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 SimõesRaimonda MatulionytéLoreta StonienePiotr WysockiJustyna KowalskaNadia GasbarriniLella CosmaroTatjana Nemeth BlažićArian DiškovićZoran DominkovićIva JovovicIlona RazmieneManuel MaffeoStine Finne JakobsenPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)
Shifting from single to multi-disease approaches require collaboration among a broad range of actors and national multi-stakeholder meetings have proven excellent to kick-start this. Face-to-face meetings of key stakeholders represent a unique opportunity to share cross-sectoral perspectives and experiences, identify gaps in national policies and practices and agree on required next steps.