Presentations

Presentations

Plenary sessions

Sunday, 5th October

Opening session

Welcome to the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Barcelona 2014 Conference: Objectives and expected outcomes of the conference, Brian West/José Gatell/ Jens Lundgren

José Gatell
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Brian West
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Jens Lundgren
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Welcome address - Secretary of Public Health of the Catalan Ministry of Health, Antoni Mateu

Keynote speech: Deputy Director of Health Promotion and Epidemiology at the General Directorate of Public Health, Quality and Innovation of the Spanish Ministry of Health Social Services and Equality, The Spanish National Health and Hepatitis plan, Elena Andradas
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Key note speech:  European Parliament, Ernest Urtasun

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) - Progress on the Dublin Declaration monitoring, Andrew Amato on behalf of Director Marc Sprenger
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WHO Regional Office for Europe – WHO´s response to HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis in the European region, Gottfried Hirnschall on behalf of Director Zsuzsanna Jakab, part 1

WHO Regional Office for Europe – WHO´s response to HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis in the European region, Gottfried Hirnschall on behalf of Director Zsuzsanna Jakab, part 2

The patient perspective on HIV and viral hepatitis testing and linkage to care, Luís Mendão
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José Gatell

Monday, 6th October
PLE1: What´s the status of the continuum of care in HIV and viral hepatitis?

The HIV and viral hepatitis epidemics in Europe: recent trends and regional differences, Jens Lundgren
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Late presentation for care: the burden of disease in mono- and co-infected patients and who are the late presenters, Jürgen Rockstroh
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Renewed focus on Hep C – the possibility to cure, Stanislas Pol
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Linkage to care: what are the challenges?, Oksana Savenko
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Key challenges in the cascade of care in the Eastern European region, Michel Kazatchkine
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PLE2: Public health challenges of earlier diagnosis of HIV and viral hepatitis

PS2/01
Which Conditions are Indicators for HIV Testing across Europe?: Results from the HIDES 2 study, Galyna Kutsyna
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PS2/02
European students planning to practice internal medicine are more likely to have condition-focused, rather than behaviour-focused approach to HIV testing – data from the English Division Faculty, Medical University of Warsaw, Justyna Kowalska
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PS2/03
The Catalan STI Sentinel Surveillance Study Group
HIV diagnosis at time of sexually transmitted infection among men who have sex with men in Catalonia, Spain, 2011-2013, Rossie Lugo
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PS2/04
Project PRO-test: Proactive HIV testing for prevention of late presentation, Ivo Joore
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PS2/05
Effectiveness of a pilot partner notification program for newly diagnosed cases of HIV in Barcelona, Spain, Patricia Garcia de Olalla
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PS2/06
Study Group for the Early Diagnosis of HIV in Primary Health Care in Spain
Audit on HIV Testing in patients diagnosed with a defining or related to AIDS illness and/or an indicative condition for HIV in Primary Care in Catalonia, Spain, Jordi Casabona
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PLE3: Testing strategies in HV and viral hepatitis: new innovative approaches. Including civil society debate

Indicator condition guided HIV testing: what works in HIV and viral hepatitis? Implementation challenges?, Brian Gazzard
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Testing of Hepatitis: Global and European perspectives, Charles Gore
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Panel debate: what is the role of civil society and what are the major challenges in access to testing and care?

Eastern Europe HIV/Hepatitis, Andryi Klepikov Slides
Good Practices MSM, Ferran Pujol
Financially challenging environment, Sophocles Chanos
Testing in the Balcan states, Nenad Petkovic
Hep C testing in northern Europe, Danny Morris

Tuesday, 7th October
PLE4: Linkage to care and economic consequences - bridging lessons learned in viral hepatitis and HIV

Short report from Day 1, Brian West
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Euro Hepatitis Care Index - a project of the European Liver Patients Association (ELPA), Lilyana Chavdarova
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Unaffordable medicines: public health and economic consequences, Sergey Golovin
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UNAIDS 90 90 90 targets – are they likely to reduce AIDS and HIV transmission? Lessons from the UK, Valerie Delpech
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Late presentation of viral hepatitis for medical care: a consensus definition, Maria Buti
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PLE5: Testing and linkages to care in key populations

