The ECDC guidance on integrated testing of hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and HIV supports countries in the global effort to combat viral hepatitis and eliminate HIV as public health threats by 2030. At present, reaching and testing those at risk of infection with HIV, HBV or HCV is still...

Compared with the general public, people in prison in the EU/EEA have a higher burden of communicable diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia and tuberculosis (TB). Increased disease prevalence in this population is...

A higher prevalence of communicable diseases among people in prison compared with the general public is recognised as a public health issue as well as a major concern for the people affected, as the majority of incarcerated people return to their communities. Active case finding is a key...

During the past decade, the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region, 31 of which are part of the European Union/European Economic Area, invested considerably in pandemic preparedness. This came in the wake of global threats posed by (re-)emerging diseases such as avian influenza A(H5N1) and...

This literature review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of antenatal screening was conducted as part of a project evaluating the effectiveness of antenatal screening (ANS) for HIV, hepatitis B, syphilis and rubella susceptibility in EU/EEA Member States. The purpose of this review was...

This surveillance report is based on Legionnaires' disease (LD) surveillance data collected for 2015. The surveillance is carried out by the European Legionnaires' Disease Surveillance Network (ELDSNet) and coordinated by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in...

In Europe, influenza occurs in regular annual epidemics in the winter season. Annual influenza epidemics are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Severe illness and complications are more common in certain risk groups, which include those with chronic medical conditions (e.g....

This document aims to support the strengthening of antenatal screening (ANS) programmes for HIV, hepatitis B (HBV), syphilis and rubella susceptibility in the general population and in groups identified as vulnerable to motherto- child-transmission (MTCT) in the EU/EEA. Vulnerable groups...

People in prisons have a higher prevalence of several communicable diseases than the general population, a fact which affects both the prison and the general population. The objective of this report is to systematically review data on diagnosis, treatment, care and prevention of tuberculosis...