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Feb 2015

Event

3rd Meeting of the Hepatitis B and C Network

Event
16 Feb 2015 - 18 Feb 2015
Stockholm
ECDC

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.

  • EU/EEA
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Microbiology
  • Prevention and control
  • Surveillance
Feb 2012

Event

Meeting of the European Hepatitis B and C Network

Event
16 Feb 2012 - 18 Feb 2012
Stockholm
ECDC

​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.

  • EU/EEA
  • Hepatitis B
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Oct 2014

Event

Expert consultation meeting: sex workers and public health

Event
21 Oct 2014 - 22 Oct 2014
Stockholm, Sweden
ECDC

​​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.

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  • HIV infection
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Event

​World Hepatitis Day 2015

Campaign
28 Jul 2015
ECDC

​​World Hepatitis Day is marked on 28 July each year to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis.

  • EU/EEA
  • Health communication
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Viral hepatitis

Event

World Hepatitis Day 2016

Campaign
28 Jul 2016
ECDC

The goal: eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030

  • EU/EEA
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Prevention and control
  • Surveillance
  • Viral hepatitis

Event

World Hepatitis Day 2017

Campaign
28 Jul 2017
ECDC

The theme of World Hepatitis Day 2017 was the elimination of viral hepatitis

  • Epidemiology
  • Europe
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis E
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News

Universal screening for hepatitis B among pregnant women led to 96% vaccination coverage among newborns of HBsAg positive mothers in DenmarkArchived

ECDC comment - 23 Nov 2011

Universal screening of pregnant women is feasible and has led to immunisation in nearly all identified cases in Denmark. As a consequence of the study the National Board of Health has made universal HBsAg screening of pregnant women permanent in the country.

  • Denmark
  • Hepatitis B
  • Immunisation

News

EMCDDA and ECDC join forces to address the challenge of hepatitis

News - 13 Jun 2017

Hepatitis and other drug-related infectious diseases will be the focus of ‘Hepatitis week’, taking place at the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) in Lisbon from 12–16 June 2017. The initiative will bring together some 100 specialists from: EU Member States, candidate and potential candidate countries to the EU, as well as partner agencies, civil society and professional organisations.

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  • Hepatitis B
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News

ECDC: around 9 million Europeans are affected by chronic hepatitis B or C

Press release - 26 Jul 2017

An estimated 4.7 million Europeans are living with chronic hepatitis B and almost 4 million (3.9) with chronic hepatitis C infection. However, large numbers of them are not even aware of their infection as they have not yet been tested and diagnosed.

  • Europe
  • Hepatitis A
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  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis E
  • Surveillance
  • Viral hepatitis

News

ECDC and EMCDDA make the case for active case finding of communicable diseases in prison

News - 23 May 2018

In their joint public health Guidance published today, ECDC and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), present the evidence on active case finding as a key measure to diagnose communicable diseases early.

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