Associated Press: Official: Fourth-largest city in Russia has HIV epidemic “Russian health officials say one in 50 people in the country’s fourth-largest city is carrying as Russia struggles to deal with a rapidly rising number of infections. The central Russian city of Yekaterinburg suffers from ...

If an HIV-positive patient’s viral load test results come back between 50 copies/mL and 200 copies/mL, consider retesting the same blood sample, Joseph Eron Jr., M.D., suggests. According to study results he presented at IDWeek 2016 on Oct. 28, the new test result may well ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday (November 3) added seven new agents, including HIV and an industrial solvent, to its list of carcinogens. The list identifies factors including chemicals, agents like viruses, X-rays and ultraviolet radiation, and divides them into two ...

The goal of the workshop was to provide a learning and planning space for national advocacy teams for representatives of HR NGOs from Lithuania, Hungary, Romania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia for greater domestic investments in harm reduction in their countries.

SWAN wrote a submission to UN Women regarding their consultation on "sex work, sex trade and prostitution" Submission to the UN Women’s “Consultation seeking views on UN Women approach to sex work, the sex trade and prostitution” Original Article

Belarusian officials learnt the Czech experience in harm reduction

In October, 2016, delegation of officials from the Republic of Kazakhstan will visit the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim to learn the experience of the implementation of harm reduction programs.

The program will be presented to representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Health, as well as the Riga municipality.

The Eastern European and Central Asian Union of PLWH (ECUO) in partnership with EHRN will hold a consultation on the development of a regional advocacy plan for sustainable and continuous access to HIV diagnostics, testing and treatment, aiming to save the lives of members of ...

All-Ukrainian Charitable Organization «LEGALIFE-UKRAINE» from Kirovograd held a press conference on 4th of October 2016 on the topic of "The positive and negative sides of decriminalising prostitution in Ukraine". Nataliia Isaieva, the head of the All-Ukrainian Charitable Organization "LEGALIFE-Ukraine", Elena Fiskova, Chairman of the Board, and ...

With the help of the National Bureau for Drug Prevention, delegation members visited several NGOs providing direct harm reduction services under their programs.

From September 19 to September 21, 2016, a delegation of public officials from the Republic of Moldova and NGOs representatives from the Baltic States visited the Republic of Poland.

The delegation of officials from Belarus will visit the Czech Republic to learn the experience of the implementation of harm reduction programs within the framework of government programs and policies.

The founder of Silver Rose Irina Maslova is one of the 14 women human rights defenders and groups featured by the Global Fund for Women in their campaign Women Human Rights DefendHer. “At one point in my life I found myself in a challenging economic environment ...

A research project on human rights abuses experienced by sex workers was conducted by “Amelia” NGO and released on the 5 of November, 2015. The project was financially supported by SWAN and the Robert Carr Foundation. Amelia NGO was founded in 2012 and focuses on: 1. Helping ...

Violent attacks against transgender people in Turkey continue unabated. Hande Kader, a 23-year-old transgender woman based in Istanbul, disappeared a little over one week ago. Her friends and partner filed a missing person’s report. Hande Kader’s burned and mutilated body was found in Zekeriyaköy (district ...

SWAN Foundation is seeking a responsible, accurate and communicative person for a part-time position of Administrative Assistant. The candidate must be a citizen or resident of Hungary. Excellent English and Hungarian skills are required. Please find the Terms of reference here. Deadline for application is August 31th, ...

Image: The research encompassed 73 sex workers operating on the territory of the City of Skopje. The interviewees were women, men and transgender individuals from the open scene, closed scene and the scene of Shuto Orizari (the district with the majority of roma people). STAR-STAR, as ...