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BMC Infectious Diseases

Issue Special Issue 2/2021

Results from INTEGRATE - the EU Joint Action on integrating prevention, testing and linkage to care strategies across HIV, viral hepatitis, TB and STIs in Europe

Content (10 Articles)

Open Access Tuberculosis Introduction

Lessons learned from the first European project on the integration of infectious diseases in testing services, data collection and country responses

Dorthe Raben, Jordi Casabona, Lella Cosmaro, Nadia Gasbarrini, John S. Lambert, Shannon Glapsy, Christine Kakalou, Manuel Maffeo, Michele Mommi, Gianmarco Corradini, Irena Klavs, Aljona Kurbatova, Iwona Wawer, Piotr Wysocki, Anne Raahauge, Stine Finne Jakobsen, Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Ann Sullivan, Meaghan Kall, Dagmar Hedrich, Cheryl Case Johnson, Nicole Simone Seguy, Daniel Simões, Valerie Delpech

Increasing integrated testing in community settings through interventions for change, including the Spring European Testing Week

Nadia Gasbarrini, Davor Dubravić, Lauren Combs, Arian Dišković, Magdalena Ankiersztejn-Bartczak, Francesca Colaiaco, Iwona Wawer, Piotr Wysocki, Magdalena Rosińska, Anna Marzec-Boguslawska, Ben Collins, Daniel Simões, Marie Louise Jakobsen, Dorthe Raben

Open Access Tuberculosis Research

Increased integrated testing for HIV, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted infections in health care facilities: results from the INTEGRATE Joint Action pilots in Lithuania, Romania and Spain

R. Matulionytė, M. L. Jakobsen, V. I. Grecu, J. Grigaitiene, T. Raudonis, L. Stoniene, M. Olteanu, L. de la Mora, D. Raben, A. K. Sullivan

Open Access Human Immunodeficiency Virus Research

Acceptability and usability of HIV self-tests in two European countries: findings from surveys of clients at non-governmental organisations in Lithuania and Italy

Sophie G. Nash, Manuel Maffeo, Giedrius Likatavicius, Lella Cosmaro, Kestutis Rudaitis, Aleksandras Lapsinov, Qudsia Enayat, Valerie Delpech, Meaghan Kall

Open Access Tuberculosis Research

RiskRadar: development and pilot results of a technical intervention targeting combination prevention regarding HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis

Christine Kakalou, Eleftheria Polychronidou, Vicky Drosou, Vlasios K. Dimitriadis, Thomas Dermaris, Rafael Kordonias, Aris Papaprodromou, Triantafillos Tsirelis, Christos Maramis, Konstantinos Votis, Dimitrios Tzovaras, Domenico Savarino, Manuel Maffeo, Nedim Jasic, Tatjana Nemeth-Blažić, Zoran Dominković, Dubravko Pogledić, Iva Jovovic, Agne Simkunaite-Zazecke, Loreta Stoniene, Antonella Sammut, Lella Cosmaro, Pantelis Natsiavas

Open Access Tuberculosis Research

Integrating partner notification and contact tracing services across Europe: findings from the Integrate project

Shannon Glaspy, Lella Cosmaro, Chryssoula Botsi, Maria Stamou, Maria Giannopoulou, Aikaterini M. Isari, Cheyenne Downey, Tina Mc Hugh, Gordana Avramovic, John S. Lambert

Open Access Human Immunodeficiency Virus Research

Quality of life in people living with HIV in Romania and Spain

Meaghan Kall, Ujué Fresán, Danielle Guy, Graham Brown, Cristina Burgui, Jesús Castilla, Victor Ionel Grecu, Florentina Dumitrescu, Valerie Delpech, Jeffrey V. Lazarus

Recommendations for collection and integration of community-based testing and linkage to care data into national surveillance, monitoring and evaluation systems for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections: results from the INTEGRATE Joint Action

Laura Fernàndez-López, Irena Klavs, Anna Conway, Tanja Kustec, Mojca Serdt, Sladjana Baros, Danica Valkovičová Staneková, Liis Lemsalu, Iwona Wawer, Piotr Wysocki, Jordi Casabona

Integration of community-based testing data into national HIV surveillance in Poland, Serbia and Slovakia within the framework of INTEGRATE project

Laura Fernàndez-López, Sladjana Baros, Marta Niedźwiedzka-Stadnik, Danica Valkovičová Staneková, Magdalena Rosińska, Danijela Simic, Verica Jovanoic, Monika Hábeková, Mária Takáčová, Iwona Wawer, Piotr Wysocki, Anna Conway, Irena Klavs, Jordi Casabona

Open Access Tuberculosis Research

National multi-stakeholder meetings: a tool to support development of integrated policies and practices for testing and prevention of HIV, viral hepatitis, TB and STIs

Daniel Simões, Raimonda Matulionyté, Loreta Stoniene, Piotr Wysocki, Justyna Kowalska, Nadia Gasbarrini, Lella Cosmaro, Tatjana Nemeth Blažić, Arian Dišković, Zoran Dominković, Iva Jovovic, Ilona Razmiene, Manuel Maffeo, Stine F. Jakobsen

Live Webinar | 27-06-2024 | 18:00 (CEST)

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Live: Thursday 27th June 2024, 18:00-19:30 (CEST)

WHO estimates that half of all patients worldwide are non-adherent to their prescribed medication. The consequences of poor adherence can be catastrophic, on both the individual and population level.

Join our expert panel to discover why you need to understand the drivers of non-adherence in your patients, and how you can optimize medication adherence in your clinics to drastically improve patient outcomes.

Prof. Kevin Dolgin
Prof. Florian Limbourg
Prof. Anoop Chauhan
Developed by: Springer Medicine
Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.