Table 1 Overall description of national stakeholder meetings and trainings
Meetings | Place and date | Key topics | Profile of presenters | # of Participants | Evaluation response rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Croatia | Zagreb, 11 April 2019 | Gaps and barriers to testing at individual, provider and institutional levels; How to improve testing strategies including integrated testing and de-medicalisation of testing and linkage to care | National public health, clinical and community experts; ECDC representative; International community testing experts | 57 | 27 (47%) |
Lithuania | Vilnius, 3 June 2019 | Integration of TB testing with HIV, viral hepatitis and STI services; Current testing policy and practices, cost-effectiveness of different testing strategies; How to improve linkage to care, and existing gaps and barriers | National public health, clinical and community experts; ECDC representative; International experts in modelling, IC Condition-guided HIV and public health | 35 | 16 (46%) |
Poland | Warsaw, 18 June 2019 | How to implement integrated testing and enhance linkage to care of people newly diagnosed with HIV; Good practice and barriers for integrated testing in health care and community settings; Barriers to the integration of data; Legal aspects of integrated testing in Poland; Best European practice in overcoming legal barriers for integrated testing | National public health, clinical and community experts; ECDC representative; Legal expert | 41 | 19 (46%) |
Italy | Rome, 15 November 2019 | Towards a better integration of early diagnosis and linkage to care for HIV, viral hepatitis, TB and STIs; Inclusion of data from community testing sites into the national surveillance system; Partner Notification, HIV self-testing policies and ICT tools as additional resources for combination prevention | National public health, clinical and community experts; ECDC representative; Legal expert on Self-Testing | 39 | 17 (44%) |
Trainings | Place and Date | Key topics | Profile of Presenters | # of Participants | Evaluation response rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Croatia | Zagreb, 12 April 2019 | Country case examples of integrated testing services in community and health care settings; Training in cultural competency to challenge stigma and discrimination | International community testing experts; National clinical experts; International trainer and facilitator | 30 | 11 (37%) |
Lithuania | Vilnius, 4 June 2019 | Tools for staff to conduct provider-initiated testing, address the challenges of linkage to care and strategies to motivate clients to enter treatment | National public health, clinical and community experts; International expert in IC Condition-guided HIV; National trainer and facilitator | 25 | 12 (48%) |