Traduction de «Uso di droga per via parenterale » (Italien → Anglais) :

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 1 Prevent and reduce drug use, drug dependence and drug-related harm || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

Prevalence and incidence, among injecting drug users, of infectious diseases attributable to drug use, including HIV and viral hepatitis, sexually transmittable diseases and tuberculosis (EMCDDA Drug-related infectious diseases)

Prevent and reduce drug use, drug dependence and drug-related harm

The EESC also strongly supports efforts to reduce drugs usage in and outside the EU, as made clear in its opinion of May 2012 in response to the Commission's Communication ‘Towards a stronger European response to drugs’ (3). This stressed the need to maintain a balanced approach to both supply and demand.

The total number of people in the EU who have at some time taken drugs (lifetime prevalence) — is estimated at 70 million for cannabis, at least 12 million for cocaine, 9,5 million for ecstasy, and 11 million for amphetamines, while at least half a million people are known to be receiving substitution treatment for drugs like heroin (4),

V. Development of measures to combat AIDSIn the light of the conclusions of the Council and the Ministers for Health meeting within the Council on 16 May 1989 (2) which:- requested the Commission to prepare and submit to the Council by the end of 1989 a programme on the prevention of AIDS in intravenous drug users,-requested the Commission to examine, within the framework of the internal market, the possibilities for harmonization of condoms and HIV self-testing kits,-instructed the ad hoc Working Party on AIDS, in close cooperation with, and with the participation of, the Commission, to develop the exchange of information on the result ...[+++]s of the assessment of the national prevention measures including information campaigns, and on awareness measures for health personnel and finally to examine the possibilities for improving at Community level the HIV-related technical safety requirements for organs, tissues, semen and blood: (a) the Commission is requested, on the basis of the guidelines laid down by the Council in this resolution and in close cooperation with the Member States and with the possible assistance of experts appointed by each of them, to:- develop exchanges of information and experience in priority areas of the fight against AIDS, in particular those indicated in the Annex hereto, and the resultant coordination,-draw up and submit to the Council, at the earliest opportunity, proposals defining the details and content of an action plan integrating appropriate measures to prevent and control AIDS, including the coordination of the pilot projects carried out by the Member States and contributions to preparing Community projects on research and international cooperation; (b)the ad hoc Working Party on AIDS in instructed, in accordance with the conclusions previously adopted by the Council and the Ministers for Health, to continue its work, in particular on exchanges of information and experience, to examine the communications and proposals to be submitted ...