AcToVax4NAM EU Conference
Building Bridges to Better Health: The Impact of AcToVax4NAM in Promoting Vaccination Equity for Newly Arrived Migrants
The AcToVax4NAM project is excited to announce its upcoming EU Conference, titled “Building Bridges to Better Health: The Impact of AcToVax4NAM in Promoting Vaccination Equity for Newly Arrived Migrants.” The conference will be held on October 18, 2024, in the vibrant city of Athens, Greece, at the Stelios Foundation Conference Hall.
This conference aims to address the critical issue of vaccination among newly arrived migrants (NAM), highlighting the ongoing challenges and the impactful work of the AcToVax4NAM project. It will serve as a platform for key stakeholders, including EU policymakers, professionals for health (PFH), and representatives from various EU countries, to come together, share insights, and discuss strategies to improve vaccination equity.
Agenda
| 9:30-10:00 | Arrival of participants - Registration |
|---|---|
| 10:00-10:30 | Welcoming Notes |
| Athena Linos, Professor, Founder of Prolepsis Institute, Greece | |
| Dr. Afroditi Veloudaki, Managing Director, Prolepsis Institute, Greece | |
| Nefeli Romanou, Communications Officer at the WHO Athens Quality of Care and Patient Safety Office & WHO Country Office, Greece | |
| Thanos Myloneros, Consultant Public Health at the WHO Athens Quality of Care and Patient Safety Office, Greece | |
| Paola D’ Acapito, Programme Manager, European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA), Belgium | |
| Dr. Lara Tavoschi, Senior researcher in Public Health at the University of Pisa, Italy | |
| 10:30-11:10 | Session 1 |
| Access to Vaccination for NAM: A Persisting and Important Issue for Europe | |
| Key note speech: | |
| Assessing the EU Context: Vaccination Access for NAM Populations | |
| Dr. Saverio Bellizzi, Technical Officer, Health and Migration, WHO HQ Geneva | |
| Panel: | |
| Realities, Challenges & Best Practices on Access to Vaccination for NAM Across Europe | |
| Poland: Maria Gaznak, Professor, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Zielona Gora | |
| Italy: Dr. Roberta Pavone, MD, Protection of Foreigners and Vulnerable Communities Unit, Local Health Authority Rome | |
| Greece: Dr. Elena Riza, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology & Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, N.K.U.A., Athens | |
| Cyprus: Soteroula Soteriou, Health Visitor, Ministry of Health | |
| 11:10-11:20 | Session 2 |
| Unveiling AcToVax4NAM | |
| Project Overview | |
| 11:20-11:35 | Session 3 |
| System Level Barriers on the Vaccination Pathway for NAM | |
| Characterization and critical analysis of the system barriers and solutions: A General Conceptual Framework for understanding how to improve the vaccination coverage for NAM | |
| Dr. Silvia Declich, National Centre for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy | |
| 11:35-11:50 | Q&A |
| 11:50-12:10 | Coffee break |
| 12:10-12:40 | Session 4 |
| Adapting Practical Solutions and Linking Tools to Address Real-Life Challenges | |
| Empowering Stakeholders: Flowcharts & Online Repository of Tools | |
| Susana Ayala, Nurse and Junior Researcher, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Spain, and Dr. Nikole Papaevgeniou, Biologist, Project Manager and Senior Scientific Researcher, | |
| Prolepsis Institute, Greece | |
| Strengthening Through Knowledge: Introduction to the Training Guide | |
| Dr. Maria Laura Russo, Researcher, Sapienza - University of Rome, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Italy | |
| Decoding Vaccination: Comprehensive Glossaries of Key Terms | |
| Mauricio Marceca, Associate Professor of Hygiene and Public Health. Sapienza - University of Rome, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Italy | |
| 12:40-13:20 | Session 5 |
| Advancing Real-Life Interventions | |
| Scaling up potential: Need for the Broader Adoption of the ActoVax4NAM interventions | |
| Dr. Konstantinos Gogosis, Director of Operational Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies, Ministry of Health, Greece | |
| Panel: | |
| The experience of Professionals for Health (PFH) in Piloting AcToVax4NAM: An effort to Increase Vaccination Uptake Among NAM | |
| Greece: Dimitrios Zachariou, MD, Scientific Manager, Health Center of Keratsini City Cyprus: Christophoros Zinonos, Health Visitor, Ministry of Health | |
| Italy: Eqrem Rusi, Reception Centre Doctor, Civil society Medihospes Germany: Anette Metzger, Mediator, Ethno-Medical Center | |
| Spain: Carme Saperas Pérez, GP, Family Medicine specialist, Catalan Health Institute, Catalan Society of Family Medicine | |
| 13:20-13:30 | Session 6 |
| Blueprint for Action | |
| ___________ | Recommendations to Empower Change |
| Pania Karnaki, Director of European and International projects | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Q&A |
| 14:00-14:10 | Closing Remarks |
| 14:15 | Lunch |
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