ECOM believes that one of the key elements to putting an end to the concentrated HIV epidemic in the CEECA region is the elimination of legal, social, economic, and gender barriers to accessing services.

ECOM, as part of the program “Right to Health”, implemented with the support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, developed the first ever Regional Training Module on work with Public Officials on Human Rights and Combating Stigma and Discrimination against gay men, ...

2017 was intensive and bright for the organization.

The LGBT activist, strategic information officer of the ECUO Armen Agadzhanov became the first person living with HIV in Armenia who publicly disclosed his HIV status. Colleagues from Life4me prepared an interesting interview with him about the life with HIV, his work and discrimination in ...

Today, on May 17, the world celebrates the International Day Against Homophobia (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia). In this regard, we have collected information for you about some of the activities that take place on this day.

HIV-service organizations and the LGBT community of the Russian Federation are demanding to stop blocking websites sites about health and HIV. The relevant petition addressed to the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Communications of Russia can be signed ...

This decision was brought forth by Roskomnadzor (the Russian Federal IT and Mass Communications Surveillance and Control Office), which included the Internet resource to the Uniform Register of Prohibited Websites.

Unlike perhaps any other illness, HIV is intertwined with such deep political implications. To have HIV is not just to have an illness that affects the body but to also have a disease that marks you. It is to have your story taken away from ...

The organization launched a fundraising campaign.

Every year on October 11, in many countries of the world the LGBT community, its friends and all tolerant society celebrates the International Coming-Out Day

On October 6, the first meeting of working group on development of the "Transitional plan on state financing" was held in Yerevan. The working group includes the representatives of state agencies, international organizations, as well as representatives of civil sector and activists working in the field of combating HIV. "Unfortunately, the group lacks the representatives of the Ministry of Finance of Armenia, which, ...

A new report released today by the Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF) and OutRight Action International in collaboration with The Global Platform to Fast Track the Human Rights and HIV Responses with Gay and Bisexual Men argues for a global health and development approach that is ...

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 ...

Larry Kramer — writer, advocate, “loudmouth” — helped define AIDS activism and gay life. He ruffled some feathers along the way. In the documentary “How to Survive a Plague,” Larry Kramer silences a room full of AIDS activists with just one word. The scene takes place ...

UNAIDS’ vision of zero discrimination and ending AIDS by 2030 will only become a reality if the response to HIV reaches everyone, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), a worldwide celebration of sexual and ...

Statement by the NGO Delegation to the Programme Coordinating Board of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) – May 17th, 2017 On this International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), the NGO Delegation ...

Risk calculator developed by UCLA and Los Angeles LGBT Center may fill that void A new study from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health suggests modifying federal health guidelines related to the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV transmission because current standards could miss ...