Webinar: HCV in prisons - Targeting elimination
In the battle to eliminate HCV as a public health threat by 2030, prison healthcare is at the forefront.
This webinar brings together three international experts who lead prison-based HCV elimination programmes to share their in-depth knowledge and first-hand experience.
Join us and learn how to implement proven HCV elimination strategies in the prison system, get answers to your questions, and be inspired by some of the successful programmes that are already driving HCV elimination within European prisons.
Speakers
Dr Fadi Meroueh
Head of Health Unit, Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone Prison, Montpellier, France; President, Health Without Barriers: The European Federation for Prison Health.
Dr Joaquin Cabezas
Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Spain
Rachel Halford
CEO, Hepatitis C Trust, UK
Agenda
12:00
Welcome and introductions
Dr Fadi Meroueh
12:05
Planning for success: building the foundations of a micro-elimination programme
Dr Fadi Meroueh
12:15
Peer-led elimination
Rachel Halford
12:25
Breaking barriers
Dr Fadi Meroueh
12:35
Success stories: elimination in action
Dr Joaquin Cabezas
12:45
Panel discussion
All
12:50
Q&A
All
13:00
Closing remarks
Dr Fadi Meroueh
This webinar has been funded by an educational grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. The sponsor had no influence on speaker selection, agenda or content.