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March 10-11, 2016- Ljubljana, Slovenia
Objectives of the meeting:
Background document - 2.4Mb(.pdf)
SESSION 1 : OPENING AND OBJECTIVES
Chairs: Mojca Matičič – Tatjana Reic
09:00-09:30
SESSION 2: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN HEPATITIS PREVENTION AND CONTROL AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Part 2.1 International organisations
09:30-09:45 Correlation Network - 2.1Mb (.pdf)
Eberhard Schatz
09:45-10:00 International Centre for Migration Health and Development
Manuel Carballo
10:00-10:15 Health Without Barriers (HWBs) – How screening and testing of prisoners can be improved: an European example from Health Without Barriers (HWBs) - The European Federation for Prison Health - 814Kb(.pdf)
Sergio Babudieri
10:15-10:35 EMCDDA European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction + a systematic review of prevalence and cost-effectiveness of screening hepatitis B and C in Europe -1.5Mb(.pdf)
Lucas Wiessing
10:35-10:50 Discussion
10:50-11:10 Coffee break
Chairs: Fiona Godfrey and David Goldberg
Part 2.2 Recommendations
Migrants
11:10-11:25 WHO Recommendations Migrants and health - 475Kb(.pdf)
Antons Mozalevskis
IDU
11:25-11:45 Recommendations for the management of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs - 1.1Mb (.pdf)
Dalgard Olav
11:45-12:05 Treatment of chronic hepatitis C in drug users: ethic, successful and useful - 3.1Mb(.pdf)
André Remy
12:05 - 12:20 Discussion
12:20 - 13:30 Lunch
SESSION 3 :SCREENING: UNIDENTIFIED CARRIERS
Chairs: Heléne Norder and Vana Papaevangelou
part 3.1 Methodology of screening (adapted diagnostics) in underserved groups and in general population
13:30-13:50 Using mass media and the Internet as tools to diagnose hepatitis C infections in the general population. - 830kb (.pdf)
Freke Zuure
13:50-14:10 Performance of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of antibodies to hepatitis C virus in whole blood collected on dried blood spots. - 1.4Mb (.pdf)
Slim Fourati
Part 3.2: Screening initiatives taken in the general population and different underserved groups
Prisoners
14:10 - 14:30 Hepatitis C in European prisons: a call for an evidence-informed response. - 381Kb (.pdf)
Amber Arain
Migrants
14:30 - 14:50 Belgium Hepatitis screening project to reach asian migrants “China aan de Schelde” - 3.2Mb (.pdf)
Thomas Vanwolleghem
14:50 - 15:10 HepatitisB/C screening, retrieval of patients and organization of hepatitis care in Arnhem region, The Netherlands. - 1.3Mb (.pdf)
Clemens Richter
15:10 - 15:30 Hprolipsis: HBV & HCV infections among Roma and migrants in Greece. - 0.9Mb (.pdf)
Vana Sypsa
15:30 - 15:50 Migrant screening for viral hepatitis: two feasible strategies in universities and workplaces in Grampain, Scotland. - 750Kb (.pdf)
Maria Rossi
15:50 - 16:05 Discussion
16:05 - 16:25 Coffee break
SESSION 4 :TREATMENT
Chairs: Daniel Shouval and Rui Tato Marinho
part 4.1 Treatment projects and initiatives taken in different underserved groups
16:25 - 16:45 Are there national strategies, plans and guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C in people who inject drugs? A survey of 33 European countries - 2.1Mb (.pdf)
Mojca Matičič
16:45 - 17:05 Rolling up HCV treatment programs for PWIDs in Ukraine - 2.1Mb
Ludmila Maistat
17:05 - 17:25 A national multidisciplinary healthcare network for treatment of hepatitis C in people who inject drugs in Slovenia - 1.6Mb (.pdf)
Mojca Matičič
17:25 - 17:45 Shared Addiction Care Copenhagen (SACC)-project. better practices at the micro level across the whole HCV pathway from diagnosing, further evaluation when infected to HCV-treatment and follow up - 702Kb (.pdf)
Marianne Linnet
17:45 - 18:05 Cost effectiveness of treating active PWID and the challenges of treating the underserved of the underserved - 717Kb (.pdf)
David Goldberg
18:05 - 18:20 Discussion
SESSION 5 :PREVENTION
18:20 - 18:40 Underserved for Hepatitis B immunization: Hepatitis B Vaccination for Adults with Diabetes Mellitus Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - 520Kb (.pdf)
Noele P. Nelson
SESSION 5 (CONT) : PREVENTION
Chairs: Angela Dominguez and Antons Mozalevskis
Part 5.1: Identify underserved groups (no/low vaccination coverage)
08:30 - 08:50 Hepatitis B: are at-risk individuals vaccinated if screened and found negative for HBV? Results of an online survey conducted in six EU countries - 694Kb (.pdf)
Miriam Levi
5.2 Prevention initiatives taken in different underserved groups
Migrants
08:50 - 09:10 Migrant's access to immunization in Mediterranean Countries and Immunization programmes in Roma population in Bulgaria - 547Kb (.pdf)
Mira Kojouharova
IDU
09:10 - 09:30 High Prevalence and Incidence of HIV and HCV Among New Injecting Drug Users With a Large Proportion of Migrants-Is Prevention Failing - 1Mb (.pdf)
Cinta Folch
09:30 - 09:45 Innovative community-based educational face-to-face intervention to reduce HIV, hepatitis C virus and other blood-borne infectious risks in difficult-to-reach people who inject drugs: results from the ANRS-AERLI intervention study - 765Kb (.pdf)
Patrizia Carrieri
Prisoners
09:45 - 10:00 HCV seropositivity in inmates and in the general population: an averaging approach to establish priority prevention interventions - 566kb (.pdf)
Patrizia Carrieri
10:00 - 10:20 An audit of hepatitis C service provision in a representative sample of prisons in England - 551kb (.pdf)
Clare Humphreys
10:20 - 10:40 Discussion
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break
Chairs: Mark Kane and Pierre Van Damme
Part 5.2 (cont.): Prevention initiatives taken in different underserved groups
Sex Workers
11:00 - 11:20 Hepatitis B vaccination and HCV screening: access to sex workers in Flanders – Healthcare and social care for sex workers (GHAPRO) - 1.7Mb (.pdf)
Tine Cornelissen
Others
11:20 - 11:40 Saunas programme: an outreach approach to diagnose and prevent hepatitis in a vulnerable population of the city of Barcelona - 1Mb (.pdf)
Sandra Manzanares
11:40 - 12:00 Hepatitis initiatives in vulnerable populations in Albania - 745Kb (.pdf)
Elona Kureta
12:00 - 12:20 Mobile vaccination team in Flandres, Belgium - 546Kb (.pdf)
Els Van de Mieroop
12:20 - 12:40 Tailoring Immunization Programmes (TIP) – An example of tailoring communication on vaccinations targeting hard-to-serve communities in Sweden - 1.6Mb (.pdf)
Karina Godoy
12:40 - 13:00 Discussion
13:00 - 13:30 Final Meeting Discussion on strategies to improve access for hard to reach and underserved groups towards screening/diagnosis/treatment programs and immunization programmes – including how to liaise all programs for these groups
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch
SESSION 6: CONCLUSIONS OF THE MEETING
Chairs: Daniel Lavanchy and Wolfgang Jilg
14:30 - 15:30 Presentation of the VHPB meeting conclusions - 123kb (.pdf)
David FitzSimons