Abstract
A policy-maker’s perspective on ‘ECDC and EMCDDA guidance: prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs’
Highlights
In late 2011, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) published ECDC and EMCDDA Guidance: Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases among People Who Inject Drugs [1]
ECDC and EMCDDA Guidance is a valuable resource for those who are addressing one of the most serious health problems related to illegal drug use: infectious diseases
If policies and drug services fully incorporate the core values and principles identified in the ECDC and EMCDDA Guidance, without any doubt this would greatly facilitate the implementation of the key interventions to prevent infectious diseases
Summary
In late 2011, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) published ECDC and EMCDDA Guidance: Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases among People Who Inject Drugs [1]. ECDC and EMCDDA Guidance is a valuable resource for those who are addressing one of the most serious health problems related to illegal drug use: infectious diseases.
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