Yelena Strizhak, a HIV activist from Ukraine, the Chairperson of the Board of the Charitable Organization "Positive Women", conducted a training on women's leadership organized by the "Silver Rose" movement for women from different HIV-service organizations in St. Petersburg. She told about her life and ...

The mosaic Ad26/Ad26 plus gp140 HIV-1 vaccine induced comparable and robust immune responses in humans and rhesus monkeys, and it provided significant protection against repetitive heterologous SHIV challenges in rhesus monkeys. This vaccine concept is currently being evaluated in a phase 2b clinical efficacy study ...

Interview with Dr. Arash Alaei, consultant and Director of the International Institute for Health and Education

An experimental vaccine for HIV is set to be tried on humans in 2019.

The report highlights AFEW Network’s key activities in the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

The Team of regional community networks of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, are joining forces during the XXII International AIDS Conference (July 22-27, 2018, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) in the campaign – “Chase the virus, not people!”.

Strategies to reduce new HIV infections span multifaceted efforts, including safe-sex counseling, voluntary medical male circumcision, treatment as prevention, and pre- (PrEP) and postexposure prophylaxis. PrEP entails the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs prophylactically by HIV-negative individuals at risk of infection to thwart acquisition of ...

The International AIDS Society (IAS) has announced that San Francisco, California, in partnership with nearby Oakland, will host the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020). This is 30 years after the event was held there at the height of the epidemic in the United States. ...

Between 2007 and 2012, Professor Michel Kazatchkine has been the executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and malaria. From 2012 to 2017, he served as the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. He is ...

The Robert Carr Fund for civil society networks is pleased to announce an open Request For Proposals (RFP) for 2019-2021.

Fear of others thinking they’re promiscuous, or that they’re already infected with HIV, is a barrier to many women who might benefit from pills that help prevent the infection, a U.S. study suggests.

Last December, Ministry of Social Affairs and National Institute for Health Development from Estonia, WHO European Region, UNAIDS and the Global Fund organised a two day meeting on challenges and opportunities in national HIV and TB programmes management.

On 18 May 2018 WHO issued a statement on potential safety issue affecting women living with HIV using dolutegravir at the time of conception. Since then WHO headquarters, regional and country offices have been actively working with countries and partners, including civil society, to explore policy ...

A third of young men who have sex with men (MSM) discontinue pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) within a six-month period, investigators from the United States report in AIDS and Behavior. Common reasons for stopping included being unable to get an appointment with a doctor and problems ...

This decision was made at a round table dedicated to the spiritual guidance of HIV-positive people within the framework of the All-Russian action "Stop HIV/AIDS".

Talking about human rights in the context of HIV in Russia

Visitors can get tested, which takes 15 minutes, after that they receive counseling from friendly staff and the necessary comprehensive treatment in the future.

On May 15, an exhibition "The Color of Blood – Fire, Love and Life" was opened in the Art Salon of the Poltava Regional Organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. The exhibition participants tried to draw public attention to the problems of ...