Design and Development of a Viral Hepatitis and HIV Infection Screening Program (Hprolipsis) for the General, Greek Roma, and Migrant Populations of Greece: Protocol for Three Cross-Sectional Health Examination Surveys

Giota Touloumi   ¹ , PhD ;   Argiro Karakosta   ¹ , PhD ;   Vana Sypsa   ¹ , PhD ;   Ioanna Petraki   ² , MSc ;   Olga Anagnostou   ¹ , MPH, MSc ;   Agis Terzidis   ² , MD, PhD ;   Niki Maria Voudouri   ³ , MD, MSc ;   Doctors Of The World Greek Delegation   ^{4 *} ;   Magda Gavana   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Apostolos Vantarakis   ⁶ , PhD ;   George Rachiotis   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Maria Kantzanou   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Theofilos Rosenberg   ² , MD, PhD ;   George Papatheodoridis   ⁸ , MD, PhD ;   Angelos Hatzakis   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Hprolipsis Study Group   ^{4 *}

¹ Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

² International Medicine-Health Crisis Management, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

³ Programs of Development, Social Support, and Medical Cooperation (PRAKSIS), Athens, Greece

⁴ see Acknowledgments, Athens, Greece

⁵ Department of Primary Health Care, General Practice, and Health Services Research, Medical School of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

⁶ Environmental Microbiology Unit of Public Health, Medical School, University of Patras, Patra, Greece

⁷ Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece

⁸ Department of Gastroenterology, Laiko General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

*these authors contributed equally