Today is a final day of the XVI European AIDS Conference held in Milan (Italy). "European AIDS Conference is a step forward in taking control of HIV/AIDS epidemic in Europe. For us, the representatives of patients in EECA it is important to apply the European principles ...

Today in Milan opened the XVI European AIDS Conference, taking place on October 25-27. For the discussion of the last results of the scientific and clinical research, the presentation of new approaches to treatment and prevention activities aimed at combating HIV/AIDS, the scientific employees, activists, and representatives of KAP communities from all European region gathered on the conference site in Italy. To share experience, and to present the achievements of ...

External stakeholders are invited to comment on the draft terms of reference listed below.

On October 21-22, a strategic meeting and a two-day training for representatives of the Russian IDU community was held under the initiative of a consortium of the non-governmental organizations in the framework of the regional program PARTNERSHIP. The main goal of the training was to increase ...

The countries involved account for 55% of all missed cases of TB and multidrug-resistant TB

Final selection expected to be made on 14 November

Influenza vaccination is recommended for HIV-infected patients, but limited data about vaccination rates are available. The aim of this study was to evaluate the coverage of and predictors for influenza vaccination among HIV-positive patients.

Join Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the Global Coalition of TB Activists (GCTA) for a webinar on how civil society and community groups can initiate a dialogue with their national governments in advance of the Ministerial Conference in Moscow. Wednesday, October 25 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. ET Panelists ...

ECOM prepared a training manual for studying the toolkit “Implementing Comprehensive HIV and STI Programmes with Men Who Have Sex with Men” (MSMIT) and offers this module for use.

ICW, INPUD, IRGT, GATE, GNP+, MSMGF, the Platform and NSWP invite you for a timely discussion about a new phase in the evolution of the HIV response - one that reinvigorates existing HIV prevention interventions with the powerful effectiveness of community action.

Project SOAR and GNP+, ICW, UNAIDS, USAID, and several experts within and external to SOAR, have updated the People Living with HIV Stigma Index in an iterative process. The updated tool was pilot tested in three countries—Cameroon, Senegal, and Uganda. Presenters will discuss the Index, ...

On October 19, Yevgenia Smirnova, the chairperson of the Small Heart with Art NGO, called to establish schooling facilities in the regional children's hospitals during the 'Right to Power" show airing at the national 1+1 channel, so that the children undergoing a prolonged treatment could ...

The meeting of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Community Advisory Board (EECA CAB) in an updated format will be held on November 15-16, 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Representatives of patient organizations of the EECA region, regional organizations and pharmaceutical companies are invited to participate in ...

In 2018 it will be 30 years from the point when the first HIV-infected person was diagnosed in Estonia. During this short period, this small European country is on the list of leaders regarding HIV epidemic prevalence in the region. The indicators could be even ...

The Estonian Communities Consortium (Estonian Network of PLWH, PIDEst and VEKLGBT) organized the second training of the "School of Speakers, School of Leadership" series aimed at developing communication skills and effective interaction with media representatives for successful advocacy. The event took place within the framework of ...

Elicitation of a Key Precursor for Broadly Neutralizing Antibody for the HIV CD4 Binding Site

Former Soviet countries in the Eastern European and Central Asian (EECA) region are fighting the prevailing perception that their outdated hospital-based tuberculosis (TB) programs are failing to provide patient-centered care. Since 2005, Georgia has emerged as the regional leader in decentralizing TB services and implementing ...

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Otsuka to accelerate the development and manufacturing of, and access to, paediatric formulations containing delamanid for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Delamanid 50mg tablet was recently added to the World Health Organization’s Essential ...