Workshop on migrant health and key infectious diseases in the EU/EEAArchived
This ECDC workshop was co-hosted between ECDC and The National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge in Lisbon, Portugal.
The purpose was to:
1. Present the findings from a systematic review of the best available evidence and scientific knowledge on the burden of infectious diseases affecting migrant populations in the EU/EEA;
2. Present feedback on the survey to Member States;
3. Allow Member States to share examples of best practice on surveillance, prevention and control targeted toward migrant populations in the various infectious disease areas.
The workshop is included in the project “Migrant Health: Key infectious diseases affecting migrant populations in the EU/EEA”, launched in 2012 by ECDC. The scope and objective of this project is to produce a comprehensive overview of the key infectious diseases affecting migrant populations in the EU/EEA.
The project has three main components, a systematic literature review, a short survey to member states and an expert meeting.
Agenda
| Monday 8 October 2012 | |
| SESSION 1: INTRODUCTION Chair: José Calheiros and Teymur Noori | |
| 09:00 – 09:15 |
Welcome and introductions
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| 09:15 – 09:45 | Scope and purpose of meeting/project (Teymur Noori and Philipa Mladovsky) |
| 09:45 – 10.30 | Keynote speech: Health and migration in the EU (José Pereira Miguel) |
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SESSION 2: LITERATURE REVIEW – HEPATITIS B/CChair: Erika Duffel |
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| 11:00– 11:30 | Methodology (Philipa Mladovsky) |
| 11:30 – 12:30 |
Hepatitis B/C literature review(Presentation: Gemma Williams; Lead reviewer: Irene Veldhuijzen) |
| SESSION 3: LITERATURE REVIEWS – TB AND MEASLES/RUBELLAChair: Philipa Mladovsky | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | TB literature review (Presentation: Anna Odone; Lead reviewer: Jane Jones) |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Measles and rubella literature review(Presentation: Rebecca Shadwick; Lead reviewer: Claude Muller) |
| SESSION 4: COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS Chair: Patricia Hurd | |
| 16.30 – 17:30 |
Country presentations – Sharing of good practices in data collection and analysis of infectious diseases affecting migrant populations
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| Tuesday 9 October 2012 | |
| SESSION 5: COUNTRY PRESENTATIONSChair: Manuel Carballo | |
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Keynote speech: Immigration Health – US Strategies and Perspective (Lisa Rotz, Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, US) |
| 09:45 – 10:45 |
Country presentations – Sharing of good practices in data collection and analysis of infectious diseases affecting migrant populations
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| SESSION 6: SURVEILLANCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES: AVAILABLE DATAChair: Sergio Brusin | |
| 11:15– 12.00 | Survey to Member States (Bernd Rechel) |
| 12:00 – 13.00 | TESSy data analysis (Taavi Tillmann) |
| SESSION 7: EVIDENCE-BASED POLICIES – NEXT STEPS Chair: Teymur Noori | |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Keynote speech: Making health policy planning rational and evidence based (Manuel Carballo) |
| 14:30 - 15:15 |
Break-out session
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| 15:15 - 15:45 |
Feedback from break-out session
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| SESSION 8: CLOSINGChair: José Calheiros and Teymur Noori | |
| 15:45 – 16.00 | Conclusion and next steps (José Calheiros and Teymur Noori) |
| 16.00 | Closing |
