Drug-related infectious diseases in Europe: Update from the EMCDDA expert network 2017
22 November 2017
European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
This report provides an update on infectious diseases related to drug use in Europe for the period up to June 2017. It provides an overview of the most recent data both on infectious diseases among people who inject drugs in Europe, collected through the EMCDDA drug-related infectious diseases (DRID) indicator, and on the responses in the area. It includes highlights and new findings discussed during the DRID indicator’s annual expert meeting, held in Lisbon on 14-16 June 2017. This event offered a platform for discussion among experts from the 28 EU Member States, Norway and Turkey. EU agency partners and international organisations were also represented. The 2017 meeting included a full joint day with the ECDC hepatitis expert network.