Barriers to access testing, treatment and care for key populations, Ramón Esteso
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Challenges of HCV testing in people who inject drugs, Jason Farrell
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Migrants in Europe: a rising epidemic of undiagnosed?, Manuel Carballo
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Increasing incidence of HIV and HCV among MSM across Europe, Ulrich Marcus
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Closing session

Short report from Day 2, Brian West Slides

Joint statement on the future collaboration between HIV and viral hepatitis groups on earlier testing and care, Jens Lundgren & Andrew Amato Call for action draft

Debate: What can we learn from each other?

ECDC, Andrew Amato
WHO Regional Office for Europe, Martin Donoghoe
Correlation hepatitis C Initiative, Eberhard Schatz
ELPA, Margaret Walker
EASL, Stefan Mauss
World Hepatitis Alliance, Charles Gore
HEPBCPPA, Angelos Hatzakis
The HIV in Europe Initiative, Brian West
UNAIDS, Jean-Elie Malkin

Parallel sessions

Monday, 6th October

PS1: Late presentation

PS1/01
Continued late presentation for HIV care across Europe, Amanda Mocroft
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PS1/02
Challenges in the definition of ‘Late presentation to HIV testing’, André Sasse

PS1/03
Undiagnosed HIV and Hepatitis C infection among people who inject drugs, Cinta Folch
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PS1/04
The SIALON Project: Undiagnosed HIV Infection among MSM in Six Southern and European Cities, Laia Ferrer
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PS1/05
BCN Checkpoint: 31% of the new HIV cases detected in a Community-Based Center for MSM are recent infections, Michael Meulbroek
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PS1/06

Reaching the undiagnosed: a collaborative project, Magdalena Harris
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PS2: Testing in health care settings

PS2/01
Which Conditions are Indicators for HIV Testing across Europe?: Results from the HIDES 2 study, Galyna Kutsyna
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PS2/02
European students planning to practice internal medicine are more likely to have condition-focused, rather than behaviour-focused approach to HIV testing – data from the English Division Faculty, Medical University of Warsaw, Justyna Kowalska
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PS2/03
The Catalan STI Sentinel Surveillance Study Group
HIV diagnosis at time of sexually transmitted infection among men who have sex with men in Catalonia, Spain, 2011-2013, Rossie Lugo
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PS2/04
Project PRO-test: Proactive HIV testing for prevention of late presentation, Ivo Joore
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PS2/05
Effectiveness of a pilot partner notification program for newly diagnosed cases of HIV in Barcelona, Spain, Patricia Garcia de Olalla
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PS2/06
Study Group for the Early Diagnosis of HIV in Primary Health Care in Spain
Audit on HIV Testing in patients diagnosed with a defining or related to AIDS illness and/or an indicative condition for HIV in Primary Care in Catalonia, Spain, Jordi Casabona
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PS3: Key populations 1

PS3/01
Impact of immigration on diagnosis and prognosis of HIV in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands: The PISCIS Cohort, Manuel Fernández Quevedo
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PS3/02
Athens Checkpoint: Reducing Undiagnosed HIV Infections in Crisis-Affected Services in Greece, Sophocles Chanos
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PS3/03
Expert recommendations for the information and support needs of different population groups in preparation for 2014 government approval for HIV self-testing in France, Karen Champenois
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PS3/04
Increase of sexually transmitted hepatitis C virus in HIV+ men who have sex with men in Barcelona, Spain. A problem linked to HIV infection?, Sandra Manzanares-Laya
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PS3/05
Hepatitis B: are at-risk individuals vaccinated if screened and found negative for HBV? Results of an online survey conducted in six EU countries, Miriam Levi
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PS3/06
Socio-demographical and behavioral characteristics of Men who have sex with Men (MSM) attending a voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) centre in Brussels, Anne-Françoise Gennotte
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Tuesday, 7th October
PS4: Key populations 2

