Global HIV Prevention Coalition holds first meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to find ways to strengthen and sustain political commitment for HIV prevention As part of global efforts to end AIDS as a public health threat, UNAIDS, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and partners have launched ...

Every year on October 11, in many countries of the world the LGBT community, its friends and all tolerant society celebrates the International Coming-Out Day

HIV infections continue to occur at a rate of >2 million globally each year with women accounting for a little over 50% of infections. Although the overall incidence of HIV infections in the United States has decreased in recent years, certain populations remain particularly vulnerable, including racial/ethnic ...

On October 5, the activists of country consortia of the regional program Partnership, implemented by East Europe and Central Asia Union of People Living with HIV (ECUO) with support from the Global Fund, took part in the online seminar "Best Practices as a tool for ...

For the six months of 2017, in all regions of Belarus, especially in Gomel region, the number of criminal prosecution increased drastically for cases of HIV-positive people by Article 157 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (infecting a person with human immunodeficiency virus).

On October 6-8, in Bucharest (Romania), will be held the 10th meeting of the Community Advisory Board in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECAB). The core discussions will be devoted to the issues of treatment of viral hepatitis and HIV as a co-infection.  David Ananiashvili, permanent participant of ECAB, Director of the Georgian GROUP PLUS and representative of the East ...

Today, The Medicines Patent Pool and Gilead Sciences, Inc reported signing of a licensing agreement on the expansion of access to Bictegravir.

As part of a novel, once-daily, single-tablet HIV treatment, bictegravir could offer new option for people living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries Geneva, 4 October 2017 — The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) today announced a licence with Gilead Sciences for bictegravir (BIC), now under ...

On November 15-16, 2017, the ECUO organizes a meeting of the Community Advisory Board in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA CAB) in the updated format. In early October, on the website eeca-cab.org the call for applications to participate in the meeting will be announced. The representatives of patient organizations from 14 countries of the EECA, regional agencies ...

On October 6, the first meeting of working group on development of the "Transitional plan on state financing" was held in Yerevan. The working group includes the representatives of state agencies, international organizations, as well as representatives of civil sector and activists working in the field of combating HIV. "Unfortunately, the group lacks the representatives of the Ministry of Finance of Armenia, which, ...

In Kazakhstan, more frequent become the cases of ungrounded denial to assign the disability of HIV-positive children that leads to restrictions on equal access to basic standards of social services for all children affected by HIV/AIDS epidemic. Regarding the situation, the ECUO Parent Union officially addressed the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Baktyzhan Sagintayev, with a request to take this situation under his control. It can be solved based on the successful experience of South Kazakhstan area where ...

Andrey Yarovoi: expert of the regional expert group (REG) of the program "Partnership" implemented by the ECUO. Member of the ENPUD Coordination Council, a member of OST Association of Ukraine.   On September 18-19, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, was held the National Conference "New challenges: HIV and TB", ...

The Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA) is glad to announce the launch of its work in the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA) region. EHRA is a non-profit non-governmental membership-based organization established by a group of activists and professionals working in the field of ...

On September 25-26, the national HIV programs managers of eastern European, central Asian and non-European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries got together for a regional meeting held at the WHO European Office in Copenhagen. Vladimir Zhovtyak, ECUO President, as a representative of international PLWH community, participated ...

Participants of the regional meeting “The Coalition for Change”, that took place in Riga on September 22-24, signed a Memorandum of cooperation, understanding and establishing a regional organization to advocate for MSM+. The document was signed by representatives of five states: Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, ...

The World Heath Organization and UNAIDS have announced approval of a revolutionary pricing agreement that will facilitate access to the first affordable and all-purpose single-pill HIV regimen including Dolutegravir (DTG) for the public sector in low and middle-income countries. Its price will be around 75 ...

On September 22, a workshop for patient communities on accessibility of innovation in HIV treatment in Ukraine was held in Kyiv. During the workshop, influential international organizations – the EATG and the East Europe and Central Asia Union of People Living with HIV (ECUO) – ...

Igor Kilchevsky is an iconic figure in the PLWH community. His biography is a living illustration of HIV history and establishment of the civil society in Moldova. He went from being an activist who created a small non-governmental organization to being the leader of the ...