Workshop on Social Determinants and Commuicable Diseases

Sofia (Bulgaria), 4-5 March 2009
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
08:30 – 9:45 Registration and Introduction
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Opening
Georgi Uzunov, Bulgarian Ministry of Health
09:30 – 10:00 Introduction to the workshop
Jan Semenza, Scientific Advice Unit, ECDC
10:00 – 13:00 Session 1: Identifying Vulnerable Groups
Chair: Aldo Morrone, Rome, Italy
10:00 – 10:30 European Commission activities to address health determinants
Michel Pletschette, European Commission
10:30 – 11:00 WHO perspective on vulnerable groups for infectious diseases
in Europe
Thomas Hofman, WHO Euro
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00 Case study: Differences in the health of minorities in Romania
Sorin Cace, Catalactica, Bucarest
12:00– 12:30 Urban health in Europe: Best practices in control of
communicable diseases
Francoise Barten, Radboud Univeristy of Nijmegen
12:30 – 13:00 Group Session: Identifying Vulnerable Groups
Group A: Are vulnerable
groups different for
communicable and noncommunicable
diseases?
- Chair: Hristo Taskov
Group B: Are there regional
differences in vulnerable
groups?
- Chair: Andrew Hayward
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 17:30 Session 2: Targeting Vulnerable Groups
Chair: Sorin Cace, Catalactica, Bucarest
14:00 – 14:30 Socially excluded groups and how to identify and reach them in
Europe
Andrew Hayward, UCL Centre for Infectious Disease
Epidemiology
14:30 – 15:15 Live-blog in small groups
Participants introduce their work and activities to each other in
three smaller groups
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 16:15 Targeting groups in Estonia
Kristi Rüütel, National Institute for Health Development
16:15 – 17:00 Group Session: Targeting Vulnerable Groups
Group A: Is targeting
vulnerable groups effective?
- Chair: Francoise Barten
Group B: What are the best
practices for targeting
vulnerable groups?
- Chair: Daniela Marcinkova
17:00 – 17:45 Plenary discussion – Day 1
Sorin Cace, facilitator
19:30 Dinner
Thursday, March 5, 2009
09:00 – 15:00 Session 3: Measuring the impact of interventions
Chair: Daniela Marcinkova, Trnava University, Trnava
09:00 – 09:30 Evidence base for social determinants of infectious diseases –
Bulgaria: “Some social determinants in diverse age groups in
the Varna region” Marina Nenova, Medical University, Varna.
09:30 – 10:00 Case study: Experiences with 2nd generation surveillance
studies of HIV infection in the Slovak Republic
Danica Stanekova, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava
10:00 – 10:30 Access to health care services for minorities, refugees, and
travellers
Aldo Morrone, National institute for the promotion of migrants'
health and the control of poverty-related diseases, Rome
10:30 – 11:00 Questions and discussion measuring impact
Chair: Daniela Marcinkova, Trnava University, Trnava
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00 Case Study: Preventing and controlling emerging and reemerging
disease in the homeless
Philippe Brouqui, Universite de la Mediterranee, Marseilles
12:00 – 12:30 integrated approach in measuring impact of interventions
Elena Kabakchieva, Bulgaria
12:30 – 13:30 Working Lunch
13:30 – 14:15 Group Session: Measuring the impact of interventions
Group A:
Managing measurement of
the impact and reporting of
results
- Chair: Aldo Morrone
Group B:
Assessment of needs for
further research and studies
- Chair: Philippe Brouqui
14:15 – 14:45 Plenary discussion – Day 2
Daniela Marcinkova, facilitator
14:45 – 15:15 Next steps and concluding remarks
Jan Semenza, Scientific Advice Unit, ECDC