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)

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    Madalina Preda, “Carol Davila� University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Romania)

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    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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