The Meeting, hosted by the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), will focus on the barriers to the provision of health services, particularly in countries where austerity programmes are in place.

The Meeting is co-organized with the Hepatitis B and C Public Policy Association asbl.

EU Member States will be invited to speak of their varying national experiences aiming to identify means of increasing access to health services. The case of chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C will serve as a very apt example: the prevalence of these diseases is high, especially in the European South with very serious lasting effects, although the means to prevent and treat exist.

Mr. Spyridon- Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Health of the Hellenic Republic and Chair of the Council of EU Health Ministers, will be a lead speaker at this Meeting.