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Surveillance of Infections in Wales
Arolwg Meddygon Teulu ar Glefydau yng Nghymru
Surveillance Report Adroddiad ar yr Arolwg
GP
17th January 2013
Consultation rates in sentinel practices for the last 4 weeks*
23-Dec-2012
30-Dec-2012
06-Jan-2013
13-Jan-2013
Rate per 100,000 population
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
* Data provisional
Please note: weeks ending 30 Dec and 6 Jan include public holidays when GP surgeries would normally be closed. This may result in lower
consultation rates than expected. Data for these weeks should therefore be interpreted with caution.
Call for applications for EPIET and EUPHEM fellows
Applications are invited for fellow positions in the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training
(EPIET) and the European Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM) programme which are coordinated
and funded by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Closing date for the applications is 3 February 2013. The fellowship programmes will start in September 2013.
The European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) is a two-year fellowship
programme, which provides training and practical experience in intervention epidemiology at the national and
regional centres for surveillance and control of communicable diseases in the European Union (EU) and
European Economic Area (EEA). The programme is aimed at medical practitioners, public-health nurses,
microbiologists, veterinarians and other health professionals with previous experience in public health. Over
the years Public Health Wales Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre has hosted EPIET Fellows from
many EU countries including: Sweden, Germany, Greece and Poland. Applicants should have a keen interest
in epidemiology and be interested to learn how to control infectious diseases.
The EUPHEM is a two-year training programme and will include training and practical experience in the public
health microbiology area such as public health microbiology management, laboratory investigations, applied
public health microbiology, bio risk management, outbreak investigation and research.
For more information and the application form see the ECDC home page
(http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/aboutus/jobs/Pages/fellowships.aspx)
and the EPIET (http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/epiet/Pages/HomeEpiet.aspx)
and EUPHEM
(http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/training_activities/EUPHEM/Pages/index.aspx)
websites
Dr. R L Salmon, Public Health Wales CDSC, Temple of Peace and Health, King
Edward VII Avenue, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3AP. Telephone: 029 20402471
Further information on infectious diseases in Wales can be found on our web site at
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection or http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection