Health facilities in Lithuania are obliged to get connected to the electronic patient care system since 2018.

On behalf of the multi-stakeholder initiative “HIV Outcomes: Beyond viral suppression”, you are warmly invited to attend the launch of the initiative’s policy recommendations on “Long-term health, well-being, and chronic care for people living with HIV (PLHIV)”, which will take place at the European Parliament in ...

The advocacy which proved its efficiency: Estonian Network of People Living with HIV, the member of the Estonian Consortium of Communities (EHPV, VEK LGBT, LUNEST), and the National Institute for Health Development have signed an agreement on October 27 on testing and referral to treatment ...

16 non-governmental organizations from different regions of the country will participate in the European initiative aimed at encouraging people to get tested for HIV and hepatitis, including the members of the “Consortium of Key Communities” representing Ukraine in the ECUO PLWH. The European HIV-Hepatitis Testing Week will ...

A three-day national working meeting on updating HIV/AIDS treatment guidelines closed in Chisinau. According to the results of the discussions, it was decided to update the treatment guidelines which are expected to enter into force in 2018. Thus, the 1-st line of HIV treatment will include ...

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Within the framework of the meeting, the Consortium leaders presented the National Action Plan of the Estonian Communities for 2017-2020 (National Plan) − a strategic document developed in cooperation with representatives of all KAP of the country. It should be noted that the main purpose ...

On October 31-November 1, a training seminar "Leadership capacity development of sex workers (SWs)" is held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the project "Strategic meeting of the sex workers community representatives".

On October 23 in Minsk, the Belarusian Community of PLWH took part in a roundtable discussion on the practical implementation of the state social contract for providing resocialization services to persons released from prisons. The practice of implementing the state social contracting in Belarus exists since ...

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Today the XVI European AIDS Conference hosts a separate session on PrEP in Europe. Right now you can join the session online on Facebook or view its record here: “This year, the XVI European AIDS Conference puts special emphasis on the group “women living with HIV”, a range of sessions and discussions on the contemporary PrEP methodologies, new test methods and drugs interaction. A lot of information presented about the co-infection: how to treat it correctly, comparison of ...

Of the existing diseases, HIV is a relatively young and not comprehensively studied one. Over the past three decades, thanks to the effective application of ARV therapy, the disease has left the category of deadly, and passed into the category of chronic, meaning one can ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...