IUSTI Regions: Europe

 

IUSTI-Europe Guidelines. The November 2008 European guideline on HIV testing is now available here. The December 2008 IUSTI Europe guideline on syphillis is available here.The PID guideline was amended in August 2008.

Regional Report 2008

by Keith Radcliffe (IUSTI-Europe Regional Director).

A summary listing of recent IUSTI-Europe conferences is available here.

The regional report, September 2008, is available here in pdf format.

Colleagues in the European region are reminded that there is now an on-line facility here for applying for, or renewing, membership of IUSTI via Paypal.

The 2008 IUSTI-Europe Congress, took place in Milan, Italy, between 4-6 September 2008 and was a major success. It is hoped to publish news and photos of this congress here shortly.

Work on updating the European STD management guidelines continues.  A guideline on proctitis has been produced and published (International Journal of STD & AIDS 2007; 18: 514-520).

The May 2007 guideline on the management of pelvic inflammatory disease, originally published in International Journal of STD & AIDS 2007; 18: 662-666, has been amended August 2008 to reflect recent advice that moxifloxacin causes an excess of liver abnormalities; see amended guideline.

Work continues on updating the guidelines on: gonorrhoea; Chlamydia; and urethritis.  All final and draft guidelines can be accessed on the IUSTI website.  I will be grateful for any suggestions for the revision or development of new guidelines.

The Guidelines Editorial Board now has official representatives from the European Dermatology Federation (EDF), the European Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO-Europe) and the Union of European Medical Specialities (UEMS).

Updated by webmaster December 23rd 2008