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On 2 and 3 June 2023, the 16th Symposium on Neuropsychiatry will take place in Barcelona, Spain. 

This Symposium has a practical focus on the diagnosis and treatment of the psychiatric and neuropsychological aspects of HIV-infected patients.

This year includes an intensive course on HIV and CNS, aimed at the new generation of health professionals who have had limited and fragmented knowledge on the subject.

Also includes several updated lectures by keynote speakers in the field of HIV and mental health.

We encourage you to participate.

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27-28 April 2023

WAVE is organising its 7th workshop for Ukrainian medical doctors on Thursday, 27 and Friday, 28 April. All sessions will be streamed in English and Ukrainian and the workshop will focus on HPV in women living with HIV and Breastfeeding: guidelines for women living with HIV.

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Under the umbrella of the EACS Medical Exchange Programme, SCEP aims at promoting clinical, research and educational links between centres across Europe and facilitating exchange of models of clinical care in HIV medicine and allied specialities.

Fellows will have the opportunity to visit an EACS Clinical/Research Excellence Center (CREC) specialised in HIV medicine for a period of 2 to 4 weeks. There will also be an opportunity for the CREC to nominate a member of its team for a reciprocal visit for the same period of time and with the same financial rules.

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Network members are invited to a stakeholder webinar on Thursday, 23 March, 2023 10.00 – 12.00 CET. The webinar is part of a series of consultations to support the preparation of a Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on vaccine-preventable cancers.

It is part of a Prevention Package which is included in the Commission Work Programme 2023 and is expected to be adopted at Commission level in the third quarter of 2023. The Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on vaccine-preventable cancers aims to help Member States address vaccine-preventable cancers with a focus on increasing the uptake of vaccination against Human papillomaviruses (HPV) and Hepatitis B virus (HBV). “

See the full invitation. 

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Join the webinar on "Improving testing for HIV and related co-infections in general practice" on Tuesday, 21 March, 15:00-16:00 CET. 

The aim of this webinar organised by ECDC, European Clinical AIDS Society (EACS) and the Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections (CHIP) is to increase general practitioner and nurse knowledge and awareness of integrated testing, including indicator guided testing, why this is important, and what can be done to increase testing for HIV and related co-infections in practice.

Objectives

At the end of the webinar, participants should have:

• Increased understanding of common HIV indicator conditions and co-infections such a viral hepatitis, STIs and tuberculosis;
• Increased knowledge existing integrated testing guidance, including indicator guided testing, and why this is important;
• Understand how to implement indicator guided testing in practice.

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Since 2018, WAVE has worked with women living with HIV to improve and increase research in women through the established research networks activities in prioritized areas. Most WAVE projects are developed and planned over several years. In 2023, our focus is on  Migrant women, Menopause Assessment, Healthcare Perception and ongoing education for Ukrainian healthcare providers. We will also complete projects on breastfeeding and HPV-related anogenital cancer screening and management in Europe.

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Join the upcoming webinar on “Holding mass and large gathering events during the multi-country mpox outbreak in the WHO European Region: Lessons identified for future mass gathering preparedness“ organised by the WHO Regional Office for Europe on 22 February 2023, 11– 12:30 CET via Zoom

In June 2022 WHO Regional Office for Europe and ECDC published a joint interim advice for public health authorities on summer events during the mpox outbreak in Europe to assist Member States in the European Region to respond to the ongoing outbreak. Accompanying the interim advice, WHO Europe and ECDC also developed a mpox resource toolkit to support national authorities and event organizers in their risk assessment, planning and coordination of mass and large gathering events.  

The overall objective of the webinar is to bring various stakeholders together in order to share insights on lessons identified, good practices implemented, and to gain further feedback for preparedness for future large/mass gathering events. 

Meeting link: https://who.zoom.us/j/94951891126, passcode: mtq1Nr$?).

For queries specific to the meeting, please email: eurocme_at_who.int

EACS is pleased to announce the launch of the third edition of the career development fellowship programme. The programme aims to link an HIV physician in training with an established European key opinion leader, over a period of 12 months, to facilitate mentorship and help career progression.

The fellowship programme will follow specific objectives set by the mentor and the fellow and will include:
a) 12-month mentoring;
b) Participation to the 19th European AIDS Conference together with the mentor;
c) An optional visit of 2 to 4 weeks of the fellow to the mentor’s host institution.

The applications are now open until 31 March 2023.

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