LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE EUROMOMO PROJECT

The EuroMOMO project pilot phase is well underway and -although in its test phase- the weekly mortality outputs across participating countries are proving valuable for monitoring the severity of the H1N1v pandemic.
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MONITORING OF MORTALITY

EURO MOMO is a 3 year project coordinated by Statens Serum Institut, Denmark and co-funded by the European Commission (EC), Directorate General for Health and Consumers.
The project has 22 partners from 20 European Countries.
The general objective is to develop and operate a routine public health mortality monitoring system aimed at detecting and measuring, on a real-time basis, excess number of deaths related to influenza and other possible public health threats across European Countries.

Main actions
  • an inventory of existing mortality monitoring systems in European Countries
  • definition of minimal requirements for a mortality monitoring system
  • retrospective analysis of mortality data
  • identification of a uniform analytical approach, and
  • piloting of a consensus system for real-time mortality modeling in several European countries.
Expected outcomes
The project will increase the European capacity to assess and manage risks associated with major health threats, including pandemic influenza and other infectious or non-infectious public health events with a severe impact.

This will, in particular, increase the European capacity to monitor the spread of a future pandemic of influenza, measure its impact on mortality, determine whether changes in mortality are limited to specific countries/areas or occur in more than one member state, and thus enhance the evidence base for risk managers to target interventions and to prioritise resources.




Link to The European Commission website