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ECDC: On Air

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

A peek behind the scenes at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - the EU agency that aims to identify, assess and communicate current and emerging threats to human health...

Episodes

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Episode 79 - Learning In The Field: Seven Weeks In South Sudan

What happens when field epidemiology moves beyond the desk? To mark World Field Epidemiology Day, Antonia Genath and Linda Adamíková share t...

00:17:16Sep 16, 2026

Risk Wire - Episode 4 - Otilia Mårdh - When Gonorrhoea Fights Back

Gonorrhoea has developed resistance to almost every antibiotic used against it. So what happens when the treatments we still rely on start t...

00:29:17Sep 4, 2026

Episode 77 - Céline Gossner - What’s Biting Europe? Mosquitoes On The Move

On World Mosquito Day , we’re taking a closer look at Europe’s changing mosquito landscape and what it means for public health. Mosquitoes c...

00:26:52Aug 20, 2026

Episode 76 - Aleksandra Kaźmierczak & Celine Gossner - Not Just A Hotter Summer - Climate Change and Health

Climate change is already affecting our health, often in ways we don't realise. Beyond hotter summers and more frequent heatwaves, it is cre...

00:16:53Aug 5, 2026

Episode 75 - Angeliki Melidou & Katriina Willgert - Could Bird Flu Become The Next Pandemic?

Public health podcast | Avian influenza | H5N1 | Pandemic preparedness---Avian influenza continues to pose a challenge for animal and public...

00:26:19Jul 22, 2026

Episode 74 - Esther Kukielka-Zunzunegui - Tiny Bites, Big Consequences

Public health podcast | Tick-borne diseases | Lyme disease | Tick-borne encephalitis Tick-borne diseases affect thousands of people in Europ...

00:22:13Jun 25, 2026

Episode 73 - Theresa Enkirch & Maximilian Riess - Signals Below the Surface - Wastewater Surveillance

What can wastewater reveal about the spread of infectious diseases? In this episode you’ll learn: how wastewater surveillance works what pat...

00:26:01Apr 9, 2026

Episode 72 - Senia Rosales-Klintz - Hide and Seek: The Reality of Tuberculosis in Europe

Tuberculosis remains a significant public health challenge in Europe, despite often being considered a disease of the past. In this episode...

00:31:44Mar 23, 2026

Episode 71 - Helena de Carvalho Gomes - Cervical Cancer Then & Now - The Path to Elimination

In this episode of ECDC On Air, we speak with ECDC's Helena de Carvalho Gomes - Deputy Head of Unit for Scientific Evidence and Communicatio...

00:22:59Feb 4, 2026

Risk Wire - Episode 3 - When Salmonella Crosses Borders

This is a third episode of our ECDC: On Air podcast sub-series - the "Risk Wire" - focusing on Risk Assessments ECDC publishes. This time we...

00:20:48Dec 19, 2025

Episode 69 - A. Collins & G. Amore - Foodborne diseases: What’s really making you sick

In this episode of ECDC On Air, we are joined by Aine Collins and Giusi Amore - experts from ECDC and the European Food Safety Authority (EF...

00:15:14Dec 9, 2025

Episode 68 - Rita Figueira & Andreas Hoefer - A Network of Laboratory Excellence

On today's episode, we discuss EU Reference Laboratories (EURLs) with Andreas Hoefer from ECDC and Rita Figuera from the European Commission...

00:20:51Nov 5, 2025

Episode 67 - Angeliki Melidou - Winter Viruses: The triple threat explained

In this episode of ECDC On Air, we discuss the seasonal spread of respiratory viruses with ECDC's Principal Expert in Respiratory Viruses -...

00:20:39Oct 23, 2025

Episode 66 - Diamantis Plachouras - The Silent Spread - Europe’s C. auris Challenge

In this episode of ECDC On Air , we talk to ECDC's Head of Section - Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections - Dr Diam...

00:14:34Sep 17, 2025

Episode 65 - All you Need to Know about Traineeships at ECDC

In this episode of ECDC On Air, trainees from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control share their unique experiences and insi...

00:30:34Sep 10, 2025

Risk Wire - Episode 2 - Diphtheria in Europe: Why is ECDC Raising the Flag?

In this special episode of ECDC On Air, Bruno Ciancio - Head of Unit - Directly Transmitted and Vaccine-preventable Disease at ECDC, discuss...

00:21:31Jul 16, 2025

Risk Wire - Episode 1 - Linda Trönnberg & Theresa Enkirch - Hepatitis A Spike in Europe: What’s Behind the Surge?

Why are hepatitis A cases rising sharply in parts of Europe - and what can public health professionals do about it? In this episode of ECDC...

00:14:46Jun 27, 2025

Episode 62 - Andrea Würz & Sarah Earnshaw Blomquist - The 5 Cs of Vaccination

In this episode of #ECDCOnAir, the discussion revolves around vaccination acceptance, exploring the factors influencing people's health choi...

00:26:03May 27, 2025

Episode 61 - Maria Keramarou - The Big Measles Comeback

In this episode of ECDC: On Air, Maria Keramarou, ECDC's expert in vaccine-preventable diseases, discusses the rising cases of measles in Eu...

00:21:08May 2, 2025

Episode 60 - Charlotte Deogan - Europe's SDG Reality Check

In this episode, we explore Europe's progress toward the 2030 SDGs with Charlotte Deogan, expert in communicable diseases at ECDC. This epis...

00:15:42Apr 23, 2025