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"Would Europe be prepared for the next big epidemic? Yes, but…"

Entered on 08-10-2018

Euractiv has written an article on the meeting, "Reaching out: a meeting to advance clinical research preparedness for infectious disease outbreaks", that took place in Brussels!  Read about what PREPARE and GloPID-R has to say on the state of epidemic preparedness here!

Milestone reached !!!

Entered on 23-08-2018

The MERMAIDS-ARBO study in Work Package 3 has now reached over 500 recruits. The team in Tirana, Albania have recruited over 200 patients and have made a big contribution to the project. We thank the Tirana team and all of our recruiting sites across Europe for the efforts they have made over the last 3 seasons

How to manage a respiratory epidemic

Entered on 17-07-2018

Register for the PREPARE/ECDC/ISARIC one day workshop in Paris, 15 September 2018 "How to plan for and manage a respiratory epidemic/pandemic"  For update on workshops and opportunities follow us on Twitter: @PREPARE_EUROPE  

Arbovirus season in Europe!

Entered on 17-07-2018

The arbovirus season has started in Europe, with 24 human cases of West Nile virus reported from Greece, Italy and Serbia (as of 12 July 2018).  For an update on epidemiology, presentation, diagnostics and clinical management of arboviruses of clinical significance to Europe - view the lecture slides from the PREPARE/ESCMID arbovirus workshop on the Vi... read more

Knowledge manager wanted!

Entered on 29-06-2018

PREPARE EUROPE is looking for a fulltime knowledge manager based at the lab of medical microbiology of the University of Antwerp in Belgium.    Want to know more?

Register now for Reaching Out September 2018!

Entered on 25-05-2018

Reaching Out: a meeting to advance clinical research preparedness for infectious disease outbreaks The Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R) is the only network of major research funding organizations working on a global scale. The Platform for European Preparedness Against (Re-)emerging Epidemics (PREPARE) is building... read more

1000th patient recruited for MERMAIDS-ARI!

Entered on 29-03-2018

The acute respiratory infection study within MERMAIDS has recruited over 1000 patients. The 1000th patient was recruited in the Primary Care Network, Ireland by Kingston Medical Centre. ARI studies have recruited well this season, due to the increased influenza cases and the hard work at the recruiting sites. PED-MERMAIDS is now recruiting well with 340 participants... read more

3rd PREPARE Arbovirus workshop in Bucharest

Entered on 29-03-2018

The PREPARE Arbovirus workshop was held successfully last week (21 - 23 March) in beautiful Bucharest, Romania, for the third year running. In total, 112 clinicians, microbiologists and veterinarians from 26 different countries have taken part in the workshop, which is aimed at strengthening preparedness for the early identification and control of... read more

ALERRT epidemic research network launched in sub-Saharan Africa

Entered on 20-03-2018

A new clinical research and response network for epidemic infections has been launched in sub-Saharan Africa with the support of a €10 million grant from the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). Read the full article.    

'How to prepare for and manage an acute respiratory pandemic' highlights and presentations on VLC!

Entered on 01-02-2018

Highlights and presentations from the  recent course 'How to prepare for and manage an acute respiratory pandemic' organised jointly by PREPARE/ERS/ECDC/ISARIC are now available at the PREPARE Virtual Learning Centre. Key speakers from ECDC, ISARIC and PREPARE workpackages are featured.  This is an essential resource during this influenza epi... read more

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