28 October 2022, 14:00-15:30 CEST
Welcome to the 'Webinar on current and upcoming point-of-care testing technologies and how they can impact sexual health, particularly for key populations’ space on EVA.
The overall aim of this online webinar organised by ECDC, European Clinical AIDS Society (EACS) and the Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections (CHIP) is to increase EU/EEA countries’ knowledge and awareness of current and upcoming POCT technologies for STIs, and the contexts they can be used in.
Below you will see more information about this webinar and support materials.
If you have any questions regarding the webinar, please contact the Coordination team at countrysupport.rigshospitalet@regionh.dk. If you have any technical issues, please contact courses@ecdc.europa.eu.
Objectives
At the end of the webinar, participants should:
- Have gained an understanding
of the current and upcoming POCT technologies for STIs available in the
EU/EEA;
- Have gained an understanding of
the benefits and limitations of these technologies for the sexual health
of key populations;
- Have gained an understanding
of how to make these technologies more accessible and acceptable to key
populations.
- Have gained an understanding
of the current and upcoming POCT technologies for STIs available in the
EU/EEA;
Target audience
The webinar is aimed toward (i) STI network members, including National Focal Points (NFPs) as well as microbiology and epidemiology Operational Contact Points (OCPs) (ii) STI specialist clinicians and (iii) representatives from the STI community.
Programme
The webinar will be hosted online using Zoom with a duration of 90 minutes. The format will include expert plenary presentations and open discussion/Q&A.
28 October 2022, 14:00 – 15:30 CET
Time
Purpose and activity
Facilitator(s)
14:00-14:02
Opening and introduction
Anne Raahauge, CHIP
14:00-14:03
Welcome and opening remarks
Magnus Unemo, Örebro University, Sweden & Anastasia Pharris, ECDC 14:05-14:25
Overview of current and upcoming POCT technologies for STIs
Maurine Murtagh, The Murtagh Group, LLC
14:25-14:45
Case example of utilising POCT in detecting STIs in key populations in the community setting
Jordi Casabona, CEEISCAT
14:45-15:05
Case example of utilising POCT in detecting STIs in key populations in healthcare settings
Sebastian Fuller, University of Oxford
15:05-15:25
Panel discussion
All speakers and Co-chairs
15:25-15:30
Conclusion, evaluation, and take-home messages
Co-chairs
Background material
We have selected relevant documents related to the webinar content as background material. These materials provide support to the planned webinar presentations and discussions.
- ECDC Technical report: Technologies, strategies and approaches for testing populations at risk of sexually transmitted infections in the EU/EEA
- WHO report: The Point-of-Care Diagnostic Landscape for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- WHO resources: Point-Of-Care Diagnostic Tests (POCTs) for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) – Resource page