• EU project : MOOD

    EU projects
    The MOOD project aims to develop innovative tools and services for the early detection, assessment, and monitoring of current and potential infectious diseases threats in Europe in a context of global change including climate change. The MOOD innovations will increase the operational abilities of epidemic...
    on May 28, 2020

  • EU project : ECOM

    EU projects
    The problem   Although scientific knowledge to respond to outbreaks of infectious diseases has increased, deficiencies remain in the ability of health authorities to communicate the need for large-scale measures such as vaccination and antiviral therapy and increase its acceptance. For effective behavioural...
    on May 28, 2020

  • European responses to the corona crisis - Part 10

    Other

    During the corona virus crises, the European Science-Media Hub is collecting and publishing a regular update of the most relevant releases provided by EU institutions and other European and global actors. 🆕 Last Update : 27 may

    on May 27, 2020

  • Carla Nunes: “If we can keep treating properly the sick ones and protect vulnerable people, let's ease the lockdown”

    Articles, Health
    Interview on the Portuguese response to COVID-19 pandemic with Carla Nunes, statistician and epidemiologist. Carla Nunes is the Director of the National School of Public Health, at Nova University of Lisbon (Portugal), and the Coordinator of the COVID-19 Barometer project, which analyses the evolution...
    on May 27, 2020

  • COVID-19 in Africa: what is at stake?

    Articles, Health
    SARS-CoV-2 has arrived in Africa and, progressively, almost all African countries have closed their borders and imposed various levels of "lockdowns" in the hope of limiting the spread of the pandemic, taking measures similar to those taken elsewhere in the world. The pandemic is producing shocking statistics...
    on May 22, 2020

  • The challenges of tackling Covid-19 in Africa

    Articles, Health

    Interview with Dr John N. Nkengasong, Director of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention about the current situation with the spread of COVID-19 across Africa, about the main risks, challenges and lessons learnt from the HIV/AIDS pandemic and Ebola epidemic.

    on May 22, 2020

  • Infodemic: how coronavirus became the litmus test for tech companies' struggle to contain mis- & disinformation

    Articles, Disinformation, Health
    Face to the 'infodemic': Facebook, Twitter and Google are among the actors pushed into action in the face of fast spreading Covid-19 disinformation but the efficiency of their efforts will need proper evaluation.   As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic that found most governments around...
    on May 20, 2020

  • European responses to the corona crisis - Part 9

    Other

    During the Coronavirus crises, the European Science-Media Hub is collecting and publishing a regular update of the most relevant releases provided by EU institutions and other European and global actors. 🆕 Last Update : 20 may

    on May 20, 2020

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