Health Minister Lydia Mutsch, accompanied by Dr. Jean-Claude Schmit, Director of Health, visited the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm yesterday.
ECDC is the European Agency for Infection Prevention and Control and works in close collaboration with member states. Its priority themes are the fight against antibiotic resistance and infections that can be prevented by vaccination.
The Minister was welcomed by Dr Daniel Reynders, Chairman of the Board, and Dr Andrea Ammon, director of the Centre.
In her speech on the situation of infections in Luxembourg, the minister addressed a number of topics, including the national infectious disease surveillance system, the national antibiotic plan being developed, infections linked to population migration, the importance of Immunisations, HIV infection and hepatitis, epidemic preparedness, the role of new diagnostic technologies for infections and Lyme disease.
The Minister then had discussions with Dr Denis Coulombier, head of the Infection Surveillance Unit, Mike Catchpole, chief scientist, and Professor Karl Ekdahl, head of ECDC Communication Unit