ESWI Annual report 2020
The ESWI 2020 activity report is available for download, click on image.
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Coronavirus, flu and RSV colliding in the fall: conclusions of ESWI’s webinars and recommendations
ESWI organised four webinars in June 2020 to address these questions and discuss them amongst peers, clinicians and policymakers. INFLUENZA AND RSV IN A COVID-19 WORLD CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF COVID-19, INFLUENZA AND RSV INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR COVID-19, INFLUENZA AND RSV CORNERSTONES OF PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND URGENT ACTIONS The following is a summary of the main […]
ESWI Young Scientist Awards 2020
The fifth edition of the ESWI Young Scientist Best Body Of Work award goes to Dr. Robert de Vries, Utrecht University, The Netherlands for his substantial accomplishments to date in the field of understanding influenza virus dynamics. The first edition of the ESWI Young Scientist Innovative Award, a research grant supported by Seqirus, goes to Dr. […]
Influenza Preparedness Stakeholder Conference: meeting report and video summary of stakeholder debate available
100 years ago, an influenza pandemic stunned the world, killing more than 50 million people worldwide. The world remains vulnerable to such outbreaks, and due to the fast evolution of the influenza virus, globalization and intercontinental travel, outbreaks on the scale and severity of the 1918 pandemic would have a devastating effect today. But lessons […]
11th World Congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases
A unique opportunity to learn from each other and to meet with professionals from the field of #PedsID from all parts of the world.
ESPID 2019 webcasts available to all
To support the education of health care professionals on paediatric infectious diseases, the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases offers free access to 5 top sessions from ESPID 2019 until July 31. This is a great opportunity for anyone who missed these live-streamed sessions or who would just like to watch them again. https://espidmeeting.org/live-streamed-sessions/
ESWI Summit on Influenza Vaccination Programs for Healthcare Professionals
The question of flu vaccination for healthcare professionals is an urgent and highly relevant one. After all, the devastating impact of flu is widely recognized, and flu vaccines are estimated to prevent thousands of admissions and millions of illnesses with current usage. At risk groups are well defined. Health care professionals work with the patients […]
Joint ESPID/ESWI symposium at ESPID 2019 (8 May 2019)
During the 37th annual meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), ESWI and ESPID will organize a joint symposium on “Influenza vaccines for children: current issues and developments”. Confirmed symposium speakers include: Ana Mosterin (Cambridge University) on “Influenza B and the rationale for Quadrivalent vaccines” Abdullah Brooks (Johns Hopkins) on “Childhood flu […]
Bringing Childhood Influenza Vaccination to the Next Level: Summit report now available
On 28 September 2018, ESWI brought together 60 influenza stakeholders for a day of presentations and debates on paediatric influenza vaccination. The aim of the meeting was to bring childhood influenza vaccination to the next level and to that end ESWI organized a stakeholders table for partner organizations, combined with a number of scientific contributions, Q&A and debate. The event was available […]
Diabetes/Influenza Community established
ESWI proudly facilitated the formation of a diabetes/influenza community on 8 November 2018 in Leuven. The group’s action plan is currently under preparation and ESWI looks forward to implementing it in close collaboration with our partners: The International Diabetes Federation (IDF Europe) Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND) Pharmacist Group to the European Union […]