Javier Gomez Castella
National Plan against AIDS, Ministry of Health, Spain
Biography
Javier Gomez Castella is a physician and Clinical Microbiology specialist, currently working in STI prevention and control area as a career civil servant in the National Plan against AIDS in the Public Health Directorate of the Ministry of Health of Spain. In the mainframe of the new strategic plan for prevention and control of HIV and other STI 2021 – 2030, the main lines of action on STI Javier is working on are the development of a new tool for addressing STI resources and provide information for further actions on STI prevention and innovation on early STI diagnosis, with special focus on self-sampling and community testing, as well as epidemiological research and surveillance on STI and gonococcal antimicrobial resistance.
Abstract
Abstract : Public health challenges for STI prevention and control after COVID-19 pandemic