HepHIV 2026 · Mobile care
· Dublin, Ireland
Hepatos brings MOBHOPE’s mobile care experience to HepHIV 2026 in Dublin
In Dublin, Hepatos president Tatjana Reić presented the Croatian team’s work bringing hepatitis testing and specialist care closer to people in prison.
On 2 and 3 November, EuroTEST’s HepHIV conference brought community organisations, healthcare professionals and public health officials together in Dublin. One question ran through the programme. What happens after a test, and how can services help people get the care they need?
In poster PO4/01, Reić described 27 outreach visits that Hepatos carried out between 2023 and 2025 in Croatian prisons, penitentiaries and probation offices. The mobile InfoHep Centre offered counselling, hepatitis C testing and liver stiffness measurements. The team worked with hospital clinicians and public health specialists to connect people with specialist care.
These visits offer practical lessons for MOBHOPE’s teams in Croatia, Portugal and Spain. Agreeing on how to offer a test, when to confirm a result and who will follow up can help care continue after the mobile unit leaves. In Dublin, Reić discussed the value of common standards and what European projects can learn from one another.
We are proud that Hepatos brought this work to Dublin through MOBHOPE’s collaboration with the SHIELD Joint Action. The SHIELD working group met on 2 November as part of the conference’s associated activities.
