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Call for Interest: AIDS Action Europe Visual Identity Relaunch
Call for Interest - Training of Trainers on Harm Reduction in the Context of Chemsex
Survey on HPV and related cancers: prevention, testing and screening among PLHIV and key populations
Events
EU Health Policy Platform Annual Meeting – Stakeholders’ Dialogue: Joint Statements, Study results and discussion
Thematic Network on HIV, TB, viral hepatitis, and STIs: Eliminating Stigma, Discrimination and Criminalisation of Key Populations - Webinar
EU HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and Tuberculosis Civil Society Forum. June 2022
Publications
Policy Paper on Strengthening Community HIV Testing the WHO European Region
The Policy Paper is a result of a comparative 28-country report conducted by the COBATEST Network in 2022-2023.
Despite their valuable contributions, CSOs providing community HIV testing services encounter several challenges in their efforts to expand community HIV testing: inconsistent legal frameworks non-inclusion in national HIV plans, sustainability and funding, underutilization of data, provider training
To address these challenges and maximize the impact of community HIV testing efforts, the Policy Paper proposes a set of recommendations.
Policy Paper on Strengthening HIV Self-testing in the WHO European Region
The Policy Paper is a result of a comparative 28-country report conducted by the COBATEST Network in 2022-2023.
Communities and CSOs play a crucial role in advancing HIV testing initiatives, including HIV self-testing. Despite their efforts, they face specific challenges in implementing HIV self-testing initiatives. These challenges include: inconsistent legal frameworks, non-Inclusion in national HIV plans, lack of availability of HIV self-testing kits, high cost of HIV self-testing kits.
Legal and Policy Barriers to Community HIV testing services and HIV self-testing. A comparative 28-country report
The early diagnosis and treatment of HIV is crucial for reducing infection rates and improving the health outcomes of individuals and communities. PLHIV on effective ART have their viral load suppressed to an undetectable level, which means that they cannot pass on the virus even if other safer sex methods (e.g. a condom) are not used.[1] Community HIV testing has proven effective to detect new HIV cases, especially in communities where access to health care services is limited.