AAE E-News December 2019

E-NEWS AIDS ACTION EUROPE - DECEMBER 2019

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E-NEWS AIDS ACTION EUROPE - December 2019

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Today, we would like to share with you AAE's latest news on

Empowerment of Women Living with HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia - international conference that took place in Minsk, Belarus
Training Materials for Community Health Worker adressing gay men and other MSM
Alternative ways of ensuring access to drugs and medicines - Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative celebrated its 15 years

And two new clearinghouse updates:

ESTICOM Training Material for Community Health Worker adressing gay men and other MSM
Women and HIV. Accepting the Challenge (video)

Best wishes,
AAE Office
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LATEST AAE NEWS

Training Materials for Community Health Worker addressing gay men and other MSM are available online!

The training material toolbox curriculum for training Community Health Workers (CHW) working with gay men and other MSM was developed in the frame of the EU-funded ESTICOM project (www.esticom.eu). The project aimed at improving access and the quality of prevention, diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, STI and viral hepatitis and health care services for gay men and other MSM.

Alternative ways of ensuring access to drugs and medicines

DNDi or Drugs for Neglected Disease Initiative celebrated its 15th birthday this year. This initiative is one of the unique examples of non-for-profit alternative models for research and development (R&D) of a new drugs. This initiative works to ensure that populations that are left behind will have access to live-saving medications.
Its story started in 2003 after Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) used part of their Nobel Peace Prize award to explore alternatives model to develop new drugs.

Empowerment of women living with HIV in EECA Region - regional conference

52% of women from the EECA region experienced physical abuse after being diagnosed with HIV. These data were presented as part of a 2019 study of the issue of violence against women living with HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia by the Eurasian Women's Network on AIDS. Women usually find out about their status earlier, which increases their risks for violence in their immediate surrounding, but also women are disproportionately more likely to be prosecuted because of their status.

This and other topics were discussed at the conference on empowering women living with HIV in Eastern Europe, which was held in Minsk, Belarus in November. The conference was organized by Deutsche Aidshilfe with the support of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

LATEST CLEARINGHOUSE UPDATES

ESTICOM Training Material for Community Health Worker adressing gay men and other MSM

The training material toolbox curriculum for training Community Health Worker (CHW) working with gay men and other MSM was developed in the frame of the EU-funded ESTICOM project (www.esticom.eu). Its aim is to help inceasing the quality of the services CHW provide. It addresses a wide range of topics CHW are working with and covers all main areas CHW address in their work. It consists of Face-to-Face training material for interactive workshops as well as E-Learning modules, that are more knowledge based.

Women and HIV. Accepting the Challenge (video)

The Conference “Empowering Women Living with HIV in Eastern Europe” took place on November 22-24, 2019 in Minsk, Belarus. The conference in Minsk gave the participants a feeling of strength and inspiration, support and sisterhood, love and self-confidence. The conference was organized and conducted by Deutsche Aidshilfe (German Association of HIV Service Organizations), as part of the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs program “Development of Cooperation with Civil Society in the Eastern Partnership Countries and Russia”.

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The AIDS Action Europe Clearinghouse is an online platform where NGOs, policy makers, networks and other stakeholders in Europe and Central Asia can share key documents and good practice materials. Check out more materials at hivaidsclearinghouse.eu

The European AIDS Action Network was established in 2004, has continued to develop and has become one of the largest networks working in the field of HIV infection in the region. The network goes far beyond the borders of the European Union and covers all 53 countries in Europe and Central Asia.
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