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60th meeting of the Heads of National Focal Points

21.05.2019 to 23.05.2019

The Heads of the Reitox focal points (NFPs) gather in Lisbon from 21–23 May, celebrating the 60th meeting of the network. Among the issues to be covered at the event are: the...

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19th Annual meeting of the Reitox EWS Network

18.06.2019 to 19.06.2019

This year, the current situation in Europe in relation to new psychoactive substances and recent developments at national and European level was discussed. The meeting was attended by representatives from the Member...

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2018 Country Drug Reports

Country Drug Reports provide a top-level overview of the drug phenomenon in European countries, covering topics such as drug supply, drug use and public health problems as well as drug policy and...

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Penalties for drug law offences in Europe at a glance

This tool lets you examine and compare the penalties or rehabilitative responses for the core offences of drug use, possession for personal use, and supply-related offences, across countries in Europe. It also...

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The national focal point is located in Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia. The Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia is a newly established public institution responsible for data collection and monitoring on different public health issues.

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Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia
Ms Ieva Pugule
Riga
Latvia

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Latvian recommendations for rational pharmacotherapy for C viral hepatitis within the framework of the drug reimbursement scheme

These are the Latvian government's 2017 national guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Theyt do not mention people who inject drugs (PWID) specifically. A national HCV treatment registry was...

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Latvia’s National Programme on Drug Control and Drug Addiction Restriction for 2011-17

This document presents Latvia’s National Programme on Drug Control and Drug Addiction Restriction for 2011-17.

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Latvia, Country Drug Report 2018

This report presents the top-level overview of the drug phenomenon in Latvia, covering drug supply, use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. The statistical data reported relate...

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Mid-term implementation review of Latvia's National Programme for the Control of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances and the Prevalence 2011-2017

The mid-term evaluation was carried out on the second half of 2014. The aim was to monitor and assess the implementation of the Programme (mainly the Action Plan) and to identify necessary...

ECDC-EMCDDA mission on HIV status and hepatitis surveillance in Latvia

At the invitation of the Latvian government, and in the context of high HIV levels in the country, ECDC and the EMCDDA have joined forces to assist national experts in preventing and...

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