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Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board
Copenhagen, Denmark, March 22-23, 2012
Burden and Prevention of Viral Hepatitis
in Arctic Region
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Session 1 Opening and objectives
Chair: Brian McMahon and Pierre Van Damme
09.00 - 09.30
09.15 09.40
General introduction: Circumpolar Health: improving the health of the indigenous population and role of Circumpolar Health Organizations. 6.7 Mb (.pdf)
Alan Parkinson (CDC, International Circumpolar Surveillance Steering Committee)
Session 2 THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL AND VIRAL HEPATITIS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS IN THE ARCTIC REGION
Chair: John Ward and Anders Koch
09.40 09.55
Alaska: The health care systems and communicable disease control 2.9 Mb (.pdf)
Brian McMahon
09.55 10.10
Alaska: Hepatitis Surveillance system in Alaska, including hepatitis A 405 Kb (.pdf)
Timothy Thomas
10.10 10.30
Canada: The health care systems and communicable disease control and hepatitis Surveillance in Canada 2.5 Mb (.pdf)
Bryce Larke
10.30 10.45
Greenland: The health care systems, communicable diseases control and introduction of vaccination against Hepatitis B in childhood immunization program 1.6Mb (.pdf)
Flemming Kleist Stenz
10.45 11.05 Discussion
11.05 11.20 Coffee break
Chair: Erika Duffel and Hande Harmanci
11.20 11.35
Greenland: Hepatitis Surveillance system and a population -based registry study of infant mortality in Arctic. 908 Kb (.pdf)
Anders Koch
11.35 11.50
Greenland: DANHEP: clinical hepatitis database in Denmark and Greenland. 1 Mb (.pdf)
Nina Weis
11.50 12.10
Iceland: The health care systems and communicable disease control and hepatitis Surveillance. 586 Kb (.pdf)
Thorolfur Gudnason
12.10 12.20
Nordic Countries: The health care systems and communicable disease control. 523 Kb (.pdf)
Hans Blystad
12.20 12.45 Discussion
12.45 14.00 Lunch
Session 3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VIRAL HEPATITIS IN THE ARCTIC REGION
Chair: Helθne Norder and Alessandro Zanetti
14.00 14.15
Norway: Hepatitis surveillance system and epidemiology in Northern Norway. 198 Kb (.pdf)
Hans Blystad
14.15 14.30
Sweden: Hepatitis surveillance system and epidemiology in Northern Sweden. 2 Mb (.pdf)
Anders Nystedt
14.30 14.45
Finland: Hepatitis surveillance system and epidemiology in Northern Finland. 915 Kb (.pdf)
Markky Kuusi
14.45 15.05
Alaska: Epidemiology of Viral hepatitis in Alaska. 776 Kb (.pdf)
Brian McMahon
15.05 15.25
Greenland: Population-based comparative epidemiological survey of hepatitis B, D, and C among Inuit migrated to Denmark and in high endemic Greenland. 94 Kb (.pdf)
Henrik Krarup
15.25 15.45
Greenland: Molecular epidemiology: Classification of hepatitis B virus genotype B into 2 major types based on characterization of a novel subgenotype in Arctic indigenous populations. 885 Kb (.pdf)
Anders Koch
15.45 16.05 Discussion
16.05 16.20 Coffee break
Chair: Angela Dominguez and Daniel Shouval
16.20 16.40
Greenland: Hepatitis D outbreak among children in a hepatitis B hyper-endemic settlement in Greenland 1.2 Mb (.pdf)
Malene Landbo Bψrresen
16.40 17.00
Iceland: Epidemiology of viral hepatitis in Iceland. 1.6 Mb (.pdf)
Thorolfur Gudnason
17.00 17.20
Russia: Epidemiology of viral hepatitis in Russia (Arctic region). 5.4 Mb (.pdf)
Andrey Tulisov
17.20 17.40
Canada: The Epidemiology and Natural History of Viral Hepatitis in the Canadian North. 1 Mb (.pdf)
Gerald Minuk
17.40 18.00 Discussion
18.00 End of the Day
Friday, March 23, 2012
Session 4 PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS LESSONS LEARNT AND THE WAY FORWARD
Chair: Francoise Roudot-Thoraval and Daniel Lavanchy
09.00 09.20
Alaska: Long-term hepatitis B immunogenicity studies in Alaska and the impact of vaccination on cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis B and liver cancer. 3.6 Mb (.pdf)
Lisa Bulkow
09.20 09.40
Alaska: Statewide Hepatitis A vaccination program over the last 25 years. 242 Kb (pdf)
Timothy Thomas
09.40 10.00
Canada: Hepatitis Prevention and control in Canada 1.2 Mb (.pdf)
Bryce Larke
10.00 10.20
Greenland: Effectiveness of the Targeted Hepatitis B Vaccination Program in Greenland 2.4 Mb (.pdf)
Malene Landbo Bψrresen
10.20 10.40 Coffee break
Chair: Rui Tato Marinho and Mira Kojouharova
10.40 11.00
Iceland: An interactive central database of vaccinations in Iceland and hepatitis B prevention programme. 1.5 Mb (.pdf)
Thorolfur Gudnason
11.00 11.20
Russia: Hepatitis prevention activities in Northern Russia (Arkhangelsk region). 249 Kb (.pdf)
Andrey Tulisov
11.20 11.40
Sweden: Hepatitis C incidence and prevention activities targeting young people in Norrbotten County, Sweden. 134 Kb (.pdf)
Ann-Louise Svedberg Lindqvist
11.40 12.00 Discussion
12.00 12.20
Greenland: Implementation and effectiveness of hepatitis B strategy in Greenland 1.1 Mb (.pdf)
Karin Ladefφged
12.20 12.40
Alaska: Management of Chronic Hepatitis B and C in Alaska Natives including surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma 646 Kb (.pdf)
Brian McMahon
12.40 13.00 Discussion
13.00 14.30 Lunch
Session 5 Conclusions of the meeting
Chair: Johannes Hallauer and Hans Blystad
14.30 15.30
Presentation of the VHPB meeting conclusions 51 Kb(.pdf)
David FitzSimons
15.30 Close of the meeting