On September 25-26, the national HIV programs managers of eastern European, central Asian and non-European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries got together for a regional meeting held at the WHO European Office in Copenhagen. Vladimir Zhovtyak, ECUO President, as a representative of international PLWH community, participated ...

Participants of the regional meeting “The Coalition for Change”, that took place in Riga on September 22-24, signed a Memorandum of cooperation, understanding and establishing a regional organization to advocate for MSM+. The document was signed by representatives of five states: Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, ...

On September 25-26,the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization convenes in Copenhagen a meeting of leaders of national HIV programs from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and non-EU/EEA countries. The purpose of this meeting is to support participating countries in the preparation or updating ...

On September 25, the third expert meeting "HIV Outcomes: Beyond Viral Suppression" is held in Brussels, where political priorities on HIV are discussed: long-term health, concomitant diseases and the sustainability of the public health care service. Policymakers and stakeholders from HIV communities and health policy ...

In early September, Poland became the platform for the first presentation and discussion of the "Concept of the East Europe and Central Asia Union of People Living with HIV on access to treatment in the EECA region". The key aspect of the Concept is the ...

In Chisinau, at the annual coordination meeting of the Participants of the General Meeting of the ECUO, the priorities for advocacy activities for the coming year were identified. The ECUO participants and focal points from 15 countries of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia, as well ...

President of the ECUO Vladimir Zhovtyak talks, in his blog, about the main issues to be discussed at the working meeting of the ECUO communities, which will be held on the 6th of September in Poland. During the first working week of autumn, representatives of ECUO ...

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 ...

The Global Fund has issued a new request for 2 proposals to select civil society service providers to support the realisation of 2 components of the Community Rights and Gender Strategic Initiative, during 2017-2019: Civil society and community organizations to provide peer-to-peer short-term technical assistance for civil ...

Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) presents the regional report “Programmatic and Finance Gaps for Key Populations in a Selection of Eastern European and Central Asian Countries,” which covers the financial and programmatic data, barriers and challenges to strengthening the continuum of HIV care in seven ...

​The continuum of HIV care is a framework that enables countries to monitor the effectiveness of their HIV response - from diagnosis towards viral suppression (which means that the virus is no longer detectable in the blood). This report provides a snapshot of the status ...

Provides information on drug prices and purchases A new database is being developed in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) containing information on antiretrovirals (ARVs) in use in 15 countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine ...

ECUO team is pleased to present free online access to Community Regional Action Plan for Enhancing Sustainable Access to Quality and Continuous HIV Care for All Who Need It in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2017-2020 (Regional Plan). The developed Regional Plan is a ...

Central Asia and the Russian Federation face a major intra-regional migration flow, home, as it is, to one of the largest labor migration corridors in the world, with hundreds of thousands of migrant workers moving from Central Asian countries to the Russian Federation and to ...

Tallinn, Estonia, March 23, 2017 - A new network of sex workers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia has been registered in Tallinn, Estonia. EECA Sex Workers’ Alliance is created to promote the development of policies on sex workers based on humanity, tolerance, protection of ...

A regional program in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) will pilot an innovative city service model to combat HIV and TB, with a special focus on key affected populations (KAPs). The city service model was implemented in Western Europe, the U.S. and Canada as far ...