PS4/01
HIV testing trends among MSM in Croatia: review of surveys conducted from 2005 to 2012, Zoran Dominkovic
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PS4/02
Serving the underserved. An HIV testing program for populations reluctant to attend conventional settings, Ramón Esteso
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PS4/03
Results of a disease awareness programme offering Chinese migrants on-site testing for chronic hepatitis B and C virus infection in six urban areas in the Netherlands, Irene Veldhuijzen
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PS4/04
Determinants of having never been tested for HIV amongst migrant men who have sex with men in Spain, Percy Fernández-Dávila
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PS4/05
Characteristics of Foreign-Born Patients in the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study: Implications for National Screening Recommendations, Barbara Bertisch
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PS5: The treatment cascade

PS5/01
Continuum of care of the patients diagnosed with HIV in Belgium according to region of origin, Dominique Van Beckhoven
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PS5/02
Peer education at infectious diseases units as a mechanism to optimize the left side steps of the HIV treatment cascade, Antonio R. G. Susperregui
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PS5/03
Regional differences in hepatitis testing, vaccination and treatment in the EuroSIDA study, Jeffrey Lazarus
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PS5/04
Exploring how Commonly Diagnosing Services Refer Newly Diagnosed Chronic Hepatitis B and C Patients to Specialist Secondary Care: The Views of Hepatologists, Gastroenterologists and Infectious Diseases Specialists in Six EU Countries, Miriam Levi
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PS5/05
Evidence for the cost-effectiveness of screening for chronic hepatitis B and C among migrant populations: results from a review of the literature, Susan Hahné
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PS6: Alternative approaches

PS6/01
Home delivered Dried blood spot testing vs conventional follow up - Assessing the impact on screening uptake for Household contacts of Hepatitis B infected pregnant women across two London trusts, Philip Keel
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PS6/02
Pilot HCV rapid testing project among men who have sex with men (MSM), CheckList Project, Lisbon, Portugal, Miguel Rocha
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PS6/03
Feasibility of joint HIV, HBV and HCV testing offered routinely by general practitioners during one week in two French counties in 2012, Catherine Fagard
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PS6/04
Screening for viral hepatitis among immigrants in Barcelona: Comparison of two recruitment strategies. A pilot study of the HEPscreen Project, Manuel Fernández Quevedo
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PS6/05
Health service-based HIV testing and counselling: a review of European guidelines, Stephen Bell
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Posters

PO1/PS1: Late presentation

PO1/01 HCV Infection in HIV-infected Individuals in Ukraine

PO1/02 Previous Sexually Transmitted Infection among Young Men who Have Sex with Men as a Determinant for Earlier HIV Diagnosis in Catalonia

PS1/01 Continued Late Presentation for HIV Care across Europe

PS1/02 Challenges in the Definition of 'Late Presentation to HIV Testing'

PS1/03 Undiagnosed HIV and Hepatitis C Infection among People who Inject Drugs

PS1/04 The SIALON Project: Undiagnosed HIV Infection among MSM in Six Southern and European Cities

PS1/05 BCN Checkpoint: 31% of the New HIV Cases Detected in a Community-based Center for MSM Are Recent Infections

PS1/06 Reaching the undiagnosed: a collaborative project

PO2/PS2: Testing in health care settings

PO2/01 HIV Testing in the Emergency Department Is Sustainable and Low Cost

PO2/02 Investigating Barriers in HIV-testing Oncology Patients. The IBITOP Study: Phase I


PO2/03 Prevalence of HIV Infection and Acceptability of Rapid HIV Testing in Patients Attending Emergency Services

PO2/04 HIV Testing Uptake and Associated Factors among Sex Workers in Portugal

PO2/06 Management of Routine HIV Testing through Voluntary Counseling and Testing Services among TB-positive Patients in Ukraine

PO2/07 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Testing among Childbearing Aged Women: who is at risk?

