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The ILO Global HIV Discrimination in the World of Work survey
ILO has joined forces with Gallup to carry out a global survey covering 50 countries that sheds further light on the causes of the persistence of HIV-related stigma and discrimination in the world of work.
The survey provides an empirical basis for better-informed action by governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations to promote a non-discriminatory, healthy and safe working environment.
Leveraging the HIV Response for Stronger Health Systems and Pandemic Preparedness
Through interviews in six countries – Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam — Friends of the Global Fight examines how the HIV response contributed to country responses to COVID-19 and broader health systems.
The issue brief proposes that the HIV response offers a critical pathway towards robust, resilient, rights-based and people-centered health systems. The HIV…
Stigma Index Implementation Guide
This publication by GNP+ is a handbook to support networks of people living with HIV to conduct the PLHIV Stigma Index 2.0. The Implementation Guidelines provide step-by-step guidance on all phases of implementation and link to many helpful templates and tools that can be used throughout the process. They are now available in English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe 2021 (2020 data)
This report has been published jointly by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
To better understand the extent to which the pandemic affected 2020 HIV/AIDS surveillance data, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control conducted a short survey that was sent to…
UNAIDS DATA 2021
In this report UNAIDS presents the latest 2020 data on HIVprevention, testing, treatment, and care.
The 90–90–90 targets were missed, but not by much. At the end of 2020, 84% of people living with HIV knew their HIV status, 87% of people living with HIV who knew their HIV status were accessing antiretroviral therapy, and 90% of people on treatment were virally suppressed.
Global guidance on criteria and processes for validation: elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus
This document, the third version, adds on EMTCT of hepatitis B virus (HBV), bringing together a package of interventions and metrics to support integrated management and monitoring of vertical transmission across a wide range of epidemiological and programmatic contexts.
Establishment of criteria for validation began in 2007 with global consultations while lessons learnt advised publication of 2…
Integrated and Person Centred Harm Reduction Services
In this report, Harm Reduction International defines an integrated harm reduction service as a site or organisation that provides one or more ‘traditional’ harm reduction services (such as opioid agonist therapy or a needle and syringe programme)
alongside other health and social services. In doing so, they ensure that a wide range of services are available
and accessible to their clients.
For…
49th PCB NGO Report: Left Out: The HIV Community and Societal Enablers in the HIV Response
Every year, the NGO Delegation prepares a report to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) on issues that are of urgent concern to communities and civil society. This annual report of the NGO delegation, presented at the 49th PCB meeting, focuses on the imperative to scale up societal enablers to accelerate progress towards ending the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030, as…
AIDS Action Europe Strategic Plan 2022-2026 - WORKING TOGETHER TO END INEQUALITIES
The AAE 2022-2026 Strategic Plan “Working Together to End Inequalities” was developed as a result of consultation process that we launched among our member back in 2020 as well as through analysing the available epidemiological situation and examining the context of our region as it relates to inequalities and human rights.
People living with HIV, TB, and viral hepatitis, and key populations…
HIV Treatment for Babies and Children
This leaflet is designed for peer educators, community health workers, treatment advocates, or anyone interacting regularly with parents and caregivers living with or concerned about HIV.
The materials cover the following themes: Rights, Testing, Breastfeeding, Treatment, Taking HIV Medicine, Talking About HIV, Stigma, and COVID-19. The key messages were developed jointly with PLHIV networks in…
HIV and mental health: Improving generic NHS talking therapy services for people living with HIV in England
National AIDS Trust investigated the suitability of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services for people living with HIV and surveyed how people living with HIV had used the NHS talking therapy services in England.
The report reveals a lack of HIV knowledge and understanding within IAPT services, and IAPT services poor integration with wider HIV healthcare services stopped them…
2021 World AIDS Day report — Unequal, unprepared, under threat: why bold action against inequalities is needed to end AIDS, stop COVID-19 and prepare for future pandemics
In this report the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) issues a stark warning. Progress against AIDS, which was already off track, is now under even greater strain as the COVID-19 crisis continues to rage, disrupting HIV prevention and treatment services, schooling, violence-prevention programmes and more.
Analysis in this report shows that millions of lives will be lost from…
The journey towards comprehensive sexuality education: global status report
Drawing on multiple data sources, this Global Status Report provides a snapshot of how countries are advancing on their journeys towards school-based comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) across the world. CSE is central to children and young people’s well-being, equipping them with the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy and responsible choices in their lives. This body of work…
Declaration on Sexual Pleasure
The Declaration on Sexual Pleasure by was originally proclaimed at the 24th World Congress of Sexual Health in Mexico City in 2019 by the World Association for Sexual Health.
The final version of the Declaration was ratified by the General Assembly at the 25th World Congress of Sexual Health in Cape Town, South Africa in 2021.
