Join us this European Testing Week for a series of webinars which will highlight the different experiences of organisations and clinicians throughout the WHO European Network who have adapted testing services to mitigate the impact of COVID-19.

Participants will be able to engage with presenters who have practical experiences with these topics and join in the discussion of strategies for ensuring continued testing during the pandemic.

Webinar 1: Testing vulnerable populations in COVID-restricted contexts (organised by HIV Prevention England in partnership with European Testing Week)

Monday, 23 November 2020, 14:00-15:15 GMT/15:00-16:15 CET

This session will provide a brief overview of how providers have addressed the challenges and maximised opportunities during lockdown and other COVID-19- restricted contexts to continue to reach particularly vulnerable populations to provide testing for Blood-Borne Viruses, including HIV and Hepatitis . The webinar speakers will address the following questions in an interactive format:

• Why is it important to ensure that testing continues despite COVID-restricted contexts, especially for vulnerable populations?
• What are common challenges? Were these overcome (if so how)?
• What new opportunities were offered by the radically different circumstances?
• Are there any practical ‘how to’ tips to be shared?

The event will be chaired by Teymur Noori, ECDC.

Speakers will include:

Dr Binta Sultan & Dr Al Story, University College London Hospitals (UK)

Jorge Garrido, Apoyo positivo (Spain)

Dr Gillian Dean, Brighton and Sussex NHS Trust (UK) & Marek Coskry , Terrence Higgins Trust (UK)

Manuel Reiriz , Adhara Sevilla Checkpoint (Spain)

Please visit http://www.testingweek.eu/get-involved/Webinars to register for the other two webinars in the series:

Integrating testing for HIV and/or viral hepatitis and COVID-19

Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 16:00-16:45 CET

HIV self-testing – opportunities and challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic

Friday, 27 November 2020, 13:00-13:45 CET