In 2015, governments across Europe and Central Asia committed themselves to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and combatting hepatitis by 2030. The following year, at the World Health Assembly, they adopted the first WHO strategy on hepatitis, which calls for eliminating viral hepatitis as ...

This document provides EU/EEA Member States with evidence-based scientific advice on active case finding options. These options can be applied to the planning and implementation of interventions that promote the early diagnosis of communicable diseases in prison settings. Executive summary Compared with the general public, people in ...

Although much has been written on HIV-sensitive social protection, there is insufficient guidance on how to bring to scale what works in the context of different HIV epidemics and for different populations. This document seeks to fill this gap. It provides guidance to governments, people ...

В сборник включено около 300 тезисов от 200 организаций из более чем 20 стран. Содержательное наполнение сборника тезисов VI Конференции базируется на научнообоснованных подходах и призвано информировать делегатов и всех заинтересованных специалистов о передовых результатах фундаментальных и прикладных исследований в области эпидемиологии, профилактики и лечения ВИЧ-инфекции, а ...

The Global Health 50/50 Report, the first of its kind, provides a comprehensive review of the gender-related policies of more than 140 major organisations working in and/or influencing the field of global health. The initiative is focused at the intersection of several Sustainable Development Goals ...

Первый План действий по борьбе с вирусными гепатитами в Европейском регионе адаптирует Глобальную стратегию сектора здравоохранения по вирусному гепатиту на 2016-2021 гг. к контексту Европейского региона. План разработан на основе открытого процесса коллективной работы, доработан и одобрен на 66-й сессии Европейского регионального комитета ВОЗ резолюцией ...

The importance of engaging all providers in tuberculosis (TB) care and prevention has been recognized for well over a decade. Over 4 million people with TB are missed each year by health systems and therefore do not get the care they need and deserve. A ...

About the PrEP in Europe Initiative The PrEP in Europe Initiative (PEI) is a new initiative, a coalition of European organisations and activists concerned with HIV prevention and specifically with ensuring access to PrEP (preexposure prophylaxis) among people at high risk of HIV. Our mission is ...

This Report has been prepared by the International charitable organization “Eurasian Union of Adolescents and Youth “Teenergizer” under the #QuestHIVTest Project supported by the UNAIDS Regional Office in EECA region and ViiV Healthcare. Report “Barriers in access to HIV testing for adolescents and youth in three ...

The current desk research was aimed at analysing the impact of social, cultural, political and other macro-social factors that influence the overall homo-transphobic environment of Armenian society. The report can be used for the elaboration of recommendations and specific strategies for overcoming homophobia in Armenia. More ...

1. Globally, there are more than 10.35 million people held in prisons on any given day. The total annual global prison population is significantly greater due to high turnover in the incarcerated population. One third of the imprisoned people are in pretrial detention centres. The ...

The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a human right. References to the right to health are found in international and regional law, treaties, United Nations declarations, and national laws and constitutions across the globe. The right to health ...

In 2016, 29444 people were diagnosed with HIV in the 31 countries of the EU/EEA, with a rate of 5.9 per 100000 when adjusted for reporting delay (Table  1; Annex  6). Countries with the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses reported in 2016 were Latvia ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 10.4 million persons developed tuberculosis (TB) worldwide in 2016, corresponding to a global incidence of 140 TB cases per 100 000 population. Of those who developed TB, 1.0 million cases (10%) occurred among persons living with HIV. The worldwide ...

The purpose of WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and of progress in care and prevention at global, regional and country levels. This is done in the context of recommended global TB strategies and associated ...

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the treatment of HIV infection has improved steadily since the advent of potent combination therapy in 1996. ART has dramatically reduced HIV-associated morbidity and mortality and has transformed HIV infection into a manageable chronic condition. In addition, ART is highly effective ...

This report compiles the latest body of evidence on how stigma and discrimination create barriers across the HIV prevention, testing and treatment cascades and reduce the impact of the AIDS response. Irrational fears of HIV infection and negative attitudes and judgements towards people living with HIV ...

Accelerating HIV prevention to reduce new infections by 75% The United Nations General Assembly agreed in June 2016 that ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 requires a Fast-Track response, with three milestones to be reached by 2020: Reduce new HIV infections to fewer ...