Open AccessWhy a burden of disease study?
Author(s) -
Zsuzsanna Jakab
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.12.12.00750-en
Subject(s) - european union , disease prevention , medicine , west nile virus , disease control , disease , task (project management) , covid-19 , environmental health , family medicine , business , virology , virus , international trade , infectious disease (medical specialty) , engineering , systems engineering
From the time I was appointed as Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in 2005, I and the ECDC Governing and Advisory Bodies faced the task of tackling the 46 diseases under mandatory notification in the European Union (EU), as well as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), avian influenza and West Nile virus.