Cyprus Epidemiology and Public Health Association

23/12/2025

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As the year comes to a close, the Governing Board of the Cyprus Epidemiology and Public Health Association would like to send you our warmest wishes for the holidays and the year ahead.

❄ May your festive season be rich in social (with appropriate ventilation), your tables abundant but , your restorative, and your levels - ideally - kept below the threshold of statistical significance.

❄ We wish you a New Year with good , not only as a personal outcome, but as a achievement: fewer preventable risks, more informed decisions, stronger systems, and continued commitment to , , and public good.

Thank you for being part of a that knows health is more than luck—and that is always in season.

Warm wishes for peaceful holidays and a healthy, hopeful New Year!

🎄The Governing Board 🎄
Cyprus Epidemiology & Public Health Association

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Καθώς η χρονιά φτάνει στο τέλος της, το Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο της Κυπριακής Εταιρείας Επιδημιολογίας και Δημόσιας Υγείας σας απευθύνει τις πιο θερμές του ευχές για τις γιορτές και το νέο έτος.

❄ Σας ευχόμαστε μια εορταστική περίοδο πλούσια σε κοινωνική επαφή (με επαρκή εξαερισμό), γιορτινά τραπέζια άφθονα αλλά ισορροπημένα, ποιοτικό και αποκαταστατικό ύπνο, καθώς και επίπεδα άγχους - όσο είναι δυνατόν - κάτω από το όριο της στατιστικής σημαντικότητας.

❄ Για το νέο έτος, ευχόμαστε καλή υγεία όχι μόνο ως ατομικό αποτέλεσμα, αλλά ως συλλογικό επίτευγμα: λιγότερους αποτρέψιμους κινδύνους, περισσότερες τεκμηριωμένες αποφάσεις, ισχυρότερα συστήματα και συνεχή προσήλωση στην επιστημονική γνώση, την ισότητα και το δημόσιο όφελος.

Σας ευχαριστούμε που είστε μέρος μιας κοινότητας που γνωρίζει ότι η υγεία δεν είναι θέμα τύχης — και ότι η πρόληψη είναι πάντα επίκαιρη.

Θερμές ευχές για ήρεμες γιορτές και ένα υγιές, αισιόδοξο Νέο Έτος.

🎄Το Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο 🎄
Κυπριακή Εταιρεία Επιδημιολογίας & Δημόσιας Υγείας

21/12/2025

Presentation of the CY presidency logo. What an excellent and truly inspiring choice! 👏 👏 👏

Λέμε η αρχή είναι το ήμισυ του παντός! Με τέτοια "αρχή", μπορούμε τότε να αναμένουμε πολλά από την Κυπριακή προεδρία.

Καλή αρχή!

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21/12/2025

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18/12/2025

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06/12/2025

"Don't listen to the CDC anymore". That is a "huge statement". And unfortunately, true.

04/12/2025

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01/12/2025

Get tickets to European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2025, taking place 04/12/2025. RingCentral Events is your source for engaging events and experiences.

01/12/2025

1 December | World AIDS Day

🌍 World AIDS Day 2025 | 1 December

Today, we come together to honour people living with HIV, celebrate global progress, and recommit to reducing inequalities in access to healthcare.

Through the HIVE Project, we are working to improve the management of multiple long-term conditions for people living with HIV. By integrating NCD care, digital self-management tools, and psychosocial support in Kenya, Kazakhstan, Greece, and Malta, we aim to build a more compassionate and holistic approach to HIV care.

This day reminds us of the importance of:
❤️ Supporting and empowering people living with HIV
🤝 Strengthening communities and health systems
🧑‍⚕️ Advancing innovative, patient-centered care
⚖️ Promoting equity for all

Together, we can shape a future where every person living with HIV receives the comprehensive, respectful, and dignified care they deserve.

30/11/2025

We are deeply grateful to the After Malaria team for their kind invitation to our members to join the first screening of “The Flycatcher" - the extraordinary documentary by Khalil (Avi) Betz-Heinemann and Johan Duchateau.

