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A European perspective on responding to blood borne infections among injecting drug users

This paper, prepared at the request of the HDG of the Council of the EU, is intended to provide a short overview of issues pertinent to European participation in the planned CND...

Hepatitis C — the 'hidden epidemic'

‘A hidden epidemic’ and ‘a major challenge to public health’ – this is how the EU drugs agency, the Lisbon-based EMCDDA, describes hepatitis C in the latest edition of its Drugs in...

Hepatitis C: a hidden epidemic

Over the past few years, hepatitis C has emerged as a major threat to public health worldwide. Within the European Union, the total number of people infected is unknown but it is...

European Drug Report

2003 Annual report: the state of the drugs problem in the European Union and Norway

The report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe presents the EMCDDA's yearly overview of the drug phenomenon. This is an essential reference book for policy-makers, specialists and practitioners in...

Drug injecting has a disproportionate impact on public health

Drug injecting is rare and stigmatised by the public and, on the whole, by drug users themselves. But, despite this, it accounts for most of the severe health consequences of drug use...

Drug injecting challenges public health policy

Drug injecting is rare. It is stigmatised by the public and, on the whole, by drug users themselves. But, though limited to a small minority, injecting accounts for most of the severe...

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DRID protocol draft

This is a draft version of the protocol for the drug-related infectious diseases epidemiological indicator, one of five key indicators used by the EMCDDA to monitor the drug situation in Europe.

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Study on Assistance To Drug Users in Prisons

Please note: this document forms part of the EMCDDA's institutional record. The information contained within this document may no longer be correct or relevant. More up-to-date information on this topic is available...

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Estimating Coverage of Harm-Reduction Measures for Injection Drug Users in Europe

Harm-reduction approaches to prevention of drug-related infections (HIV, hepatitis B [HBV], and hepatitis C [HCV]) are becoming common practice throughout Europe (Stimson 1996; Wiessing 2000). Some countries introduced measures such as syringe...

The WHO Quality of Life- HIV BREF

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WHO Quality of Life- HIV BREF

This tool was developed to collect international and cross-culturally comparable assessment data in HIV population on quality of life. The questions respond to the definition of Quality of Life as individuals' perceptions...