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What can we do when politicians ignore the evidence?
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools provide guidance for advocacy for legal and regulatory changes. This Tip Sheet is about what to do when politicians ignore the evidence. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Key Questions: Questions you should ask yourself (and be able to answer) before you ask to meet with a Government Minister
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools provide guidance for advocacy for legal and regulatory changes. This Tip Sheet is about preparing for a meeting with a Government Minister or high level official. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Influencing at conferences and other events
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools provide guidance for advocacy for legal and regulatory changes. This Tip Sheet is about influencing at conferences and other events. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
How should we present our case to decision-makers and politicians?
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools provide guidance for advocacy for legal and regulatory changes. This Tip Sheet is about Presenting the case to decision-makers and politicians. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
How can we build alliances between community, clinicians and public health?
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools provide guidance for advocacy for legal and regulatory changes. This Tip Sheet is about building alliances between community, clinicians and public health. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
How and where do I find evidence for a change in policy?
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools provide guidance for advocacy for legal and regulatory changes. This Tip Sheet is about getting the evidence for policy changes. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
How can we do a simple, quick, low cost but robust survey of an issue?
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools provide guidance for advocacy for legal and regulatory changes. This Tip Sheet is describes how to do a simple, quick, low cost survey of an issue. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
How can I construct or compare a continuum of care?
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools provide guidance for advocacy for legal and regulatory changes. This Tip Sheet is about constructing and comparing your continuum of care. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Simple principles for effective campaigning on legislative or regulatory change
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools provide guidance for advocacy for legal and regulatory changes. This Tip Sheet is about simple principles for effective campaigning. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Gaining access to PrEP in France
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools address barriers to HIV prevention and treatment. This case study is about gaining access to PrEP (France). Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Getting equal and free HIV treatment for undocumented migrants in England
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools address barriers to HIV prevention and treatment. This case study is about getting free & equal HIV treatment for undocumented migrants (England). Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Changing drugs laws in Portugal to prioritise public health
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools address legal and regulatory barriers to HIV testing. This case study is about changing drug laws to prioritise public health (Portugal). Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Removing sex work regulations in Greece
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools address legal and regulatory barriers to HIV testing. This case study is about removing sex work regulations (Greece). Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Mitigating criminalisation of HIV transmission: England & Wales
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools address legal and regulatory barriers to HIV testing. This case study is about challenging criminal law on HIV transmission/exposure (England & Wales). Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Criminalisation law reform in the Netherlands
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools address legal and regulatory barriers to HIV testing. This case study is about challenging criminal law on HIV transmission/exposure (Netherlands). Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Repealing bad criminal law on HIV in Denmark
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. Many of these tools address legal and regulatory barriers to HIV testing. This case study is about challenging criminal law on HIV transmission/exposure (Denmark). Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement reform in Kyrgyzstan
This report explores the causes of high out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for outpatient medicines in Kyrgyzstan and develops policy recommendations to reduce them. The analysis consisted of a review of current reimbursement mechanisms and an assessment of their ability to protect the Kyrgyz population from high OOP payments. The analysis showed that Kyrgyz patients have been confronted with…
Establishing a community testing facility in a regulatory-restricted environment
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. This case study is about establishing a community testing facility in a regulatory restricted environment in Slovenia. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Meeting the challenge of restrictive testing regulations in the Ukraine
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. This case study is about meeting the challenge of restrictive testing regulations in the Ukraine. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
Organising a Europe-wide coalition to raise the profile of HIV testing (European HIV Testing Week)
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. This case study describes the organising a Europe-wide coalition to raise the profile of HIV testing (European HIV Testing Week). Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
What are the new testing technologies and strategies and where are they working?
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. This Tip Sheet the new testing strategies and where are they working. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also via www.opttest.eu.
How can I identify and verify local barriers to testing and treatment access?
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. This Tip Sheet describes the process of identifying and proving local barriers to testing and treatment access. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also at www.opttest.eu.
What types of legal and regulatory barriers are common and how do they damage access?
A number of tools and resources have been developed within the OptTEST by HiE project to optimise HIV testing and linkage to care. This Tip Sheet describes common legal and regulatory barriers and how they restrict access. Author: Power, L. (2017). Available also at www.opttest.eu.
SUMMARY OF THE PERIODIC TECHNICAL REPORT JOINT ACTION ON HIV AND CO-INFECTION PREVENTION AND HARM REDUCTION
The Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction (HA-REACT) addresses existing gaps in the prevention of HIV and other co-infections, especially tuberculosis (TB) and viral hepatitis. Here you can find a summary of the periodic technical report of HA-REACT.
SEEK Development's new Donor Tracker
This brochure introduces the online tool "Donor Tracker", who seeks to advance and support progress in global development by providing advocates with easy access to high-quality quantitative and qualitative strategic information to support their work.
The financing and sustainability of harm reduction services in the EU
This report outlines the findings of the Work Package 8 meeting of the Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction (HA-REACT), which took place in Vilnius.
One aim of HA-REACT’s Work Package 8 (WP8) is to help countries access harm reduction funds, especially via EU structural funds. WP 8 introduces three country examples, presenting different harm reduction funding flows,…
Government Gazette Vol 1; 2017: a roadmap for sustainable healthcare
The issue is dedicated to sustainable heathcare with special focus on AIDS and fast-track strategy.
Sini Pasanen, AIDS Action Europe Steering Committee Member and Executive Director, Positiiviset ry, HivFinland speaks about the role of community organisations in the fight against AIDS and adresses a strong appeal to the governments. The shorter version of the article has been published in the…
Программа конференции «ВИЧ в Восточной Европе – незамеченная эпидемия?», 17 октября 2017, Берлин
The countries of the former Soviet Union are one of the few regions in the world where new HIV infections continue to grow. At the end of 2015 in the Russian Federation, the number of officially registered people living with HIV reached one million. Two-thirds of new infections in Europe occur in Russia. According to UNAIDS, only 21% of HIV-infected people have access to treatment because of high…
Toolkit for MSM Checkpoints
A Working Group of Checkpoints from all over Europe developed an interactive Toolkit for community-based, voluntary counselling and testing (CBVCT) services targeting men who have sex with men (MSM). This Toolkit is part of the Euro HIV EDAT (Early HIV Diagnosis And Testing in Europe, www.eurohivedat.eu) project, funded by the 2008-13 Health Programme from European Commission.
It supports…
UNAIDS DATA 2017
UNAIDS has collected and published information on the state of the world’s HIV epidemic for the past 20 years. This information has shaped and guided the development of the response to HIV in regions, countries and cities worldwide. This edition of UNAIDS data contains the highlights of the very latest data on the world’s response to HIV, consolidating a small part of the huge volume of data…