ECDC assessment of public health workforce capacity in prevention and control of infectious diseases in the EU/EEA
In 2024, ECDC conducted a survey on public health workforce capacity in the field of prevention and control of infectious diseases in the EU/EEA. This was in response to requests from several European Member States to help assess existing workforce capacity and identify gaps and additional investments needed. The survey was designed for this purpose, as well as to support countries in taking the first steps to describe the size and composition of their existing public health workforce capacity, and to better understand issues related to recruit