Brussels, 17/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - On 14 December, the European Commission announced that the management board of the new European Disease Prevention and Control Centre has designated Zsuzanna Jakab, of Hungary, as the first director for the Centre. The appointment is an important step along the road toward starting up this new European agency intended to strengthen Europe's means of defence against infectious diseases. Ms Jakab still has to be heard before the European Parliament's...