Assessing public health preparedness and response in the European Union- a review of regional simulation exercises and after action reviews

Table 1 Overview of the SimEx/AARs main objective, event and number of countries participating

Exercise	Thematic area	Event	No. of countries
NEW WATCHMAN	Communication	Contamination of a protein supplement drink	28
COMMON GROUND	Influenza preparedness	Nipah virus	28
United Horizon	Hedis tool	Contaminated illicit drug	20
AEOLUS	Information sharing	Contaminated powdered milk with Salmonella	27
TOR 1	Influenza preparedness	Deliberate release of plague/cyber attack	21
Vaccine Workshop	Vaccine	Pandemic influenza	17
ECLIPSE	Intersectoral coordination	Deliberate contamination with radioactive material	11
TOR 2	Vaccine	Monkeypox	30
IRIDIUM 1	Communication	Leakage of hydrofluoric acid on ferry	4
AQUA UTOPIA	Communication	Re-emergence of SARS-CoV	19
HERMES	Laboratory	Outbreak of smallpox	19
METIS	Laboratory	New variant of chikungunya; schistosomiasis	17
ARISTAEUS	Intersectoral coordination	Collision of chemical cargo ship; forest fire and chemical plant explosion; deliberate release of chemical	27
Quicksilver	Cross-border coordination	Unidentified illness from chemical exposure; chemical release from oil refinery explosions and freight train derailments	22
Quicksilver Plus	Cross-border coordination	Pandemic influenza/space weather event	16
Orion	Preparedness and response	Pandemic influenza	22
ALPHA	Intersectoral coordination	Pandemic influenza	20
TARANIS	Cross-border coordination	Measles-like illness in Asia	21
Chimera	Intersectoral coordination	Pandemic influenza vaccine adverse events or efficacy issues	27

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