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Title

Guidelines for testing HIV, viral hepatitis and other infections in injecting drug users

Author / organisation

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

Description

A manual for provider-initiated medical examination, testing and counselling. There is a recognized need for guidance on providing IDUs with a medical examination and testing for HIV and several other infections on a regular basis. In addition, improving testing uptake in this group would benefit epidemiological surveillance and monitoring as carried out at the national and international level. Treatment and other specialist care are dealt with by indicating referral to appropriate services.

Language

English

Target Groups

Health care professionals
NGOs
Injecting drug users (IDUs)

Topics

Testing and counselling
Treatment
Policy

Region

WHO European region

Publication year

2010

Type of document

manual