AGES presentation of the Division of Public Health at Meeting with ECDC
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Besuch von ECDC-Direktor im Public Health-Zentrum der IMED Wien: Marc Sprenger, Direktor des European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), war am 11. April 2013 zu Gast im Zentrum für anthropogene Infektionen des AGES Geschäftsfeldes "Öffentliche Gesundheit" in in Wien. Im Rahmen seines "Country visit" suchte er den fachlichen Austausch mit den AGES-ExpertInnen, interessierte sich für die Zuständigkeiten und die Rolle der AGES im österreichischen Gesundheitswesen.
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- 1. Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbHwww.ages.at AGES – Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety Health for Humans, Animals and Plants
- 2. www.ages.at 2 Founded on June 1, 2002 Fusion of 18 Federal Agencies and Offices Health and Food Safety Act (GESG) Legal basis Republic of Austria Owner and Main Contracting Authority > 1,400 Staff at its locations in Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz, Mödling and Salzburg 900,000 samples tested with 7.2 million individual analyses/year Data, Facts, Figures
- 3. www.ages.at 3 AGES Structure FoodSecurity VeterinaryMedicine FoodSafety PublicHealth AustrianMedicines& MedicalDevicesAgency Radiation Protection Data, Statistics & Integrative Risk Assessment Knowledge Transfer & Applied Research Division Department 1) 2) 1) Austrian Federal Office for Food Safety 2) Austrian Federal Office for Safety in Health Care
- 4. www.ages.at 4 Statutory Tasks Protection of health for humans, animals and plants, in particular … • Analysis and assessment of agricultural equipment (seeds, pesticides, animal feed, …) • International Treaty (Plant Genetic Resources) • Analysis and assessment of products according to the Marketing Standards Act • Analysis and assessment of samples according to the Food Safety and Consumer Protection Act (LMSVG) • Contributing to the prevention of animal diseases and diseases that can be transmitted between species, monitoring animal health, testing animals for slaughter and meat • Prevention of infectious diseases (reference centre management, …) • Processing data of swimming areas • Analysis and assessment of medicinal products • Market surveillance of medical devices • Research, information and cooperation • Cooperation with national and international organisations • Statements on drafts of relevant legal norms, research projects and parliamentary inquiries
- 5. www.ages.at Division of Public Health • Institutes • Centre for anthropogenic Infections Vienna • Centre for zoonotic Diseases Graz • Centre for watersaftey Linz • Tasks • Infectious disease diagnostics • Operation of several Reference laboratories • Development of diagnostic methods • National and international reporting 5
- 6. www.ages.at AGES – Centre for anthropogenic Infections Vienna • Reference laboratories • Tuberculosis • Clostridium difficile • Legionellosis • Vibrio cholerae • WHO-Polio reference laboratory • Highly pathogenic bacteria • Yersinia pestis • Diphtheria • 24h Rabies consulting • Public health surveillance projects • Austrian Mosquito surveillance from 2011 ongoing • Starting 2013 Austrian tick surveillance 6
- 7. www.ages.at AGES – Centre for anthropogenic Infections Vienna • Medical microbiology • EN 17025 laboratory accreditation • BSL2 and BSL3 facilities • Clinical molecular biology • EN 17025 laboratory accreditation • Open tender for a NG-System • Watersaftey and Hygiene • full EN 17025 laboratory accreditation • EPIET- host side 7
- 8. www.ages.at 8 Training programmes based at AGES Participation of Austria since 2006 -European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) Two tracks -EU-track: 1 alumni -MS-track: currently 1 fellow (since 2011) EAP: European associated programme/Taiwan CDC (since: 2007) -2 alumni (cohort 13, 15) -currently 1 fellow
- 9. www.ages.at 9 Training opportunities Outbreak investigation in - zoonotic, respiratory, vaccine preventable diseases,… ID Surveillance: Data analysis/ Data interpretation -IMD, IPD, TBC, zoonosis, Influenza Research project in HCF-associated diseases Introduction to molecular microbiology at the diverse Reference Laboratories
- 10. www.ages.at 10 In cooperation with EPIET/EAP Successfully investigated outbreaks!