This powerful piece of work sits at the heart of the After Malaria project - a medical anthropology project, and it is nothing short of inspiring.

Drawing from the remarkable story of —the first country in the world to intentionally eliminate malaria—it brings to life the untold history of Mehmet Aziz, the first Director of Public Health/Hygiene Services during colonial times, and the collective effort of sanitary officers, labourers, and affected communities who made this achievement possible.

What unfolds on screen is not just the story of one man, but the stories of so many people, of the land itself, and of a “past not forgotten but not really remembered either.” A truly inspirational piece of ethnographic , , and .

As one person in the film reflects, “Cypriots don’t like history unless it is political history.” Yet this documentary achieves something rare: it tells a (hi)story through the eyes of “the people of our childhood,” where colonial and political undercurrents may be present, but never overshadow the human .

Instead, it brings forth stories and histories—merging past and present, inviting us to think of the future— and layered with truth, emotion, and so many alternative interpretations of events, but even more so their visible and not so visible impacts.

The evening was beautifully enriched by two additional experiences:

■ A preview of Othello’s Fever – an immersive walkthrough created in a game engine, by the Shameru collective, drawing on Shakespeare’s Othello and the multilayered histories of Cyprus. A dreamlike encounter with the island’s artistic, cultural, and epidemiological legacies.

■ A concert by Burcu and Evren Karagöz – featuring songs in Turkish, Greek, Armenian, and even a Finnish folk song, culminating in her new composition Sinekci Aziz Efendi ve Arkadaşları, created for and performed in the documentary, honouring the history of malaria cessation in Cyprus and her personal connection to the Aziz family.

A brief note on the wider After Malaria project, by the University of Finland:

This initiative revisits the histories of cessation in Cyprus and Finland. By weaving together art, science, public health, ecology, labour, and community memory, the project creates new ways of thinking about vector-borne diseases and today’s public health challenges. It fosters dialogue between past and present, between countries and communities, and invites us to rethink how we understand health development and societal change.

Read more: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/after-malaria/

Our warmest thanks once again to the entire After Malaria team for an evening that was moving and truly thought-provoking.

We look forward to the opportunity to screen the documentary across academic institutions in Cyprus, creating much-needed spaces where students of clinical and health sciences (public health, medicine, nursing) can engage with students from the social sciences, natural sciences, and the arts—cultivating the kind of interdisciplinary that this story so powerfully invites.

25/11/2025

Υπ. Υγείας: Επένδυση στο μέλλον της ψηφιακής υγείας στην Κύπρο, η εφαρμογή myHealth@CY
Τελετή υπογραφής συμβολαίου για την ανάπτυξη εφαρμογής για κινητές συσκευές από την Εθνική Αρχή Ηλεκτρονικής Υγείας
Σε τελετή με ιδιαίτερο θεσμικό βάρος, ο Υπουργός Υγείας Μιχάλης Δαμιανός χαρακτήρισε την υπογραφή της σύμβασης για την ανάπτυξη της εφαρμογής myHealth@CY ως ένα «σημαντικό βήμα προόδου» και μια καθοριστική επένδυση στο μέλλον της ψηφιακής υγείας στην Κύπρο.
https://ygeia-news.com/yp.-ygeias-ependysi-sto-mellon-tis-psifiakis-ygeias-stin-kypro,-i-efarmogi-myhealthcy

24/11/2025

📢 WHO/Europe invites institutions, government agencies, research centres, patient organizations and foundations to join the Public Health Innovation Platform - a collaborative network designed to drive mission-driven partnerships that transform public health systems through innovation across the WHO European Region.

As a member, your organization will be part of a dynamic network that identifies and co-creates needs-driven innovations, helping scale these solutions in an equitable, sustainable and inclusive way.

Working groups will be established on key thematic priorities, allowing members to collaborate on impact-driven challenges.

Apply by 15 December 2025!

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