Service provider: NGO “DIA+LOGS” (supervised by SPKC (CDPC of Latvia))
Mobile Unit staff: 23h/per week (4 days)
Medical worker (nurse - 1) – 14h/week: provide testing, consultations about (HIV, TB, HCV, overdose prevention, treatment, condom use, wound treatment etc.).
Social worker (1) – 23h/week: consultation, motivation, helps medical w, exchange syringes, distribute condoms.
Outreach…
AIDS Action Europe is happy to launch the call for trainee applications for its regional training for Southern European EU countries on affordability and pricing of medications.
The aim of the training is to build capacities of civil society organizations from the EU countries in South Europe for the advocacy on universal access to treatment and affordability and pricing of medications. The…
AIDS Action Europe would like to welcome and introduce to you our new AAE Steering Committee Member: Richard Stranz. We talked with Richard about his background and his expactations as a member as AIDS Action Europe Steering Committee.
AAE:.Richard, you have been working in the field of HIV for more than two decades now. Please tell us about your background and experiences both at national and…
“There seems to be an agreement and consensus on targets in order to fast track the end of AIDS. But do we do really everything to get there?” With a strong and dedicated speech Sini Pasanen, co-Chair of the EU HIV/AIDS Civil Society Forum for AIDS Action Europe, addressed the audience of the EU-Presidency technical meeting in Malta.
Do we have needles and syringes in prisons? Are we offering…
In Russia, officially, around 750,000 people have been diagnosed with HIV. The actual number is likely to be higher. In some regions the country seems to be in the transition to a "general epidemic", which means that more than one per cent of the population is living with HIV.
In the 1990s, the virus spread mainly among drug users. Also, today the official numbers show that more than half of the…
This interview was produced in the framework of the first ever Europe-wide online survey aimed at community health workers who provide sexual health support including counselling, testing, and psychosocial care for gay, bisexual and other MSM. European Community Health Workers Online Survey (ECHOES) is available online NOW in 16 languages and will remain open until 31st January 2017. To take part…
This interview was produced in the framework of the first ever Europe-wide online survey aimed at community health workers who provide sexual health support including counselling, testing, and psychosocial care for gay, bisexual and other MSM. European Community Health Workers Online Survey (ECHOES) is available online NOW in 16 languages and will remain open until 31st January 2017. To take part…
As part of HA-REACT work package 4 a 3-day training on HIV and HCV testing for 12 NGO representatives working with people who use drugs (PWID) in Hungary took place on the 13-15th December 2016 .This training was in partnership with the National Center for Epidemiology of Hungary. The training participants learned about rapid test provision, core skills of pre- and post-counselling, and community…
The 2nd Partnership Forum for the Joint Action HA-REACT was held on 2-3 November 2016 in Riga, Latvia. 52 associated and collaborating partners attended from over 17 countries for two and a half days of presentations. The coordinating team opened the meeting Wednesday morning with an overview of the project status and the reporting situation. Subsequently, steering committee members presented…
What are the needs of civil society organisations in the response to the HIV epidemic and what role should AAE take in order to support its members in terms of advocacy and communication. These were the questions discussed during the first AAE Member Meeting that took place on November 5, at the AIDS Action Europe offices in Berlin. The bilingual meeting - English and Russian simultaneours…
26 October, during the HIV Glasgow conference 2016 AIDS Action Europe organised a Symposium on „Communities, Clinics and Academia: Cooperation in Community Based Voluntary Counselling and Testing: good practices and obstacles“.
Community based organisations and their services have access to key populations. Academic and research institutions have the capacity to collect and analyse data that can…
Lella Cosmaro is working in the AAE member organisation LILA – Milano. For four years she was the co-chair of the Civil Society Forum and since 2011 she has been the member of AAE Steering Committee. This year is the last one for her in this position. In the interview we asked Lella about her experiences as a SC member and why it is worth to join the AAE SC team.
AAE: Lella, you have been the…
See interview of advisor of HA-REACT Dagmar Hedrich, EMCDDA, about experiences of France with consumption rooms – one of the harm reduction measures that help to save lives, reduce HIV and HCV transmission and provide a referral point for those seeking treatment
The Centre for Epidemiological Studies on HIV and STIs of Catalonia (CEEISCAT) (www.ceeiscat.org), part of the Catalan Agency for Public Health, is looking for a consultant to coordinate the COBATEST network. The network is formed by 46 CBVCTs (community-based voluntary counselling and testing services) of 20 European countries (Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic, Poland, France,…
DEADLINE EXTENDED!!! APPLY TILL OCTOBER 31ST!!!
There are a few free seats for our trainings in Riga, Latvia (November 24-25) and in Belgrade, Serbia (December 10-11)
AIDS Action Europe is happy to launch its three regional trainings on affordability of medications.
