• CLEO
  • CLEO

    Since 2016 and through the recent project PHIG (Preventing Hospital Infections in Greece), CLEO has been expanding its field of activity into other sectors of health research and promotion, including:

    • surveillance and prevention of the most common hospital-acquired infections
    • surveillance and improvement of prevention practices
    • monitoring the use of antibiotics

    Collectively, the work of CLEO aims at the improvement of health care quality in General and Children’s hospitals across Greece.

Active Projects

PHIG Project

PHIG Project

Surveillance of the most common hospital acquired infections
Participants

Participants

Departments from all over Greece participating in the PHIG project
Material

Material

Tools for data collection
Redcap

Redcap

Web application for building and managing online databases

Latest News & Events

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New job opportunity: Communications Officer

We are looking for a talented Communications Officer to join our growing team of public health practitioners & researchers based in Athens, to assist with the planning & execution of communication activities for a series of new projects at CLEO.

CLEO COVID-19 KAP Community Study – Press Release

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unique, unprecedented challenges for national healthcare systems. The faltering global response - characterized by a lack of preparedness among health care institutions, workers and the wider community - has underscored the importance of investing in public health research. However, it has also provided a unique opportunity for countries to diagnose and treat gaps within their own capacity for disease prevention. 

Greece Has Won the COVID-19 Battle – For Now

by Theoklis Zaoutis*

But to win the war against infectious disease – and to be ready for the next health crisis – we need a stronger, more accountable health system.

We should all be proud of our country’s successful response to the coronavirus crisis. It shows that with a concerted group effort from everyone in our society, we can achieve better health outcomes – better even than other countries with far more resources.

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Το CLEO ιδρύθηκε με δωρεά του Ιδρύματος «Σταύρος Νιάρχος», το οποίο από το 2011 έως και σήμερα συνεχίζει να υποστηρίζει τη λειτουργία του ως βασικός δωρητής.

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