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Wastewater Integrated Surveillance for Public Health in Europe. An initiative coming from HADEA. An EU Joint Action committed to enhance Wastewater Surveillance.

https://www.eu-wish.eu/
The Wastewater Surveillance for Africa Initiative host their third webinar on Tue, 25 Nov 2025 (3:00–4:30 PM Nairobi time).

Explore key topics wastewater and environmental surveillance using e.g. case studies.

Register here: lnkd.in/df2BG4DY

#IDsky #Episky @unep.org @ec.europa.eu @who.int
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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#JustPublished:

Detection of wild poliovirus in wastewater in Germany: risk and recommendations.

Germany has reported the detection of wild #poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in a wastewater sample from Hamburg. 𝗡𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼-𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲.

#Polio #IDsky #EpiSky
Detection of wild poliovirus in wastewater in Germany: risk and recommendations
Germany’s health authorities have reported the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 in one wastewater sample in Hamburg.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#EU_WISH 2nd International Workshop will take place from 6–8 October 2026 at @ages.at in Vienna, Austria!

It addresses European experts, partners, and stakeholders to discuss latest developments in wastewater surveillance.

The program is still being developed, so stay tuned!

#episky #IDsky 🧪
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The latest news piece shares the outcomes from Day 1 of the #EU_WISH International Workshop held at @ucddublin.bsky.social (9–10 September 2025), dedicated to the prioritization of wastewater surveillance targets.

Might also be interesting to #episky #watersky #IDsky #medsky 🧪
📢 Outcomes from the EU-WISH International Workshop!

Experts worked together to define priorities for:

* Respiratory and emerging pathogens
* Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
* Polio- and non-polio enteroviruses
* Illicit drugs, chemicals, and health-related biomarkers

🔗: www.eu-wish.eu/results
October 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
📢 Outcomes from the EU-WISH International Workshop!

Experts worked together to define priorities for:

* Respiratory and emerging pathogens
* Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
* Polio- and non-polio enteroviruses
* Illicit drugs, chemicals, and health-related biomarkers

🔗: www.eu-wish.eu/results
October 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
AMR data from wastewater surveillance is still difficult to interpret. With the new UWWTD, AMR wastewater surveillance will come anyways. Thus, we need to identify targets with whom to accompany it to generate use cases.
Maybe combination with STI monitoring could be a thing?

#episky #watersky 🧪
October 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Registration closed! 🚨

The EU-WISH training on "Automated reporting for wastewater-based surveillance" by Sciensano has received 97 fully completed applications.

The selection process is now underway, and all registrants will be informed of the outcome by 6 October 2025.
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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"Automated reporting for wastewater-based surveillance"

📆Registration open! This course will boost your skills in automating workflows and building wastewater surveillance dashboards using R, R Shiny, Quarto, and GitHub.

Organized and hosted by @sciensano.be.

#episky #IDsky 🧪 #EU_WISH 1/2
September 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Automated reporting for wastewater-based surveillance"

📆Registration open! This course will boost your skills in automating workflows and building wastewater surveillance dashboards using R, R Shiny, Quarto, and GitHub.

Organized and hosted by @sciensano.be.

#episky #IDsky 🧪 #EU_WISH 1/2
September 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Candidozyma auris needs more attention in the Wastewater Surveillance Community, too. It's recognized by AMR experts, but usually not focus of discussion.

While there are challenges to overcome, Wastewater Surveillance can be a tool to gather necessary intel on Candidozyma spread.

#episky #IDsky 🧪
⚠️ Without systematic surveillance & mandatory reporting, the true scale of C. auris in Europe is likely underestimated.

⏱️ Early detection & coordinated infection-prevention & control remain essential to limit further spread.

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/46uR1iK
#HealthcareAssociatedInfections #PatientSafety
September 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Candidozyma auris needs more attention in the Wastewater Surveillance Community, too. It's recognized by AMR experts, but usually not focus of discussion.

While there are challenges to overcome, Wastewater Surveillance can be a tool to gather necessary intel on Candidozyma spread.

#episky #IDsky 🧪
⚠️ Without systematic surveillance & mandatory reporting, the true scale of C. auris in Europe is likely underestimated.

⏱️ Early detection & coordinated infection-prevention & control remain essential to limit further spread.

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/46uR1iK
#HealthcareAssociatedInfections #PatientSafety
September 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Here we are in #Dublin at @ucddublin.bsky.social for the @eu-wish.bsky.social meeting this week representing @arcus-usc.bsky.social and @usc.gal
September 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Choosing the right approach isn’t easy: rely on clinical cases only, or complement with wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) data?

