evaluation of severe influenza surveillance in europe
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Presentation by Julien Beauté of ECDC at the Joint WHO/Europe & ECDC Annual Influenza Surveillance Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 11–13 June 2014.TRANSCRIPT
Julien Beauté, ECDC
Joint WHO/Europe & ECDC Annual Influenza Surveillance Meeting
Vienna, 11-13 June 2014
Evaluation of severe influenza surveillance in Europe
Background
• 2009 influenza pandemic
− First attempt to monitor severe cases at EU level
− Rapid development of surveillance – July 2009
• 2010-to the present date
− Six to ten EU/EEA countries reporting (seven for the 2013/14 season)
− Thirteen countries reported SARI data to EuroFlu for the 2013/14 season (including two EU countries)
− Cases admitted to intensive care units or any ward
− Sentinel or comprehensive surveillance
Joint WHO/Europe & ECDC Annual Influenza Surveillance Meeting
Vienna, 11-13 June 2014
Outputs
Joint WHO/Europe & ECDC Annual Influenza Surveillance Meeting
Vienna, 11-13 June 2014
• Weekly influenza bulletins
• ECDC seasonal risk assessment
• Annual reports
• Peer-reviewed publications
Evaluation of severe influenza surveillance
• To provide ECDC with:
− Clear statement on epidemiological and public health usefulness
− Future scenarios and recommendations
• Requested deliverables:
− Description of the surveillance of severe influenza in all the EU/EEA states
− Review of the surveillance at the EU/EEA level
− Comparison with systems elsewhere
− Guidance for future
Joint WHO/Europe & ECDC Annual Influenza Surveillance Meeting
Vienna, 11-13 June 2014
Evaluation of severe influenza surveillance
• Findings:
− Heterogeneity of systems in place hinders any significant added value from an European perspective
− Example of federally organised countries (e.g. U.S.) strongly argues in favour of more harmonised systems
Joint WHO/Europe & ECDC Annual Influenza Surveillance Meeting
Vienna, 11-13 June 2014
Key features of severe influenza surveillance systems in EU/EEA countries
Joint WHO/Europe & ECDC Annual Influenza Surveillance Meeting
Vienna, 11-13 June 2014
37th ECDC Advisory Forum, 27 Feb 2014
• Options
− Abandon severe influenza surveillance
− Proceed with the current strategy aiming at improving harmonisation and increasing the number of participating countries
− Proceed with the current system, but restrict severe influenza surveillance to intensive care units
− Establish a new surveillance system based on a European network of sentinel hospitals
− …
Joint WHO/Europe & ECDC Annual Influenza Surveillance Meeting
Vienna, 11-13 June 2014
Recommendations
• 37th ECDC Advisory Forum, 27 Feb 2014
– Proceed with the current system, but restrict severe influenza surveillance to intensive care units
– Clarify the objectives of severe influenza surveillance at the European level
• EISN Coordination Committee meeting, 19 Mar 2014
– Convince countries collecting data to participate
– Agree on denominator data
– Explore alternative monitoring systems
– Estimate risk factors for severe disease
Joint WHO/Europe & ECDC Annual Influenza Surveillance Meeting
Vienna, 11-13 June 2014