PS2/01 Which Conditions are Indicators for HIV Testing across Europe?: Results from the HIDES 2 study

PS2/02 European students planning to practice internal medicine are more likely to have condition-focused, rather than behaviour-focused approach to HIV testing - data from the English Division Faculty, Medical University of Warsaw

PS2/03 HIV Diagnosis at Time of Sexually Transmitted Infection among Men who Have Sex with Men in Catalonia, Spain, 2011-2013

PS2/04 Project PRO-test: Proactive HIV Testing for Prevention of Late Presentation

PS2/05 Effectiveness of a Pilot Partner Notification Program for Newly Diagnosed Cases of HIV in Barcelona, Spain

PS2/06 Audit on HIV Testing in Patients Diagnosed with a Defining or Related to AIDS Illness and/or an Indicative Condition for HIV in Primary Care in Catalonia, Spain

PO3/PS3/PS4: Key populations

PO3/01 IDU Access to Testing and Hepatitis B Vaccination, Odessa, Ukraine

PO3/02 Migrant Screening for Viral Hepatitis: Two Feasible Strategies in Universities and Workplaces in Grampian, Scotland

PO3/03 Checkpoint Zagreb: A Successful Start of a Community Based HIV and HCV Testing Site in Zagreb, Croatia

PO3/04 Socio-demographical and Behavioral Characteristics of Sub-Saharan Africans (SSA) Attending a Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Centre in Brussels

PO3/05 Localities Councils Increase Access for Key Populations to HIV Services in Central Asia

PO3/06 Access to Chronic Viral Hepatitis Treatment across Europe: Differences in Availability of Options and between Vulnerable Population Groups

PO3/07 HIV Test: Which Is your Best? A National Survey on Testing Preferences among MSM in Italy

PO3/08 Overview of HEPHIV Screening Diagnostics among Commercial Sex Workers and Drug Users in Lviv Region (Ukraine) Using Mobile Clinic in 2009-2014

PO3/09 Current Hepatitis B and C Screening Practices for First Generation Migrants and Barriers to Screening: Results from an Online Questionnaire Survey of Experts in Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and UK

PO3/10 Operative Medical Examination of Refugees Under Military Activities


PO3/12 The results of the research on availability of hepatitis C testing among IDUs which was made by Non-Profit Partnership ESVERO under the Program «Sustaining access to HIV prevention and treatment services for IDUs in the RF» with the support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

PO3/13 Scaling up the HCV response: Community testing, linkage/re-linkage to care among people who ever used drugs

PS3/01 Impact of Immigration on Diagnosis and Prognosis of HIV in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands: The PISCIS Cohort

PS3/02 Athens Checkpoint: Reducing Undiagnosed HIV Infections in Crisis-Affected Services in Greece

PS3/03 Expert Recommendations for the Information and Support Needs of Different Population Groups in Preparation for 2014 Government Approval for HIV Self-testing in France

PS3/04 Increase of Sexually Transmitted Hepatitis C Virus in HIV+ Men who Have Sex with Men in Barcelona, Spain. A Problem Linked to HIV Infection?

PS3/05 Hepatitis B: Are At-risk Individuals Vaccinated if Screened and Found Negative for HBV? Results of an Online Survey Conducted in Six EU Countries

PS3/06 Socio-demographical and Behavioral Characteristics of Men who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Attending a Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Centre in Brussels

PS4/01 HIV Testing Trends among MSM in Croatia: Review of Surveys Conducted from 2005 to 2012

PS4/02 Serving the Underserved. An HIV Testing Program for Populations Reluctant to Attend Conventional Settings

PS4/03 Results of a Disease Awareness Programme Offering Chinese Migrants On-site Testing for Chronic Hepatitis B and C Virus Infection in Six Urban Areas in the Netherlands

PS4/04 Determinants of Having Never Been Tested for HIV amongst Migrant Men who Have Sex with Men in Spain

PS4/05 Characteristics of Foreign-Born Patients in the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study: Implications for National Screening Recommendations

PO4/PS5: The treatment cascade

PO4/01 Changes in the Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus Co-infection in Recent Years in the PISCIS HIV Cohort, 1998-2012

PO4/02 Prevalence, Risk Factors and Genotype Distribution of HCV Infection among Patients Living with HIV in North-easten Poland

