Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI) on Health Data Processing

• Are there any best practices or specific limitations? 
• Are there efforts for more coherent ELSI principles?
• Which enablers or which barriers do you experience?
• Current changes in legislation (e.g. in light of upcoming EHDS regulation)?

Covid-19 measures – Update per October 2023

The following Y/N questions, asked in a live poll during the meeting, are intended to be displayed on the Health Information Portal:

A. Vaccination

1. Is Covid-19 vaccination for free in your country?

2. Is a booster vaccination free in your country?

3. Is Covid-19 vaccination or booster available in pharmacies?

4. Do you have a vaccination strategy / recommendation for children below 12 years?

B. Surveillance

5. Is there a Long-Covid strategy in place in your country?

6. Does your country have a registry on Long-Covid patients?

7. Is there a wastewater monitoring in your country or at least regionally?

8. Is there a national Covid-19 dashboard that is currently being serviced?

C. Measures

9. Are there actually any measures or restrictions in place?

10. Is self-testing for free in your country?

11. Is it possible to book a test-slot for free in your country?

12. Is it possible to book a test-slot against payment in your country?

13. Is it mandatory to wear face masks in hospital settings?

14. Is an evaluation of the pandemic measures in your country planned or already ongoing?

15. Can the pandemic response team be reactivated any time quickly (within 2 days)?

Harmonising advances in Long COVID research: Uniting European actors for solutions

Covid-19 vaccinations for children

In the light of the recent EMA decision:

• Do you currently have a specific vaccination strategy for children below 12 years? Yes/No
• If yes, please share further information.
• If yes, to what extent schools, school doctors and nurses will provide Covid-19 vaccinations for children?

OMICRON - SARS CoV 2 B.1.1.529 variant of concern

• What is the state of play regarding the recent VOC 'Omicron' in your country?
• Has your country implemented new/adapted measures specifically to address the threat posed by the spread of the Omicron variant? (Or are such measures planned?)

Covid-19 combined vaccination

In countries where Covid-19 is vaccinated combined with another immunization, e.g. against influenza, was there a (remarkable) increase of Covid-19 vaccinations? What could have caused this increase, what are the possible reasons? Are there any learnings with such a system? Please share your experiences.

Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and hospitalisation rate in children

Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in Europe

Currently there is a systematic review conducted on the prevalence of 4 sexually transmitted infections in Europe: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and trichomoniasis. We are conducting extensive literature searches in bibliographic databases but are also interested in grey literature. We would be very grateful if you could:

• indicate to us any reports on the prevalence of any of the 4 STIs in your country, published/conducted within the last 10 years, that has not been published in a peer-reviewed journal
• and/or forward our request to experts in the field in your country!

(The focus of this request is on grey literature, but please don’t hesitate to also indicate relevant peer-reviewed literature, especially recent publications.)

Please note that for this review we are not interested in incidence estimates derived from routine surveillance (i.e., number of case notifications per national/regional population), but only in prevalence estimates derived from a study where the total population of tested individuals is known and described.

Covid infection in vaccinated people in autumn/winter

Trust in exchange of data for secondary use purposes