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Project Office UNITED4Surveillance
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
P.O. Box 1 | 3720 BA Bilthoven | The Netherlands
E-Mail: JAsurveillance@rivm.nl
UNITED4Surveillance is an EU4Health Joint Action with 40 partners from all across Europe. The Joint Action started in January 2023 and will run until 30 June 2026. The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) is coordinating this project.
Representing 24 countries (and 40 institutes) in Europe, UNITED4Surveillance gathers expertise in public health, (clinical) microbiology, epidemiology and data science.
UNITED4Surveillance is an EU4Health Joint Action with 40 partners from all across Europe. The Joint Action started in January 2023 and will run until 31 December 2025.
The main activities are divided in seven Work Packages (WP’s). Each WP has its own tasks and deliverables.
The goal of Joint Action (JA) is to assist member states and the EU in the deployment of digitalized, integrated surveillance systems, operating both at national and European levels, to ensure better detection of early warning signs and more accurate risk assessment and coordinated response among the member states to any future cross-border health threat.
UNITED4Surveillance was presented as a good practice example, through which countries strengthen the use of data, information exchange, and cooperation among relevant institutions in order to enhance infectious disease surveillance at both national and international levels, during the 10th anniversary meeting of the National Public Health Centre under the Ministry of Health, Lithuania.
On 20-21 May 2026 the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) hosted the final UNITED4Surveillance meeting in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Over 80 experts and policymakers attended the two-day event in-person or online to reflect on the UNITED4Surveillance Joint Action results, exchange experiences and explore opportunities for future collaboration.
The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), coordinator of the project, hosted the final in-person UNITED4Surveillance General Assembly meeting of the
