(2) Department for QC of Viral Vaccines

• Committee: European Directorate for Quality of Medicines (EDQM), Official Control Authority Batch Release (OCABR), Official Medicines Control Laboratories (OMCL)
  Topic: Authority batch release of immunological products
  Participants: Dr. Zsuzsanna Pauliny, Head of Department
                           Dr. Kálmán Bartha Ph.D., Biologist
  Results: They joined the organisation (OMCL) including EU MSs, and collaborated in the development of international methods, standardization of tests, and national quality assurance. They participated at the annual evaluating meeting.
• Committee: European Medicines Agency, (EMEA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, (CHMP) Vaccine Working Party, (VWP)
  Topic: Preparation of recommendation on the use of vaccines.
  Participant: Dr. Kálmán Bartha Ph.D., Biologist
  Results: The use and application of Committee's guidelines in the national batch release.

(3) Department of Mycology

Committee: European Confederation of Medical Mycology.
Participant: Dr. Judit Zala, Head of Department, Coordinator of Histoplasmosis epidemiological group of ECMM.

(4) Department of Epidemiology

Committee: Committee of the Network for the Epidemiological Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases (ESCON), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Advisory Forum

 
(5) Microbiological Research Group

Committee: European Cooperation in Science and Technology- COST - Domain Committee: Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences-BMBS.
Participant: Dr. med. habil. János Minárovits D.Sc., Head of Department

 
(6) International Travellers Health and Vaccination Centre

Committee: CDC Brighton Collaboration Viscerotropic Disease Working Group
Participant: Dr. Zsuzsanna Jelenik, Head of Department

Summary of the activities of the National Center for Epidemiology in 2010

International relations

Collaboration with international institutes

National Centres established in NCE and participating in international programmes