The event marked the launch of a “virtual good practice clinic” on chronic HIV care with examples shared from across Member States. Participants discussed European and international policy to improve long-term health and well-being for people living with HIV.
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09.00 | Welcome and introduction
MEP co-host: Karin Kadenbach (S&D, Austria)
HIV Outcomes Co-President: Marc Danzon, former Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe
HIV Outcomes Steering Group Co-Chair: Jeffrey Lazarus, Associate Professor, ISGlobal
09.10 | Good practices in long-term chronic care for people living with HIV
Learning from country experiences and launch of “virtual good practice clinic”
Peter Reiss, Immediate Past President, European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) and Professor of Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam
HIV Outcomes Italy: Mario Cascio, Vice-Chair, European AIDS Treatment Group and HIV Outcomes Italy Steering Group Member and Giovanni Guaraldi, Head of the Modena HIV Metabolic Clinic, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
HIV Outcomes Sweden: Peter Månehall, Public advocate, HIV Sweden and Anders Sönnerborg, Professor in clinical virology and infectious diseases, Karolinska Institutet
Ellen Nolte, Professor of Health Services and Systems Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Moderated by Jane Anderson, HIV Outcomes Steering Group Co-Chair and Consultant Physician, Homerton University Hospital, London
Followed by a panel discussion
10.10 | Future of EU action on HIV
Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (via video)
10.20 | HIV care “beyond viral suppression”
Michel Kazatchkine, Special Advisor to Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Chair, AFEW International Cooperating internationally to address long-term health of people living with HIV
Elena Vovc, Technical Officer, Joint TB, HIV and viral hepatitis programme, WHO Europe Moderated by John Bowis, former MEP and UK Health Minister and HIV Outcomes Co-President
Followed by a panel discussion
10.50 | Concluding remarks and next steps
MEP co-host: Christofer Fjellner (EPP, Sweden)
HIV Outcomes Steering Group Co-Chair: Nikos Dedes, Chair, European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG
