HPV Prevention and Control Board

The role of HCP in HPV vaccination and screening programme implementation - Prevention and control of HPV and HPV related cancers in Romania

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

SESSION 2: HCP ATTITUDES TOWARDS VACCINATION
Chairs: Pierre Van Damme, Alexandru Rafila

SESSION 3: HCP TRAINING IN SERVICE AND PRE-SERVICE
Chairs: Jo Yarwood, Paolo Bonanni             

SESSION 4: MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR IN SERVICE TRAINING OF HCP
Chairs: Adriana Pistol, Emilie Karafillakis

SESSION 5: COUNTRY EXAMPLES/EXPERIENCES
Chairs: Sharon Hanley, Eduardo Franco

  • 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

  • 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