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 full (50 p.) version exists.

Notes on translations:

• Czech (translated and produced by the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic)
• Greek (translated and produced by ECDC)
• Hungarian (translated and produced by the Hungarian National Focal Point)
• Finnish (translated and produced by the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland)
• Latvian (translated and produced by ECDC)
• Russian (translated and produced by National Institute for Health Development, Estonia)