MEETING PROGRAMME
SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
Sunday, 24 June 2001
16.00-18.30
REGISTRATION19.00-21.00
RECEPTIONMonday, 25 June 2001
08.00-08.30
REGISTRATIONSession 1 Opening session
Chair: Harold Margolis and André Meheus
09.00 09.25
Welcome by:Roberto Bertollini, WHO
Vladimir Zhelobov, St.Petersburg Health Care Committee
Alexander Malyavin, Unicef
Mark Kane, Childrens Vaccine Program
09.25-09.40
Review of the objectives of the meeting and technical introduction. Johannes Hallauer09.40 10.00
Overview of GAVI and the Global Fund for Childrens Vaccines. Mark Kane Download Powerpoint document (approx. 729kb)Session 2 Hepatitis B epidemiology and vaccination programmes
Chair: Harold Margolis and André Meheus
10.00 10.20
Global epidemiology of hepatitis B and review of prevention strategies in the world. Eric Mast Download Powerpoint document (approx.724kb)10.20 10.40
Overview of the hepatitis B, C and D epidemiology in CEE and NIS countries. Michael Favorov Download Powerpoint document (approx. 130kb)10.40 11.00
Review of the hepatitis B vaccination programmes and the progress made since Siofok, 1996 in CEE and NIS countries. Nedret Emiroglu. Download Powerpoint document (approx. 528kb)11.00 11.20
Coffee BreakSession 3 Hepatitis B vaccines: technical basis and injection safety
Chair: Peter Grob and Daniel Shouval
11.20 11.40
Hepatitis B vaccines: safety and side-effect profile. Philippe Duclos Download Powerpoint document (approx. 171kb)11.40 12.00
Hepatitis B vaccines: quality, immunogenicity. Susan Goldstein Download Powerpoint document (approx. 144kb)12.00 12.20
Safe immunisation practice and prevention of Hepatitis B and C infections. Susan Mackay Download Powerpoint document (approx. 1710kb)12.20 12.50
Discussion on sessions 1,2,312.50 14.00
LunchSession 4 hepatitis B Prevention strategies and Programme Evaluation
Chair: Eric Mast and Alexander Malyavin
14.00 14.25
Hepatitis B prevention strategies in the broader context of hepatitis B and C prevention. Harold. Margolis Download Powerpoint document (approx. 586kb)14.25 14.50
Outcome evaluation and impact assessment. Susan Goldstein Download Powerpoint document (approx. 447kb)14.50 15.10
DiscussionCountry experiences: (15 minutes presentation by a country representative and 5 minutes discussion)
15.10 15.30
Impact of newborn immunisation on the hepatitis B epidemiology in Kazakhstan. Raushan Idrisova15.30 15.50
Experience with sentinel surveillance in Kyrgyzstan. Rafik Usmanov15.50 16.10
Coffee Break16.10 16.30
Hepatitis B prevention strategies in Moldova. Mihail Magdei16.30 16.50 H
epatitis B prevention strategies in Poland, including safe injection management. Wieslaw Magdzik16.50 17.10
Hepatitis B prevention strategies in the Russian Federation. Galina Lazikova17.10 17.30
Childrens hepatitis B vaccine programme in Nizhni Novgorod, Russian Federation. Yelena Gudanova Download pdf file (approx.1430kb)17.30 17.50
Lessons learned from Turkey. Selim Badur Download Powerpoint document (approx. 235kb)17.50 18.00
Close of the day by the chairHousekeeping Announcements
Social Activity - Dinner at the Nikolaevsky palace
Tuesday, 26 June 2001
Session 5
Strengthening immunisation systems and introduction of new vaccinesChair: James Jones and Yevgeny Zagryadsky
09.00 09.25
GAVI Regional Working Group & Status of GAVI Implementation. Denis Maire Download Powerpoint document (approx. 159kb)09.25 09.50
In Country Coordination. Nedret Emirloglu Download Powerpoint document (approx. 175kb)09.50 10.15
Discussion10.15 10.40
Multi-Year Plans. Alexander Malyavin Download Powerpoint document (approx. 64kb)10.40 11.05
Introduction of New Vaccines (example of Hib).Pem Namgyal Download Powerpoint document (approx. 236kb)11.05 - 11.30
Discussion11.30 11.50
Coffee break11.50 12.15
Health Information Systems. Ljudmyla Muharska and Galina Shevschenko Download Powerpoint document (approx. 463kb) Download Powerpoint document (approx. 504kb)12.15 12.40
Financing Multi-Year Plans. Alan Brooks Download Powerpoint document (approx. 108kb)12.40 13.10
Discussion13.10 14.30
LunchSession 6 Country Workshops
Chair: Johannes Hallauer
Focus on:
14.30 18.00
4 break-out groupsWednesday, 27 June 2001
Session 7 Feedback Country Break-Outs
Chair: Nedret Emiroglu and Michael Favorov
09.00 09.20 Feedback country workshop I
09.20 09.35 discussion
09.35 09.55 Feedback country workshop II
09.55 10.10 discussion
10.10 10.40 Coffee Break
10.40 11.00 Feedback country workshop III
11.00 11.15 discussion
11.15 11.35 Feedback country workshop IV
11.35 11.50 discussion
11.50 13.00 Lunch
Session 8A Workshop on Global Fund
Chair: Mark Kane
Facilitator: Alan Brooks Download Powerpoint document (approx. 295kb)
13.00 14.00
Global Fund sub-accounts and application process14.00 - 15.00
Discussion15.00 15.15
Coffee Break15.15 16.00
What happens after an application is approved16.00 17.00
DiscussionSession 8B Workshops on Technical aspects of Hepatitis B prevention and vaccination
Chair: Paolo Bonanni and Daniel Lavanchy
13.00 13.30
Safe immunisation practice and blood supply. NN and Eugene Zhiburt13.30 13.55
Discussion13.55 14.25
Technical aspects of hepatitis B vaccines: Susan Goldstein, Wolfgang Jilg, and Pierre Van Damme Download Powerpoint document (approx. 90kb) Download Powerpoint document (approx. 97kb)14.25 14.50
Discussion14.50 15.10
Coffee Break15.10 15.40
Outcome evaluation of an universal hepatitis B immuniszation programme. Susan Goldstein and Johannes Hallauer Download Powerpoint document (approx. 140kb)15.40 16.05
Discussion16.05 16.35
Diagnostics and reagents. Peter Grob, Tatiana Kalachnikova, and Irkin Musabaev Download pdf file (approx. 1.017kb) Download Powerpoint document (approx. 540kb) Download Powerpoint document (approx. 337kb)16.35 17.00
DiscussionSession 9 Conclusions of the Meeting and Closing Remarks
Chair: Nedret Emiroglu and Mark Kane
17.00 18.00
Conclusions and summary of the meeting David FitzSimons Download Powerpoint document (approx. 42kb)