
Welcome to the HepHIV 2021 Lisbon & Virtual Conference
Ricardo Baptista Leite, Local conference co-chair, MP Portugal, UNITE
Conference objectives and overview
Dorthe Raben, EuroTEST Initiative, CHIP, University of Copenhagen
Welcome message from the Portuguese Minister of Health
António Lacerda Sales, Assistant State Secretary for Health, Portugal
Welcome from the European Commission: The EU response on HIV, viral hepatitis, STIs and TB in the future
John Ryan, Director of Public Health, DG Sante, European Commission
Post-2020/COVID-19 and progress towards the SDG targets: Where are we?
Andrea Ammon, Director, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
‘The changed landscape’ – providing testing for HIV/STIs/hepatitis/TB in the era of COVID-19
Hans Kluge, Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe. Represented by Nicole Seguy, WHO Regional Office for Europe in the live discussion
Country Spotlight: Portugal’s progress in reaching the global targets and interventions for integration of testing
Rui Portugal, Deputy Director-General of Health, National Directorate of the Portuguese Ministry
Community perspective on enabling environments for integrated testing and linkage to care across Europe
Daniel Simões, Coalition Plus/GAT, Portugal
Live discussion - Part one
Live discussion - Part two