Sex Work & Mental Health: Overview of factors impacting sex workers' mental health and access to services in Europe and Central Asia
This briefing paper was developed as part of the pilot program aimed at supporting the mental health of sex workers. With the support of ILGA-Europe, ICRSE (now ESWA) offered a series of workshops and events to give sex workers’ activists in Europe and Central Asia an opportunity to discuss issues related to mental health, learn how to identify and address mental health crises in our community…
Harm Reduction Key Principles in Homeless Services
The Key Principles of Harm Reduction are an innovative set of tools developed through the HR4Homelessness Project. The innovation lies in their capacity to translate existing experiences and knowledge on Harm Reduction into actionable guidance through an open, iterative and evolving framework.
The Key Principles aim to contribute to improving and transforming the services that shape access to…
Перспективные препараты против ВИЧ в 2021 году: Новые препараты в разработке
В данном отчете рассматриваются достижения в разработке против ВИЧ в 2021 году.
Многие из разрабатываемых соединений потенциально могут быть использованы как для лечения, так и для профилактики. Кроме того, впервые за многие годы большая часть текущих разработок относится к новым классам препаратов, которые могут быть использованы для людей, не получающих лечения, не имеющих опыта лечения и…
Briefing Paper: Mental Health of People Living with HIV
This paper provides recommendations based on the results of research conducted by the European AIDS Treatment Group, part of its “HIV & Mental Health” project, as well as consultations and community feedback.
The briefing paper is available in English and Russian.
A Deadly Divide: TB Commitments vs. TB Realities. A Communities Report on Progress Towards the UN Political Declaration on the Fight Against TB and a Call to Action to Close the Gaps in TB Targets
This report has been developed by the Stop TB Partnership Communities, Developing Country NGO and Developed Country NGO Delegations to the Board through consultation with their constituents and other key stakeholders from over 60 countries. This report documents how - – two years on from the United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB and the Political Declaration on the Fight Against Tuberculosis –…
THE 2020 REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
This report sets out the violation of rights experienced by people living with HIV in Turkey in 2020 based on data reported to the Pozitif-iz Association.
Unlike the reports launched previously, “The 2020 Report on Human Rights Violations” experienced by people living with HIV in Turkey additionally includes the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on human rights violations.
Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorites
The Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorities (EQOSOGI) report examines the laws and regulations that affect the lives of LGBTI people in 16 countries—Bangladesh, Canada, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, Ukraine, and Uruguay. These countries represent different geographic areas, income levels, and…
Breaking barriers in HIV: Action for legislators to address LGBT+ inequities
A new report is based on two private roundtables the Global Equality Caucus, in partnership with Gilead hosted to discuss inequities in HIV healthcare that LGBT+ people face and what elected representatives should be doing to push for improvements in theprovision of care.
The report includes ten recommendations for legislators and others to take forward, including repealing or modernising…
positive stimmen 2.0 - results of the PLHIV Stigma Index 2.0 in Germany
Brochure with the results of the PLHIV Stigma Index 2.0 in Germany
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the HIV response
UNAIDS presents an inforgraphic on the effects COVID-19 pandemic had on the HIV response. The infographic includes the topics of treatment access, prevention programmes, stigma and discrimination, etc
Civil society involvement in harm reduction drug policy: reflections on the past, expectations for the future
A range of civil society organisations (CSOs) such as drug user groups, non-governmental/third sector organisations and networks of existing organisations, seek to shape the development of drugs policy at national and international levels. However, their capacity to do so is shaped by the contexts in which they operate nationally and internationally. The aim of this paper is to explore the lived…
Global Fund Results Report 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the fight against HIV, TB and malaria in 2020, according to a new report released by the Global Fund. The Results Report shows that while some progress was made, key programmatic results have declined for the first time in the history of the Global Fund.
HIV testing is everyone’s business. Toolkit to enhance HIV testing in people with indicator conditions
This short guide is a toolkit to support healthcare professionals, commissioners and health service planners increase HIV testing in people presenting in their services with HIV indicator conditions. It will provide answers to some of the regular questions which arise when discussing indicator condition testing including:
• what HIV and HIV indicator conditions are
• the evidence base and current…
Key Populations' Values and Preferences for HIV, Hepatitis and STI services: A Qualitative Study
In 2021 INPUD collaborated with the World Health Organization (WHO) Department for Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes on a global qualitative study examining the values and preferences of key populations, including people who inject drugs, for HIV, Hepatitis and STIs services. The findings of this study will inform the update of the WHO 2016 Consolidated Guidelines for HIV prevention,…
First Global Report on Sex Worker Rights Defenders at Risk
Front Line Defenders launched the first ever investigation into targeted violence, threats and attacks against sex worker rights defenders on 12 August 2021.
The report features case studies, testimonies, security analysis, and protection requests from human rights defenders, documented on collaborative research trips conducted by Front Line Defenders researchers and HRDs. Between 2017 and 2020,…
Lgbti+ Health Equity. A Global Report of 50 Fast-Track Cities
The study included assessments of 50 cities and municipalities from four geographic regions, as well as 275 key informant interviews with people involved in LGBTI+ health issues at the community level who completed an online survey.
Among the study’s revelations was the fact that no region came close to perfect on LGBTI+ health equity indicators, including quality of life, access to care, or…