Josip Begovac

National Reference Centre for Diagnostics and Treatment of HIV of the Ministry of Health, Croatia

Josip Begovac is Head of the Croatian National Reference Centre for Diagnostics and Treatment of HIV of the Ministry of Health and Vice Chair of the National Committee on HIV/AIDS of the Government of Croatia. He is also professor of Infectious Diseaseat the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb. During the last 25 years he was involved in many public health, teaching, clinical research and treatment and care issues concerning HIV/AIDS particularly in southeastern Europe. He used to represent EACS on the ETW working group from its beginning. Working together with other stakeholders, he initiated the implementation of the European Testing Week in Croatia.