Day 1 - Thursday, 11 September 2018
Meeting category
Date(s)
11 Oct 2018 - 12 Oct 2018
Location
Prague,
Czechia
Organizer
Central and Eastern European Meeting on Viral Hepatitis and HIV 2018
Related Enduring Materials
Enduring Materials
Session 1: Epidemiology of HIV and hepatitis in the CEE countries - 09:10
Nikoloz Chkhartishvili, MD, MS, PhD
09:10 CEST
Epidemiology of HIV Infection and Treatment in Europe
09:35 CEST
Update on changes in Hepatitis B and C in CEE countries
10:00 CEST
How can new diagnostics help to increase the number diagnosed?
10:25 CEST
Country models: what has and what hasn’t worked
Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center, Georgia
Session 2: Challenges in HIV and viral hepatitis - 11:40
Cihan Yurdaydin, MD
11:40 CEST
Hepatitis Delta: what are the new developments, what are the challenges?
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey
12:05 CEST
HIV & women’s health: do we have any game changers here?
Special session: Improving care of treatment-experienced patients - 13:45
13:45 CEST
Approach to managing treatment-experienced patients
14:00 CEST
Utilizing new diagnostics, web-tools and drugs for optimal care of treatment-experienced patients. A case-based joint presentation
Session 3: Switching HIV therapy: considerations and strategies - 14:45
14:45 CEST
Clinical considerations in switching antiretroviral therapy
15:05 CEST
Clinical Case Discussion: Switching HIV Therapy
Session 4: Abstract - driven presentations - 16:05
16:05 CEST
Real-life effectiveness of ledipasvir/sofosbuvir regimen and factors associated with retention in care among HIV/HCV co-infected PWID in Ukraine
16:15 CEST
Possible misclassification of HIV transmission between men: results of phylogenetic analysis
16:25 CEST
Epidemiology of HIV in the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
16:35 CEST
Socio-demographic risk factors for high HEV seroprevalence among liver transplant recipients in Croatia
Anna Mrzljak, Croatia
#4
16:45 CEST
Spontaneous HCV clearance in HCV/HIV coinfected patients from AIDS Center Prague
17:00 CEST
Industry-sponsored Symposium
Day 2 - Friday, 12 October 2018
- 08:30
08:30 CEST
Industry - sponsored symposium
Session 5: Management of hepatitis C - 09:30
09:30 CEST
Critical assessment of the global epidemiology of HCV
10:20 CEST
Case Study: The changing IV drug use problem/pattern and what that means to the epidemic
Session 6: Hepatitis B cure strategies: how far are we? - 11:45
11:45 CEST
Hepatitis B cure strategies: how far are we?
Abstract-driven presentations
12:10 CEST
Mortality and causes of death among HIV/HCV co-infected persons in the Eastern European country of Georgia
12:20 CEST
HCV resistance-associated variants among HCV treatment naïve HIVcoinfected patients in Ukraine. A pilot study
Session 7: Hot topics in HIV and hepatitis - 13:30
13:30 CEST
New delivery systems and long acting antiretroviral drugs
13:55 CEST
HIV PrEP
Abstract-driven presentations
14:20 CEST
Early results of pre-exposure prophylaxis program in Georgia
14:30 CEST
The Regression of Liver Fibrosis in HCV Cirrhotic Patients Who Registered SVR after DAA Therapy
14:40 CEST
Approaches to providing hepatitis C viremia testing to people who inject drugs in Georgia
Maia Japaridze, Georgia
#10
14:50 CEST
Insulin-like growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor in liver cells of patients with chronic hepatitis C at different stages of fibrosis
Overview
Welcome
Over 160 attendees from 27 different countries met on 11 and 12 October, 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic for the Fourth edition of the Central and Eastern European Meeting on Viral Hepatitis and HIV.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we would like to express our appreciation to our sponsors ViiV Healthcare, Gilead Sciences and AbbVie for their generous support. We would also like to thank our endorsers for their invaluable support of the meeting, and, of course, all our participants for their contribution in making this meeting so successful,
Practical Information
Language
The official language of the meeting was English.
Disclaimer
This meeting is intended for educational purposes only and aims to offer participants the opportunity to share information. The Organizing Secretariat of this meeting, Virology Education, cannot accept any liability for the scientific content of the sessions or for any claims which may result from the use of information or publications from this meeting. Virology Education disclaims all liability for injuries or losses of whatever nature incurred by individuals attending the meeting.
Liability and Insurance
By registering for the meeting participants agree that the organizers do not accept responsibility for medical-, travel- or personal insurance. Participants are advised to take out their own insurance policies.
Photographs, Audio, and Video Recording
Photographs, audio, and video recordings are not permitted at the official meeting sessions. Only the official medical writer appointed by the organization may make recordings. All presentations will be posted here as soon as possible after the meeting is finished, provided the speaker has given permission to do so.
Committees
Conference Chairs
Organizing Committee
The members of the Organizing Committee are a group of carefully selected experts and inspirational leaders in their respective fields. They meet frequently to discuss the scientific program of the workshop, identify interesting topics and candidate speakers, and review all submitted abstracts.
Andrzej Horban, MD, PhD
Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Poland
Scientific Committee
The members of Scientific Committee assist the Organizing Committee by providing them with suggestions for speakers and topics. In addition, members of the Scientific Committee participate in reviewing submitted abstracts, and play an active role during the workshop as moderators and/or chairs of sessions.
- Marine Gogia, MD, Georgian Harm Reduction Network, Georgia
- Brygida Knysz, MD, PhD, Medical University of Wroclaw, Poland
- Cristina Popescu, MD, PhD, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
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