European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2021) Manual: increasing access to hepatitis C testing and care for people who inject drugs. Identifying barriers to and opportunities for supporting hepatitis C testing and care in drug services: a participatory diagnostic process. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. DOI 10.2810/033126.
This manual provides a step-by-step guide for those involved in planning and managing infectious diseases and drug services, focusing on how to identify barriers to and opportunities for improving provision of HCV testing and access to treatment for people who use drugs. In particular, it focuses on HCV testing in harm reduction and drug treatment settings.
The second guide is aimed at supporting teams organising stakeholder round-table meetings as part of their regional or national diagnostic processes aimed at identifying barriers to and opportunities to increase hepatitis C virus testing and care in drug services.
This manual provides a step-by-step guide for those involved in planning and managing infectious diseases and drug services, focusing on how to identify barriers to and opportunities for improving provision of HCV testing and access to treatment for people who use drugs. In particular, it focuses on HCV testing in harm reduction and drug treatment settings.
The second guide is aimed at supporting teams organising stakeholder round-table meetings as part of their regional or national diagnostic processes aimed at identifying barriers to and opportunities to increase hepatitis C virus testing and care in drug services.
See also, from the EMCDDA:
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Harm reduction > Substance use harm reduction
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Identification and screening
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health related issues > Health information and education > Communicable / infectious disease control
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Patient / client care management
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Treatment and maintenance > Treatment factors
T Demographic characteristics > Person who injects drugs (Intravenous / injecting)
VA Geographic area > Europe
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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