The aim of the trainings is to build capacities of civil society organizations for the advocacy on universal access to treatment…
Are you involved in an HIV/AIDS related NGO or community group? Is your organisation a member or partner of AIDS Action Europe? Are you motivated to work towards a more effective response to the HIV epidemic in Europe and Central Asia?
To find out more about position and criteria please click here.
If you are interested and meet the criteria, please apply! Your application should consist of a…
After the recent elections to the State Duma in Russia last Sunday, it became clear that the legislative strategy of the Russian Parliament regarding civil society is unlikely to change and civil society in Russia will continue to face obstacles. In recent months we have seen the further worsening of the situation in the Russian Federation related to the application of the so called “foreign…
On 5-6th of September 2016 the kick off meeting for a new EU funded project on men who have sex with men (MSM) took place in Luxembourg. Based on the EMIS survey in 2010, a new EMIS survey addressing MSM will be part of the project. On top of that community health workers are at focus. A survey will focus on knowledge and attitudes of community health workers who work with MSM and a training…
Yesterday, 22 August, 2016, the European Commission announced the admission of Truvada as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV) in all 28 EU member states. Experts believe that it will be available on the pharmaceutical market within the next 6 months. Already now PrEP plays an important role, along with other measures, in HIV prevention.
At the International AIDS Conference 2016 in Durban,…
Our partner organization AFEW (International) is organising a community-based research programme. The programme consists of several trainings and a small grants fund for community-based research projects. The programme is meant for communities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) and is aimed to result in the submission of abstracts for the International AIDS Conference 2018, which will be…
Since 2010 the World Hepatitis Day is held on July 28. On this day the world focuses on raising awareness about viral hepatitis. According to World Health Organization there are an estimated 400 million people infected with viral hepatitis B and C and around 1.45 million die annually from their consequences. Until recently, there was no global strategy on viral hepatitis, but in May 2016 the…
More and more non-governmental organizations in Russia are included to the list of „foreign agents”, including HIV-service organizations. Some of our member organizations are also affected; Harm Reduction Network ESVERO in Moscow was recently registered as a “foreign agent”.
As stated on the website of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, the decision was made during the…
The 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) took place from 18 till 22 July, 2016 in Durban, South Africa. This year’s slogan was Access Equity Rights Now. Our colleague, Michael Krone, was attending the conference. Please see below his article focusing on the situation in the EECA region.
“I am hearing only bad news on Radio Africa” is a song from the 80s that I, currently attending the…
Today we would like to share with you our latest news on the activities of AIDS Action Europe in the first half of the year and also our plans and upcoming activities for the second half of the year.
Meeting of the Steering Committee
In April, the Steering Committee of AAE met in Belgrade, Serbia. It was a productive meeting with discussions on profiling of AAE and our planning till AIDS 2018.…
The Andrey Rylkov Foundation in Russia was just listed as an organisation carrying out the functions of a Foreign Agent.
"Our organization works on issues related to public health: prevention of HIV, Tuberculosis, hepatitis C and drug overdoses. We also provide social support to people who suffer from drug dependence, helping them to stay healthy, referring them to medical and social services…
AIDS Action Europe holds a seat on the NGO Delegation unaidspcbngo.org to the UNAIDS PCB for the period of 2016-2017. Our colleague, Ferenc Bagyinszky, is the alternate delegate for Europe. The UNAIDS PCB has held its biannual meeting recently. Please find below a report from the perspective of our delegate.
The 38th PCB meeting of the UNAIDS was held on June 28-30. UNAIDS was the first ever UN…
On June 22nd, 2016, AAE hosted the presentation of the “aMASE - advancing Migrants Access to health Services in Europe” study results, presented by Matthias Wienold (Ethno-Medizinisches Zentrum e.V., Hannover). aMASE is a study funded by the European Commission and part of EuroCoord (Enhancing clinical and epidemiological HIV research in Europe through cohort collaboration). One work package of…
EU HIV/AIDS Civil Society Forum
The United Nations intend to expand their engagement in order to end AIDS by 2030. That was the consensus of the declaration the member states adopted in the opening of the UN High Level Meeting in New York on ending AIDS. Before, there had been a political controversy because some countries, among them Russia, refused to support certain statements regarding…
The coordinators of the Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction (HA-REACT) work packages (WP) have completed the next steps of the project deliverables. Meetings took place with relevant stakeholders in Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Each team also held a logical framework approach (LFA) workshop. The logframe approach is a project management…
AIDS Action Europe met Serbian stakeholders during its meeting in Belgrade. More than 40 representatives of 20 Serbian NGOs working in the fields of HIV/AIDS prevention have participated in the Stakeholder meeting on 12th of April 2016. Among them - representatives of NGOs work with women living with HIV, vulnerable groups like LGBT, sex workers, Roma youth, drug users and organisations working…