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New EMCDDA report underlines need to scale up drug services in prisons

25.06.2021

Current insights and future challenges on drugs and prison in Europe are explored today in a major new study published by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA)(1).

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Preventing blood-borne viruses in prison settings: ECDC and EMCDDA guidance

23.07.2018

People in prison experience a higher burden of communicable diseases such as hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and HIV often linked to a history of injecting drug use.

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ECDC and EMCDDA make the case for active case finding of communicable diseases in prison

23.05.2018

What are the most (cost-) effective ways to prevent and control communicable diseases in prison settings? In their joint public health Guidance, ECDC and the EMCDDA present evidence on active case finding as a key measure to diagnose communicable diseases early. The publication is launched in the...

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ECDC–EMCDDA review: Can active case finding help reduce communicable diseases in prisons?

23.11.2017

ECDC and the EMCDDA have systematically retrieved and assessed evidence on active case findings for blood-borne viruses in prison settings in the EU/EEA.
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