Translation of "Prendre des mesures de prévention des maladies " (French → English) :

Pending that later decision, where a Member State has established that the introduction of a species not referred to as susceptible to the disease in question is likely to constitute a serious threat to animal health in a Member State, zone or compartment declared free of that specific disease in accordance with Article 49 or 50, it may take interim protective measures in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 90/425/EEC and Article 9 of Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to completion of the internal market*.

Projects include development of: (i) new anti-retroviral treatments to overcome growing resistance of the virus; (ii) new interventions for the treatment of HIV-infected infants, pregnant women and adults; (iii) HIV microbicides to allow women that do not have the capacity to impose HIV prevention measures (safer sex through condom use) on their partners to protect themselves against HIV transmission; (iv) new and promising HIV vaccine candidates not only to prevent the HIV infection, but also to treat infected people; (v) new ant ...[+++]i-HIV drugs against hidden virus that can not be accessed by other drugs, and against the escape of the virus from infected cells, (vi) vaccine delivery systems to fight viruses; and (vi) specific support actions for standardising clinical tests and monitoring HIV resistance.

(e) ‘Epidemiological surveillance’ shall mean the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of health data, including epidemiological studies, concerning the communicable diseases, in particular relating to the pattern of spread of such diseases over time and space and analysis of the risk factors for contracting such diseases, for the purpose of enabling appropriate preventive measures and counter-measures to be taken;

Projects include development of: (i) new anti-retroviral treatments to overcome growing resistance of the virus; (ii) new interventions for the treatment of HIV-infected infants, pregnant women and adults; (iii) HIV microbicides (a female controlled HIV prevention technology) to allow women that do not have the capacity to impose HIV prevention measures (safer sex through condom use) on their partners to protect themselves agains ...[+++]t HIV transmission; and (iv) new and promising HIV vaccine candidates not only to prevent the HIV infection, but also to treat infected people.

The directive sets out maximum levels for exposure and also establishes levels at which preventive measures must be taken by employers.

World AIDS day: Commission pledges action to combat disease