BackgroundEUVAC.NET was created for the purposes of epidemiological surveillance and control of vaccine-preventable diseases in the European Community. This was in line with the European Parliament and Council Decision No. 2119/98/EC which formed the basis of creating networks for the epidemiological surveillance and control of communicable diseases in the European Community.
In 1999 an agreement was reached between the Commission (DG SANCO) and Statens Serum Institut (SSI) in Denmark whereby the Department of Epidemiology of the SSI was to coordinate a collaborative surveillance network. With the current grant agreement effective from October 2005 EUVAC.NET incorporates in its surveillance network all 25 EU Member States together with Bulgaria , Croatia , Iceland , Norway , Romania , Turkey and Switzerland.
Relevant excerpts from the grant agreement relating to the general conditions and workpackages are found here as pdf documents:
- General conditions
- Work-packages
|
