biology of CJD with specific reference to genetic factors that influence susceptibility to disease. |
| Inventory of Resources for Infectious Diseases in Europe (IRIDE) | Rome, Italy | 1997, renewed for expansion in 2000 | To provide information on resources and contact points to communicable diseases in the European Union; to provide a computerized source of information for the Member States for the control of communicable diseases; to provide internet access of the database; to provide continuous updates to become Member States of the European Union; and to provide the structure for adding new country-specific databases. |
| European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) | Stockholm, Sweden | 1995 | To provide training and practical experience in intervention epidemiology for surveillance and control of communicable diseases in the European Union (EU). To strengthen the surveillance of infectious diseases in EU member states and at the community level; to develop response capacity at national and community levels to meet communicable disease threats through rapid and effective field investigation and control; to develop a European network of public health epidemiologists using standard methods. |
| European Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections (ESSTI) | London, England | 2001 | To improve collaboration (multidisciplinary, internetwork, and multiagency), build capacity, and facilitate robust dissemination of information on sexually transmitted infections to inform public health policy and planning across European Union partners. |