A historic moment for Belarus community of people living with HIV – on Dec 19, the most important amendment to article 157 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus was adopted. This amendment removes the responsibility of an HIV-positive person who has warned ...

"The old hags occupied all the benches", Dasha points out disapprovingly. Dasha has no reason to be well-disposed to old women - both on funny pictures, and in real life they often spit out a capacious description: "Prostitute" when they see her. That’s what Dasha ...

The expert described the situation in Belarus at the 22nd International Conference on HIV held in Amsterdam from July 23 to July 27.

The head of the Ministry of Health discussed such an opportunity at the World Health Assembly.

18 stories of people from different regions of Belarus living with HIV and successfully taking antiretroviral therapy.

Belarus is among the 9 countries in the WHO European Region with the highest burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). In the Brest region of south-west Belarus, the challenge of MDR-TB is well recognized by physicians and health-care authorities. Treatment for MDR-TB is long and difficult, ...

Belarus made a big step forward in combating discrimination against people living with HIV. Viney Saldana, UNAIDS Regional Director for Eastern Europe & Central Asia, stated this at a special joint event dedicated to the Zero Discrimination Day.

Changing laws and regulations has been a slow process. Civil society has been pushing for such a mechanism for several years.

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 ...

For the six months of 2017, in all regions of Belarus, especially in Gomel region, the number of criminal prosecution increased drastically for cases of HIV-positive people by Article 157 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (infecting a person with human immunodeficiency virus).

Six case studies documented by the Eurasian Coalition on Male Health Global Fund policies on the composition of country coordinating mechanisms (CCMs) have resulted in increased participation of LGBT organizations on CCMs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). It has also resulted in greater participation ...

The International AIDS Society (IAS) is currently inviting civil society organizations and HIV prevention service providers to nominate Youth Champions for HIV prevention among key populations in Eastern Europe Eastern Europe to develop a nuanced understanding of current primary prevention practices and models that effectively address the ...

DR-TB STAT and the Sentinel Project will host a webinar, MDR-TB Treatment with Bedaquiline in Children and Adolescents: Global Recommendations and Program Experience in Belarus on 26 May 2017. For more information about the webinar and how to connect, click here. Source