PO4/03 Sexual Orientation and High Risk Behaviors Are Not Associated with Being Lost-to-Care after HIV Diagnosis: Data from Test and Keep in Care (TAK) Project

PO4/04 Incidence of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in a Multicenter Cohort of HIV-Positive Patients in Spain 2004-2011: Increasing Rates of HCV Diagnosis but Not of HCV Seroconversions

PO4/05 Treatment Outcome of HART-treated Patients in a Resource-limited Setting: The Belgrade Cohort Study

PO4/06 NGO-based Voluntary Counseling and Rapid Testing (VCRT) Improves Access to Testing and Linkage to Care by Key Populations in Kyrgyzstan

PO4/07 Treatment and Care in Resource Limitted Setings vs. High Income Settings

PO4/08 HIV Testing in an Acute Assessment Unit Is Feasible and Cost-effective

PO4/09 Vulnerability assessment of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Lithuania

PO4/10 Gender Aspects of Situation with Diagnostics of Hepatitis among People Living with HIV in Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan

PO4/11 HIV cascade of care in Luhansk region of Ukraine

PO4/12 Factor associated with HIV viral suppression in patients with HIV-HCV co-infection in Spain, 2004-2013

PS5/01 Continuum of Care of the Patients Diagnosed with HIV in Belgium According to Region of Origin

PS5/02 Peer education at infectious diseases units as a mechanism to optimize the left side steps of the HIV treatment cascade

PS5/03 Regional differences in hepatitis testing, vaccination and treatment in the EuroSIDA study

PS5/04 Exploring how Commonly Diagnosing Services Refer Newly Diagnosed Chronic Hepatitis B and C Patients to Specialist Secondary Care: The Views of Hepatologists, Gastroenterologists and Infectious Diseases Specialists in Six EU Countries

PS5/05 Evidence for the Cost-effectiveness of Screening for Chronic Hepatitis B and C among Migrant Populations: Results from a Review of the Literature


PO5/PS6: Alternative approaches

PO5/01 Targeted Outreach during European HIV Testing Week in London, UK: Did it Work?

PO5/02 Successes in Conducting Rapid Testing, Early Detection of HIV and Provision Treatment for HIV/AIDS among Men who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Kiev, Ukraine

PO5/03 The COBATEST Network: A Platform to Perform Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV Community-based Testing Practices in Europe as Well as Operational Research

PO5/04 The European HIV Testing Week in Italy: An Opportunity for Diagnosis and Prevention

PO5/05 Preferred HIV Testing Settings and Characteristics among Attendees to Madrid Gay Pride, 2011-2012

PO5/06 Pilot Study for the Implementation of Rapid HCV and HIV Tests in Harm Reduction Programmes for Intravenous Drug Users in Catalonia

PO5/07 The Impact of Rapid HIV Testing for Couples

PO5/08 Translation of a Successful HIV Testing Research Programme in to Policy. Key Lessons in the Implementation Science Process

PO5/09 Assessment of HBV Vaccine-induced Immunity in HIV-positive Orphans of Yekaterinburg

PO5/10 Early HIV Detection through Tapid Testing

PO5/11 When Effective Post-exposure Prophylaxis of HIV Infection Fails - Data from Clinical Practice

PO5/12 Portuguese community based screening network

PO5/13 European HIV Testing Week


PS6/01 Home delivered Dried blood spot testing vs conventional follow up - Assessing the impact on screening uptake for Household contacts of Hepatitis B infected pregnant women across two London trusts

PS6/02 Pilot HCV Rapid Testing Project among Men who Have Sex with Men (MSM), CheckList Project, Lisbon, Portugal

PS6/03 Feasibility of Joint HIV, HBV and HCV Testing Offered Routinely by General Practitioners during One Week in Two French Counties in 2012

PS6/04 Screening for Viral Hepatitis among Immigrants in Barcelona: Comparison of Two Recruitment Strategies. A Pilot Study of the HEPscreen Project

PS6/05 Health Service-based HIV Testing and Counselling: A Review of European Guidelines