ECDC and EMCDDA guidance. Prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs
Introduction
Please note: an updated version of this publication (November 2023) is available.
This joint guidance report explores good public health practices that can support effective policies to reduce infections. Common blood-borne viruses in this group include HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. These are mainly spread through the sharing of needles, syringes and drug preparation equipment or unprotected sexual contacts. A short (8p.) version exists.
Notes on translations:
- Croatian (translated and produced within the framework of regional projects implemented by the EMCDDA’s Reitox and International cooperation unit)
- Czech (translated and produced by the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic)
- Estonian (translated and produced by National Institute for Health Development, Estonia)
- Hungarian (translated and produced by the Hungarian National Focal Point)
- Polish (translated and produced with the support of the Global Drug Policy program, Open Society Foundations)
- Turkish (translated and produced within the framework of regional projects implemented by the EMCDDA’s Reitox and International cooperation unit)
- Albanian (translated and produced within the framework of regional projects implemented by the EMCDDA’s Reitox and International cooperation unit)
- Bosnian (translated and produced within the framework of regional projects implemented by the EMCDDA’s Reitox and International cooperation unit)
- Macedonian (translated and produced within the framework of regional projects implemented by the EMCDDA’s Reitox and International cooperation unit)
- Serbian (translated and produced within the framework of regional projects implemented by the EMCDDA’s Reitox and International cooperation unit)
- Russian (translated and produced by National Institute for Health Development, Estonia)
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Table of contents
- Acronyms and glossary
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Core values of prevention of infections among people who inject drugs
- Recommended interventions for the prevention of infections among people who inject drugs
- Knowing and understanding the national situation
- Monitoring problem drug use an d responses
- Surveillance of infections
- Monitoring and evaluation of programmes
- Setting targets for intervention coverage
- Annex
- References
Evidence for the effectiveness of interventions to prevent infections among people who inject drugs — technical report
Pages:
50
Price:
free
ISBN:
978-92-9193-313-6
Catalog Number:
TQ3011263ENC
Bookshop URL:
http://bookshop.europa.eu/uri?target=EUB:NOTICE:TQ3011263:EN:HTML
Related links
- Guidance in brief: Prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs (PDF)
- Summary available in all EU languages, Icelandic and Norwegian (ECDC website)
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Evidence for the effectiveness of interventions to prevent infections among people who inject drugs
Part 2: Drug treatment for preventing hepatitis C, HIV and injecting risk behaviour (PDF) - Seven ways to reduce infections among people who inject drugs (News release 5/2011)
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
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