Episode 8 - Andrea Ammon - Community Engagement for Health Emergencies

ECDC: On Air

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

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5 • 3 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week we once again sat down with Director Dr Andrea Ammon to discuss ECDC’s appearance at the European Health Forum Gastein, and in particular ECDC’s session on community engagement for health emergencies.

Excerpts from the session are included in this episode; information on the speakers can be found here.

ECDC’s work on community engagement can be found here.

More information on the European Health Forum Gastein is available here.

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0:00.0	ECDC on air.
0:05.8	The podcast of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
0:09.3	Keeping up to date with European epidemiology.
0:15.2	Hello, welcome and thanks for tuning in to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control
0:19.4	audio series, ECDC on air. I'm your host Lee, recording from our headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.
0:26.1	Through the past year and a half, you may have heard of ECDC being mentioned here and there,
0:30.1	but you may be unfamiliar with what actually goes on here in Stockholm when we're not talking about
0:34.1	the COVID-19 pandemic. As an EU agency,
0:39.9	ECDC aims to strengthen Europe's defences against infectious diseases.
0:41.8	We cover a wide range of subjects,
0:43.7	including surveillance, preparedness,
0:45.7	epidemic intelligence, and response measures.
0:48.5	We provide scientific advice,
0:50.2	give public health training,
0:51.6	and raise awareness through our disease programs.
0:54.4	Put simply, we do quite a lot.
0:59.4	This week, we once again sat down with director Dr. Andrea Armand,
1:03.5	to discuss ECDC's appearance at the European Health Forum, Gestein.
1:07.2	The European Health Forum is an independent non-partisan organization,
1:18.6	founded in 1998 as a health policy platform to bring together stakeholders and decision makers from both the public and private sector.
1:29.9	ECDC's participation at the forum has stretched back more than 10 years, and in that time has covered three major health emergencies, H1N1, Ebola, and now the COVID-19 pandemic.
1:34.5	In the past decade, ECDC-led sessions have been on a wide range of topics,
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