That’s why EU-WISH brings experts together, to strengthen wastewater surveillance for better public health decisions.

#episky #IDsky 🧪
September 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Choosing the right approach isn’t easy: rely on clinical cases only, or complement with wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) data?

That’s why EU-WISH brings experts together, to strengthen wastewater surveillance for better public health decisions.

#episky #IDsky 🧪
September 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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On International Overdose Awareness Day, we highlight a study that uses wastewater epidemiology to track stimulant trends in Kentucky (2019–2023), helping inform prevention efforts. Data here: myumi.ch/dg6VN
August 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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We are hiring!
We’re recruiting for four roles:
➡️ Head of Section – AMR & Healthcare-Associated Infections
➡️ Expert – Policy Coordination
➡️ IT Support Specialist
➡️ Expert – Vaccine Preventable Diseases & Immunisation Programmes

Info 👉 bit.ly/ECDCjobs

#ECDC #PublicHealth #EUJobs #AMR #Policy #IT
September 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
While a close monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 incidence might be less relevant than during the pandemic phase, regular sequencing for variant surveillance is still important.

EU-WISH is collecting wastewater surveillance strategies suitable for an affordable SARS-CoV-2 variant surveillance.
#WWS #episky
jama.com JAMA @jama.com · Aug 1
New #COVID19 vaccines for the 2025-2026 season demonstrate protection against serious illness.

But as the virus continues evolving, monitoring for emerging variants is declining.

#MedSky
As SARS-CoV-2 Evolves, Monitoring for New Variants Has Declined
This Medical News article discusses the latest SARS-CoV-2 variants and how well COVID-19 vaccines planned for 2025-2026 will protect against them.
jamanetwork.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Jul 27. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces
August 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Tracking the spread of Arboviruses in Europe will be a challenge. #Wastewatersurveillance might be up to the task. Pilot projects are already running.

#EU_WISH experts might be able to shed light on Arbovirus epidemiology in Europe should the see success.
🧵 Dengue is no longer just a tropical disease - it's showing up in Europe.

This season, France, Italy, and Portugal (Madeira) have already reported locally acquired dengue cases.

Check the latest #CDTR on #dengue here: bit.ly/3TQpDVu

#IdSky #EpiSky #MosquitoBorne #Prevention #PublicHealth
July 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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As #covid cases rise across the country, WastewaterSCAN scientific program manager Amanda Bidwell emphasizes the importance of tracking the virus in #wastewater and how the data “provides a good snapshot for people across the country of what is happening in different regions”

@washingtonpost.com
Here’s what you need to know about covid this summer as infections rise
Experts say it may be too early to know how large a surge in coronavirus cases we will experience this summer and urge people to get vaccinated.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Germanys wastewater surveillance still picks up vaccine strain poliovirus.

This is a prime example of wastewater surveillance at work, helping to prevent illness by indicating possible future health threats! Informing people is a first public health action taken.

#episky #wastewater #publichealth
In den vergangenen Wochen wurden in Abwasserproben erneut #Polioviren nachgewiesen, die vom Schluckimpfstoff abgeleitet sind.

☑️ Wo Viren nachgewiesen wurden
☑️ Wer erkranken kann
☑️ Warum #Impfschutz wichtig ist
☑️ Was Ärztinnen, Ärzte und Eltern wissen sollten

Details im #EpidBull
🔗 rki.de/epidbull
July 4, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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#EU_WISH people participated in the 22nd Health Related Water Microbiology Conference, held in the Netherlands.

Workshops were done, side events held, oral presentations given. Find the full list of our contributions at www.eu-wish.eu/news

Thank you for having us!

#wastewater #episky #science
June 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
#EU_WISH people participated in the 22nd Health Related Water Microbiology Conference, held in the Netherlands.

Workshops were done, side events held, oral presentations given. Find the full list of our contributions at www.eu-wish.eu/news

Thank you for having us!

#wastewater #episky #science
June 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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As part of the #EU-WISH project, a serious game has been carried out during #WaterMicro2025.
💡 This interactive workshop gathered 50 participants to simulate key decisions in wastewater and environmental surveillance.
#PublicHealth #WastewaterSurveillance #WES #episky #LIST
June 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
As part of the #EU-WISH project, a serious game has been carried out during #WaterMicro2025.
💡 This interactive workshop gathered 50 participants to simulate key decisions in wastewater and environmental surveillance.
#PublicHealth #WastewaterSurveillance #WES #episky #LIST
June 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM