Signature of working arrangement between EMCDDA and ECDC

On 4 December, Mr Goosdeel and ECDC Director Andrea Ammon sign the updated EMCDDA–ECDC working arrangement in Brussels. This follows their participation at the European Parliament in a high-level panel discussion‘EU 2019–2024: How can we support viral hepatitis elimination in line with the WHO Global Strategy and UN SDGs?’ Having worked together in areas relating to data collection, knowledge exchange and sharing of best practice in the monitoring of infections associated with injecting drug use, the two agencies will now also be sharing information and data relating to NPS, their use and potential public health and social risks.