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14.03.2023

The fifth event in the “HEALTHCARE POLICY SUMMIT” series is behind us!

During the last edition, which took place on March 13, prominent experts in medicine, system experts, representatives of public institutions, and industry organizations discussed effective methods of diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients with infectious diseases yesterday.
The experts stressed the issue of access to rapid tests to detect respiratory diseases (COVID-19, influenza, RSV) and infectious diseases such as HIV and HCV. The specialists also emphasized that the statistics do not accurately reflect the prevalence of illnesses caused by HCV, which is often asymptomatic and can lead to serious health complications. The quality of laboratory tests and reliable, credible data obtained from the Polish population are crucial to the entire treatment process. Patient knowledge of infectious diseases is also important. Awareness of infections caused by HPV, which occurs through skin-to-skin contact, is an important aspect of building knowledge about the disease. A universal, voluntary, and free HPV vaccination program for girls and boys aged 12 and 13 will begin on June 1. According to experts, there is very little time left to promote, educate, and prepare for the implementation of this long-awaited program.
Many thanks to all participants in the meeting for accepting the invitation and engaging in fruitful discussions! We cordially invite you to check out the photo gallery from yesterday’s Healthcare Policy Summit – Infectious Diseases.
Discussions moderated by Dr. Jakub Gierczynski, MBA, health system expert, included:
  • Waldemar Kraska, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Health;
  • Maciej Miłkowski, Under-secretary of State at the Ministry of Health;
  • dr n. med. Rafał Staszewski, Deputy President for Research Funding at the Medical Research Agency;
  • dr n. med. Marek Posobkiewicz, Director of the Office of Health Services in the Prison Service;
  • Anna Kordecka, Deputy Director of the Division of Health Care Services, Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification;
  • dr n. med. Piotr Winciunas, Chief Physician of the Social Insurance Institution, General Counsel to the President of the Supreme Medical Council, Department of Medical Law and Medical Jurisprudence – School of Public Health of the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education in Warsaw;
  • dr n. med. Tomasz Latos, Chairman of the Parliamentary Health Committee;
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Barbara Bożena Dołęgowska, National consultant in laboratory diagnostics, Head of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine at the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin;
  • dr hab. n. med. Iwona Paradowska-Stankiewicz, National Consultant in Epidemiology, Head of the Laboratory of Epidemiology of Diseases Controlled by Vaccination, National Institute of Public Health PZH – National Research Institute;
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Andrzej Horban, National Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases for Adults at the Faculty of Medicine of Warsaw Medical University;
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Jarosław Pinkas, Director of the School of Public Health at the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, National Consultant in Public Health;
  • prof. dr hab. med. Robert Flisiak, President of the Polish Society of Epidemiologists and Doctors of Infectious Diseases; Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology at the Medical University of Bialystok;
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Krzysztof Tomasiewicz, Vice President of the Polish Society of Epidemiologists and Doctors of Infectious Diseases; Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Medical University of Lublin;
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Marcin Czech, President of the Polish Pharmacoeconomic Society, Head of the Department of Pharmacoeconomics and the Hospital Infection Control Team at the Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Health in 2017-2019;
  • dr hab. n. med. Ernest Kuchar, Chairman of the Polish Society of Vaccinology; Head of the Department of Pediatrics with an Observation Unit at Warsaw Medical University;
  • prof. dr hab. Miłosz Parczewski, Head of the PUM Clinic at the Department of Observational and Infectious Diseases, Tropical Diseases and Acquired Immunological Deficiencies at the Regional Hospital in Szczecin;
  • dr n. med. Paweł Grzesiowski, Expert of the Supreme Medical Council on the fight against COVID-19; Director of the Center for Preventive Medicine and Rehabilitation in Warsaw;
  • dr Anna Marzec-Bogusławska, Director of the National AIDS Center;
  • dr hab. inż. Marcin Sieńczyk, Head of the Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry at

    Wrocław University of Technology;

  • Arkadiusz Grądkowski, President of the National Chamber of Commerce of Medical Devices POLMED;
  • dr n. społ. Magdalena Ankiersztejn-Bartczak, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Social Education Foundation;
  • Sławomir Gadomski, Director of the Central and Eastern Region of Diagnostyka SA; Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health from 2018 to 2022*