May 2018 - Bucharest, Romania
Meeting objectives:
- Provide an overview of the role of the health care provider (HCP) in the vaccination program, with a focus on HPV vaccination
- Discuss the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for HCP in different vaccination programs, e.g. school based, GP driven and vaccination clinics.
- Provide an overview of different information and trainings materials available for HCP at various international organisations (CDC, ECDC, WHO, …)
- Discuss country examples where HCP play an important role in the implementation and coverage of HPV vaccination and screening.
- Propose strategies to enhance the impact of HCP towards better screening and vaccination coverage.
- Discuss Romanian challenges, analysis of previous introduction, ways to address the issues and opportunities in prevention and control of HPV and HPV related cancers.
May 15, 2018
SESSION 1: OPENING AND OBJECTIVES
Chairs: Pierre Van Damme, Alexandru Rafila
- Welcome by National Institute of Public Health
Florentina Furtunescu, National Institute of Public Health (Romania)
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Alex Vorsters, University of Antwerp, HPV Prevention and Control Board (Belgium)
SESSION 2: HCP ATTITUDES TOWARDS VACCINATION
Chairs: Pierre Van Damme, Alexandru Rafila
Helena Maltezou, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Greece)
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Emilie Karafillakis, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK)
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Mira Kojouharova, National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (Bulgaria)
- Discussion
SESSION 3: HCP TRAINING IN SERVICE AND PRE-SERVICE
Chairs: Jo Yarwood, Paolo Bonanni
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Noel Brewer, University of North Carolina (USA)
- Feedback on survey done among European Medical students
Emilie Dierckx & Fien De Laet, EMSA Antwerp, University of Antwerp (Belgium)
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Franklin Apfel, World Health Communication Associates (UK)
SESSION 4: MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR IN SERVICE TRAINING OF HCP
Chairs: Adriana Pistol, Emilie Karafillakis
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Noel Brewer, University of North Carolina (USA)
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Alex Vorsters, University of Antwerp, HPV Prevention and Control Board (Belgium)
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Jo Yarwood, Public Health England (UK)
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Xavier Bosch, Catalan Institute of Oncology (Spain)
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Kimon Chatzistamatiou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
- Discussion
SESSION 5: COUNTRY EXAMPLES/EXPERIENCES
Chairs: Sharon Hanley, Eduardo Franco
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Diliana Dilkova, National Network of Health Mediators (Bulgaria)
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Ross Cameron, Health Protection Scotland (Scotland, UK)
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Jocelyn Raude, EHESP School of Public Health (France)
- Belgium/ Flanders:
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Pierre Van Damme, University of Antwerp, HPV Prevention and Control Board (Belgium)
(pdf, 2.926 kB)
Madalina Preda, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Romania)
(pdf, 488 kB)
Pierre Van Damme, University of Antwerp, HPV Prevention and Control Board (Belgium)
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Nubia Muñoz
- Discussion
- Introduction of the break-out sessions
SESSION 6: BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Chairs: Adriana Pistol, Emilie Karafillakis
- Break-out sessions:
- Topic. SWOT of School based systems and GP based systems
Chair: Paolo Bonanni
- Topic. Should we monitor the attitudes of HCW towards primary and secondary HPV prevention/immunisation in general, if yes how;
Chair: Alex Vorsters
- Topic. Materials available for in service training. What is needed? Is other material needed? Are the available sources well-known?
Chair: Joanne Yarwood
- Presentations from the break-out sessions & discussion
May 16, 2018
SESSION 7: HPV PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN ROMANIA CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Chairs: Alex Vorsters, Corina Silvia Pop
- Welcome by Mrs Sorina Pintea, Minister of Health
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Adriana Pistol, National Institute of Public Health (Romania)
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Xavier Bosch, Catalan Institute of Oncology (Spain)
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Alexandru Rafila, National Institute of Infectious Diseases "Matei Bals" (Romania)
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Carmen Ungurean, National Institute of Public Health (Romania)
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Florian A Nicula, Ion Chiricuta Institute of Oncology (Romania)
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Gindrovel Dumitra, National Society of Family Medicine (Romania)
Sandra Alexiu, National Society of Family Medicine (Romania)
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Adriana Baban, Marcela Penta* (the presenter), Babes-Bolyai University (Romania)
- Discussion
SESSION 8: BREAK-OUT SESSIONS ON PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HPV AND HPV RELATED CANCERS IN ROMANIA
Chairs: Marc Arbyn, Nubia Muñoz
- Introduction of the break-out sessions
- Break-out sessions:
- Strengths
Chair: Adriana Pistol
- Weakness
Chair: Alexandru Rafila
- Opportunities
Chair: Marc Arbyn
- Threats
Chair: Patrick Achimas
- Presentations from the break-out sessions & discussion
SESSION 9: MEETING CONCLUSIONS
Chairs: Pierre Van Damme, Alexandru Rafila
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