ECDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness - Policy development, adaptation, and implementation

This section reflects Member States’ abilities to adapt existing authorities and policies to the new and emerging circumstances of a cross-border threat to health, and to enforce existing and new laws and regulations needed to implement these policies and regulations. The focus of these capabilities is at the national level, although it is recognised that a lack of consistency within Member States or among bordering Member States, can erode the public’s confidence. All of these activities require communication and coordination with a variety of actors at the global, European, national, and subnational levels, and these supporting capabilities are described below. The capabilities in this section and corresponding competencies deal with the development and implementation of substantive policies, regulations, and official guidance regarding infection control and disease treatment in clinical settings to population-based disease control activities.