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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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