A workshop on Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in South Eastern Europe took place in Belgrade, Serbia on 13-14 December 2017. This activity organized by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the South East European Centre for Surveillance and Control of Infectious Diseases (SECID) was the first SEEHN workshop on this topic for Member States of South Eastern Europe Health Network.

“Analysis of Time to Detect and Time to Respond of Outbreaks and Surveillance Systems Digitization” workshop took place in Belgrade, Serbia on 12 December 2017

The aim of the workshop was to present the timeliness of detection and response analysis of selected diseases and their outbreaks in SEE countries and the challenges faced during process related to digitalization and organization of surveillance systems.

Objectives of the workshop were:

A Workshop on Midterm Seasonal Influenza Surveillance Evaluation in South Eastern European Countries, took place in Belgrade Serbia, on 11 December 2017The overall aim of the workshop was to analyse the current status of influenza surveillance evaluation and the challenges and opportunities related to it in all countries of South Eastern Europe to improve the surveillance evaluation process.

The specific objectives of the meeting were to:

High threat pathogens preparedness and response workshop for south-eastern European countries has been organised on 23-24 November 2017, in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The aim of the meeting was to analyze and improve the capacities and capabilities of national public health laboratories in countries of eastern and south Eastern Europe to prepare for, and respond to, emerging and imported high threat pathogens.

Specifically, the objectives were to: