Transmissible Briefs   /     Seasonal Influenza in Europe– an update

Description

This Transmissible Brief gives a summary of the recent ECDC updated Risk Assessment on Seasonal Influenza. In addition, we interview an expert on the challenges of getting high coverage of flu vaccine among healthcare workers. The episode is part of our educational podcast series, and lasts 22 minutes

Summary

In many countries, the influenza epidemic is still increasing at the moment. ECDC updated the risk assessment for seasonal influenza 2016-2017 recently, on 25 January. This podcast summarises the main message, and goes a bit deeper in the issue of vaccinating health care workers, exploring the challenges on the road to a successful flu vaccination campaign in health care settings.

This podcast is part of the Transmissible Briefs; a series of educational podcasts, summarising recent public health news.

Subtitle
This Transmissible Brief gives a summary of the recent ECDC updated Risk Assessment on Seasonal Influenza. In addition, we interview an expert on the challenges of getting high coverage of flu vaccine among healthcare workers. The episode is part of our
Duration
0:00
Publishing date
2017-02-01 09:28
Link
https://transmissible.eu/archives/podcast/seasonal-influenza-in-europe-an-update
Contributors
  Arnold
author  
Enclosures
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Shownotes

In many countries, the influenza epidemic is still increasing at the moment. ECDC updated the risk assessment for seasonal influenza 2016-2017 recently, on 25 January. This podcast summarises the main message, and goes a bit deeper in the issue of vaccinating health care workers, exploring the challenges on the road to a successful flu vaccination campaign in health care settings.

This podcast is part of the Transmissible Briefs; a series of educational podcasts, summarising recent public health news.