Policy document
September 23rd 2020

Guidelines for the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
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ECDC is an EU agency aimed at strengthening Europe's defences against infectious diseases. The core functions cover a wide spectrum of activities: surveillance, epidemic intelligence, response, scientific advice, microbiology, preparedness, public health training, international relations and health communication.
These ECDC guidelines detail available options for NPI in various epidemiologic scenarios, assess the evidence for their effectiveness and address implementation issues, including potential barriers and facilitators.

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Topics in this document

Health sciences Clinical medicine Public health Hygiene Respirator Infection Hand washing Personal protective equipment Influenza Transmission (medicine) Quarantine Emergency management Hand sanitizer Health Medical humanities Diseases and disorders Health care Epidemiology Medicine Medical specialties Surgical mask Infection control Social distancing Influenza pandemic Epidemic Risk Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus Microbiology Pandemic

Related SDGs

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Target 3.3

End the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases

Target 3.d

Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risk

Related COFOG Divisions

7: Health 7.4: Public Health Services

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Medical Research Council 14 National Medical Research Council 2 European Commission 6 unknown 1 National Institutes of Health 6 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1 NIH (Special project, May 2022) 3 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 5 National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China 2 Queensland University of Technology 2 Politechnika Warszawska 1 National Health and Medical Research Council 4 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 Discovery Partners Institute 1 De Montfort University 1 Cranfield University 1 University of Westminster 1 Healthcare Infection Society 1 Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu 2 Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development 1 ZonMw 1 Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1 Ministry of Education of China 1 Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China 1 Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province 2 Zhejiang University 1 Technology Project of Hangzhou Municipality 1 National Natural Science Foundation of China-Zhejiang Joint Fund for the Integration of Industrialization and Informatization 2 National Natural Science Foundation of China 6 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 1 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 1 Swiss National Science Foundation 1 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 1 Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 1 University of International Business and Economics 1 Environmental Studies Research Funds 1 Ministry of Finance 1 National Key Research and Development Program of China 2 World Health Organization 4 Canadian Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Foundation 1 Lanzhou University 1 Hui Hoy and Chow Sin Lan Charity Fund 1 Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen 1 MRC 9 UKRI (Special project, May 2022) 4 Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society 1 UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 1 UK Research and Innovation 3 NIHR (November 2024) 14 Wellcome Trust 12 ... and others

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