13 March 2024, 15:00-16:00 CET
Welcome to the 'Introduction to the 2023 ECDC-EMCDDA guidance on preventing and controlling infectious diseases among people who inject drugs' webinar space on EVA.
The overall aim of this webinar organised by ECDC, European Clinical AIDS Society (EACS) and the Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity, and Infections (CHIP) is to introduce the updated ECDC-European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (ECDC-EMCDDA) guidance on preventing and controlling infectious diseases among people who inject drugs, and provide the target audience with an evidence base to inform national strategies, policies, and programmes accordingly.
If you have any questions regarding the webinar, please contact the Coordination team at countrysupport.rigshospitalet@regionh.dk. If you have any technical issues, please contact courses@ecdc.europa.eu.
Registration
To participate in this webinar, please use this Zoom registration link. You will then be sent a calendar invite with more information on how to join the webinar.
Objectives
After completing this webinar, participants should be able to:
- Describe the six key intervention areas to prevent and control infectious diseases among people who inject drugs according to the updated ECDC-EMCDDA guidance.
- Explain why interventions to prevent and control infectious diseases among people who inject drugs should be delivered in line with principles for prevention and service provision.
- Describe some models of good practice for community-based testing, linkage to care and adherence to treatment for hepatitis B and C, HIV, and tuberculosis in the EU/EEA.
Target audience
The webinar is designed for (i) policymakers and public health/social programmers responsible for developing national strategies, policies, and programmes, (ii) public health and health professionals working with people who inject drugs, and (iii) representatives from civil society organisations and the community.
Agenda
The webinar will be hosted online using Zoom with a duration of 60 minutes. The format will include expert presentations and open discussion/Q&A.
13 March 2024, 15:00-16:00 CET Time Purpose and activity Facilitators/presenters 15:00 Introduction to the updated ECDC-EMCDDA guidance Janelle Sandberg, ECDC 15:05 Key intervention areas to prevent and control infectious diseases among people who inject drugs, and how to maximize their effectiveness Iciar Indave, EMCDDA and Otilia Mårdh, ECDC 15:30 Models of good practice for community-based testing, linkage to care and adherence to treatment for hepatitis B and C, HIV, and TB Ilonka Horváth, Gesundheit Österreich (GOEG) 15:45 Q&A with presenters Janelle Sandberg, ECDC 15:55 Take-home messages and evaluation Anne Louise Grevsen, CHIP Background material
We have selected relevant documents related to the webinar content as background material. These materials provide support to the planned webinar presentations and discussions.
