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AREAS OF ACTIVITY
Several areas of activity have been identified and developed during the project through specific Work Packages (WP) as follow.

1 - Co-ordination of the project, with the main specific objective (SO) of guaranteeing a high quality performance of the project.
 
2 - Dissemination of the project, with the main SO of disseminating the information produced by EpiSouth within the participating countries and to those who need to know through an ad hoc created website and an electronic bulletin.
 
3 - Evaluation of the project, with the main SO of evaluating the project and its achievements in terms of milestones, deliverables, and indicators.
 
4 - Network of public health institutions, with the main SO of facilitating the networking process and activities among participants in order to strengthen solidarity and cohesion.
 
5 - Training in field/applied epidemiology, with the main SO of strengthening the early response capacity of participating countries to health threats and infectious disease spread.
 
6 - Cross-border epidemic intelligence, with the main SO of establishing a common platform on epidemic intelligence where participating countries may find broad internationally as well as regionally focused information.
 
7 - Vaccine-preventable diseases and migrant populations, with the main SO of assessing the access to immunisation and exchanging information on cases/outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases of migrant populations.
 
8 - Epidemiology and preparedness to cross-border emerging zoonoses, with the main SO of providing a platform for the communication of human (HPH) and veterinary public health (VPH) officials, describing risk assessment methods and providing a mechanism for exchanging information between HPH and VPH.