Support of surveillance activities of human influenza in Europe 2016–2020.

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Specific objectives are: — to ensure a high quality of laboratory diagnosis, virus characterisation, antiviral susceptibility monitoring and molecular typing in the EU/EEA through external quality assessment activities, — to ensure capability, gap-identification and capacity building through corrective actions with progress monitoring over time by external quality assessment activities and training activities, — to support high quality of the surveillance of human influenza viruses in Europe undertaken by ECDC and the EU/EEA Member States through training activities, — to establish mortality monitoring associated with influenza infection during and outside the influenza season as a tool for assessing severity and impact as well as for pandemic situations, — to ensure rapid laboratory preparedness and mortality monitoring during an influenza pandemic or an unexpected major public health event.