The International Liver Congress focused i.a. on PGC on Viral Hepatitis

On t​he third meeting of the Hepatitis B and C Network national focal points and experts discussed the enhanced surveillance programme for hepatitis B and C across Europe and explored ways of improving it.

​The aims of the meeting were to enable sharing of experiences and good practices between member states, review ECDC’s current programme of work and to help determine future priorities for surveillance, prevention and control of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) across Europe.

​​The aims of the first ECDC expert consultation meeting on sex workers were to agree on the main areas of public health action in the European Union.

​ECDC joined European HIV-Hepatitis Testing Week, World Hepatitis Alliance and the European AIDS Treatment Group to discuss the benefits of testing.