SIDARTHa Rapid Public Health Impact Assessment - Volcanic Ash Cloud 2010

With the spread of the volcanic ash cloud across Europe after the eruption of the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano in Iceland starting April 14th, 2010, the SIDARTHa consortium developed the idea to accomplish a rapid assessment on the potential public health impact of the ash cloud in the implementation sites of the SIDARTHa project.

The objective of the analysis was to assess if the SIDARTHa system is able to immediately analyse upcoming potential health threats and to use this surveillance system to investigate if the number of cases (differentiated by age, severity, and specific syndromes) increased significantly from the expected number of these cases during the volcanic ash cloud period (April 14th to 22nd, 2010).

The report presents results as of May 15th, 2010.

Download: SIDARTHa Rapid Public Health Impact Assessment - Volcanic Ash Cloud 2010 (May 2010) (pdf 1.6 MB)