Epi Insight, Volume 25, 2024
Volume 25, Issue 10, December 2024
This issue contains
- A tribute to our colleague and friend - Dr Marrita Mahon
- World AIDS Day 2024 including latest HIV data from Ireland
- Increased rabies transmission in Ukraine – a One Health problem necessitating a One Health response
- RSV epidemiology during first twelve weeks of RSV Nirsevimab Pathfinder Programme in Ireland
- ESCAIDE 2024 - Europe's leading scientific conference on applied infectious disease epidemiology
- Increase in pertussis cases in 2024
- Monitoring the threat of emerging viral diseases in humanitarian aid workers
- Radiation emergency awareness and response: training to support Public Health/HSE roles in incident management
- Simulation Exercise JADE: a valuable opportunity to test communications and practice IHR obligations
- Gastroenteric, zoonotic and vectorborne diseases report published
- Severe Acute Respiratory Infection surveillance programme expanded to new acute hospital sentinel sites
- Epi Insight thanks all our authors and reviewers for supporting us during 2024
- Latest reports, guidance, publications and articles
Volume 25, Issue 9, November 2024
This issue contains
- Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Ireland during 2023/2024 Winter Season
- HSE Public Health: Health Protection conference highlights Ireland’s response to management of environmental hazards in a changing climate
- HPSC launches new Integrated Respiratory Virus bulletin for Winter season
- Influenza Vaccine for Health and Care Workers (HCWs) and Residents in Long-Term/Residential Care Facilities (LTCFs/RCFs) 2023/2024 Season
- Oropouche Virus Disease
- Measles added to National Notifiable Disease Hub
- Mpox due to monkeypox virus clade Ib case reported in UK
- Department of Public Health, HSE South West project awarded
- Latest reports, guidance, publications and articles
Volume 25, Issue 8, October 2024
This issue contains
- A review of the 2023/2024 influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season in Ireland
- New Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines regarding management of suspected/ confirmed High Consequence Infectious Diseases (HCIDs)
- EPIET and EUPHEM Fellows: celebrating World Field Epidemiology Day
- Call for application for ECDC Fellowship Programme EPIET and EUPHEM paths
- World Polio Day 2024: Polio update and Acute Flaccid Paralysis surveillance
- HSE Winter Vaccination Programme underway
- HSE adds chicken pox vaccine to childhood immunisation schedule
- National Hand Hygiene Audit taking place in October
- New study published on COVID-19 in healthcare workers
- New study published on increased Norovirus GII.17 activity in Europe and the US
- Latest reports, publications and articles
Volume 25, Issue 7, September 2024
This issue contains
- Recently published studies in area of mpox, HIV and STIs
- Measles in Ireland: an epidemiological update
- 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games - Public Health Communicable Disease Surveillance
- Acute hepatitis B - New guidance for Public Health management of cases and contacts
- New HSE immunisation programme to protect newborn babies against RSV
- National incident report on upsurge in invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) activity from October 2022 to August 2023
- Exercise Liath: Navigating the grey areas of chemical incident preparedness
- The ECDC Virtual Academy (EVA)
- Latest reports, publications and articles
This issue contains
- Epidemiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) in Ireland, 2021-2023
- WHO Mosaic Respiratory Surveillance Framework workshop at HPSC
- Postcard from the field: provision of epidemiological support in response to escalation of violence in Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Faculty of Public Health Medicine Summer Scientific Meeting 2024
- New study published on health care workdays lost due to COVID-19
- Hajj 2024: vaccination requirements and health recommendations
- Infectious Disease Society of Ireland Annual Meeting
- Farewell and New Beginnings: Reflections on Dr Greg Martin's time at HPSC
- Monitoring HIV Community Testing in Ireland, 2022
- Caring with Pride
- Gastroenteric, zoonotic and vectorborne diseases quarterly report reinstated
- Latest reports, publications and articles
This issue contains
- How Ireland tracks SARS-CoV-2 variants
- Tick Awareness Day 1st May: Be tick aware, protect against Lyme disease
- World Hand Hygiene Day 5th May: Latest report on hand hygiene compliance in Irish acute hospitals
- German Ministry of Health visit HSE National Health Protection Office
- National notifiable disease hub shortlisted for Esri award
- Increase in dengue fever associated with travel to the Americas
- EU-wish - the European Wastewater surveillance project
- Measles in Ireland: more than half of reported cases have no known travel link
- ESCAIDE 2024 - in Stockholm and online, 20-22 November
- National Notifiable Disease Hub replaces Weekly Infectious Disease report
- HPSC hosts ECDC fellowship module in rapid assessment and survey methods in Dublin 15-19 April 2024
- Just published: Mpox, excess mortality and COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness
- Latest epidemiological reports and guidance
Volume 25, Issue 4, April 2024
This issue contains
- New HSE HPSC Data Hub to promote 'citizen epidemiology'
- Healthcare workers, children, young adults and underserved populations urged to get vaccinated as measles cases increase in Ireland
- HSE publishes Striving to End Tuberculosis: A strategy for Ireland 2024 - 2030
- Increased STI notifications in Ireland: Trends to the end of 2023
- World TB Day March 24th 2024: latest data on TB in Ireland published
- New research studies epidemiological impact of cessation of BCG vaccine programme
- Successful EPIET training site visit at HPSC
- HPSC Whole Genome Sequencing presentation awarded at Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists Annual Meeting
- Infectious Disease Regulations amendments
- Latest reports, publications and articles
Volume 25, Issue 3, March 2024
This issue contains
- Death of an adult with confirmed measles in Dublin and Midlands Health Region
- Simulation Exercise JADE: a valuable opportunity to test communications and practice IHR obligations
- Scabies outbreaks in Ireland - advice for the public and health and care professionals
- Invasive Group A Streptococcus infection in Ireland - new guidelines for the Public Heath management of contacts published
- Emergency Management of Injuries (EMI) and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) updated guidelines published
- HPSC host meeting of the North South GZV Group
- Latest reports, publications and articles
Volume 25, Issue 2, February 2024
This issue contains
- Epidemiology of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) deaths in 2022: findings from one SARI sentinel hospital site, Ireland
- Prevalence of measles IgG antibodies in adults aged 18-34 years in Ireland, 2022
- Importance of timely notification of infectious diseases in Ireland
- Seroepidemiology Unit visit to Biochemistry Lab at Beaumont Hospital
- In the news: HSE urges parents to make sure children and young people are vaccinated against measles
- Latest reports, publications and articles
Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2024
This issue contains
- Happy New Year to all our readers
- A review of the 2022/2023 RSV and influenza season in Ireland
- Faculty of Public Health Medicine Winter Scientific Meeting 2023
- ESCAIDE 2023 - Europe's leading scientific conference on applied infectious disease epidemiology
- Respiratory virus testing practices in acute hospital settings; results from a national laboratory survey in Ireland, July/August 2023
- HSE National Infectious Diseases Isolation Facility
- Case definition update: Trichomoniasis (Trichomonas vaginalis)
- Latest reports, publications and articles