November 2017 - Dublin, Ireland

Meeting objectives:

  • Give an overview of the health care systems in both countries.
  • Provide a summary of the epidemiology, burden of disease and surveillance related to HPV and HPV related cancers in Ireland and the UK.
  • Discuss successes, topical issues and challenges related to HPV vaccination and screening particular to Ireland and the different regions in UK.
  • Gain insight in the various stakeholder perspectives.
  • Propose recommendations for the way forward.

 (pdf, 1.7 MB)

November 30, 2017

SESSION 1: OPENING AND OBJECTIVES
Chairs: Liudmila Mosina and Brenda Corcoran

  • (pdf, 313 kB) by Simon Harris, MOH Ireland

  •      (pdf, 788 kB, )
    Alex Vorsters, University of Antwerp, HPV Prevention and Control Board (Belgium)

 SESSION 2: THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS IN IRELAND AND THE UK

Chairs: Liudmila Mosina & Brenda Corcoran

  •  (pdf, 2 MB)
    Vanessa Saliba, Public Health England (UK)

  •  (pdf, 501 kB)
    Kevin Kelleher, Health Service Executive (Ireland)

SESSION 3: EPIDEMIOLOGY, BURDEN OF DISEASE AND SURVEILLANCE OF HPV AND HPV RELATED CANCERS IN IRELAND AND THE UK
Chairs: Mario Poljak & Scott Wittet

  •  (pdf, 891 kB)
    Mairead O’Connor, National Cancer Registry Ireland

  • Surveillance of HPV; a focus on the UK
    Kate Cuschieri, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh  (UK)

  •  (pdf, 496 kB)
    Lesley Anderson, Queen’s University Belfast (UK)

SESSION 4: PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HPV IN IRELAND AND THE UK
Chairs: Mario Poljak and Scott Wittet

  •  (pdf, 1.3 MB)
    Vanessa Saliba, Public Health England (UK)

  •  (pdf, 3.2 MB)
    Brenda Corcoran, Health Service Executive (Ireland)

SESSION 4: PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HPV IN IRELAND AND THE UK (Cont'd)
Chairs: Susanne Krûger-Kjaer and Susan Wang

  •  (pdf, 276 kB)
    Lucy Jessop, Public Health Agency (UK)

  •  (pdf, 2 MB)
    Paul Connors, Health Service Executive (Ireland)

  • Communication and the HPV vaccine. What do parents and teenagers in England think?
    Louise Letley, Public Health England (UK)

  • Panel debate : impact of communication on coverage and vice versa
    Moderator: Robert O’Connor
    Panel: Susan Mitchel, Paul Connors, Grainne O’Rourke, Catherine Fegan, David Robert Grimes

 SESSION 5: HPV AND HPV RELATED CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMMES IN IRELAND AND THE UK
Chairs: Margaret Stanley & Eduardo Franco

  •  (pdf, 3.1 MB)
    Grainne Flannelly/John Gleeson, Cervical Check (Ireland)

  •  (pdf, 377 kB)
    Ruth Stubbs, Public Health England (UK)

  •  (pdf, 3 MB)
    Grzayna Stanczuk, Western Isles Hospital (UK)

  • HPV based screening implementation in Scotland and impact of immunisation
    Tim Palmer, University of Edinburgh (UK)

SESSION 6: KEY NOTE 
Chairs: Rob O'Connor & Bruce Gellin

  •  (pdf, 1.5 MB)
    Doug Lowy, National Cancer Institute (US)

December 1, 2017

SESSION 7: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN HPV CONTROL
Chairs: Margaret Stanley and Paolo Bonanni

  •  (pdf, 794 kB)
    Poster: 'The HPV vaccine crisis' (pdf, 794 kB)
    Donal Brennan, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (Ireland)

  • Panel debate on HPV vaccination programmes and the role of health care providers
    Moderator: Pierre Van Damme
    Donal Brennan, Paolo Bonanni, Ros Quinlan

  • New developments in anal screening and implications of vaccine in MSM
    Richard Gilson, University College London (UK)

  •  (pdf, 1.2 MB)
    Mark Jit, London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK)

SESSION 8: THE PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE
Chairs: Mira Kojouharova & Sharon Hanley

  •  (pdf, 876 kB)
    Stefanie Veraghtert, The Big C (Belgium)

SESSION 9: THE WAY FORWARD: BREAK- OUT SESSIONS
Chairs: Alex Vorsters and Kate Cuschieri

  • Break-out sessions:

 (pdf, 179 kB)
Chair: Peter Baker

 (pdf, 180 kB)
Chair: Doug Lowy

 (pdf, 182 kB)
Chair: Liudmila Mosina

 (pdf, 179 kB)
Chair: Mark Kane

  • Presentations from the break-out sessions & discussion

 SESSION 10: MEETING CONCLUSIONS
Chairs: Pierre Van Damme and Mark Kane

  •   (pdf, 488 kB) & feedback
    Rob O’Connor & and Brenda Corcoran