The aim of the pertussis and diphtheria EURL is to improve preparedness of NRLs against these two diseases in Europe, and to provide guidance and help to ECDC and National Reference Laboratories (NRL).

The activities planned for this project are divided under 7 work packages (WP). All activities will enhance the country-based preparedness and laboratory capacity agains these two diseases. You will find a short and concise description of each WP and its planned actitivies within the sub-pages under activities. Current/ongoing activities can be found under “News” section in the main pages