AAE E-News June 2018, No.4

E-NEWS AIDS ACTION EUROPE #4 - June 2018

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E-NEWS AIDS ACTION EUROPE #4 - June 2018

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

In this issue of our newsletter you will find:

AIDS Action Europe News:

AIDS Action Europe launched its advocacy tool on CBVCT
Situation in the Eastern European and Central Asian Countries after EECAAC 2018
The call for abstract to participate in AAE Member and Partner Meeting is open.
Deadline: 8 July, 2018.

HA-REACT News:

News on Steering Committee meeting and work performed
Reports of workshops on integrated care

HIV/AIDS Clearinghouse updates:

ECDC: Public health guidance on active case finding of communicable diseases in prison settings
AIDS Action Europe: CBVCT Services - Current obstacles and opportunities

We hope you enjoy reading the newsletter!
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News from the AIDS Action Europe Network

AAE launched its advocacy tool on
CBVCT

AIDS Action Europe launched its report and advocacy tool “CBVCT Services - Current obstacles and opportunities”. This study assembles the opinions and ideas of different stakeholders who provided very diverse points of view on the subject of Community Based Voluntary Counselling and Testing (CBVCT) services as they play different roles at the national and European levels and come from different countries. Their opinions and ideas, together with some extracts of the many documents produced on the subject of CBVCT services, were used as the basis to develop recommendations which serve as an advocacy tool for improving the actual situation both at the national and European level.

We cannot go on as if it was business
as usual

The situation in the Eastern European and Central Asian Countries remains dramatic. There is no curbing of the epidemic in sight. Extraordinary action in funding and policy change is necessary if the international goals have only a remote chance to be reached.

The official quintessence of the 6th Eastern Europe and Central Asia AIDS Conference taking place on April 18-20, 2018 in Moscow would probably sound different. But this is what it comes down to if you listen to the people working on the ground: There is no way that the 90-90-90 targets will be reached by 2020; leaving no one behind and zero discrimination are a lip service in this region more than in any other region of the world.

MEMBER AND PARTNER SECTION

Call for Member and Partner Meeting 2018 is open

AIDS Action Europe releases a call for abstracts for the AAE Member and Partner Meeting, taking place on Saturday, 20 October 2018 in Berlin. This is the 3rd AAE Member and Partner Meeting which gives valuable opportunity for AAE to receive input from our members and partners as well as for exchange between eastern and western NGOs. This year the meeting will focus on 1. Harm Reduction Services for Women and 2. the role of International Networks in the response to HIV/AIDS, TB and Viral Hepatitis. Application deadline is 8 July 2018.

HA-REACT NEWS

The most recent HA-REACT Steering Committee Meeting took place on April 26-27, 2018. Core thematic areas were: the drug situation in the Czech Republic; financial situation of HA-REACT; reporting and evaluation on the last year and this year performance; upcoming events; issues for the upcoming amendment and updates of all work packages (WP) by WP leaders.

Workshop on improving integrated care and identifying its gaps

The second national workshop in Vilnius was aimed to look at integrated care models in various municipalities (not just Vilnius). It took place on April 18, 2018, in Vilnius, Lithuania.

WP7. Integrated Care Workshop in Hungary

The national workshop "To the treatment – the possibility of HIV, HCV and TBC treatment of intravenous drug users" was took place on April 23 and 24, 2018, in Budapest, Hungary.

LATEST CLEARINGHOUSE UPDATES

Public health guidance on active case finding of communicable diseases in prison settings

This document provides EU/EEA Member States with evidence-based scientific advice on active case finding options. These options can be applied to the planning and implementation of interventions that promote the early diagnosis of communicable diseases in prison settings.
This guidance focuses on high-burden communicable diseases in prison settings. It covers diseases for which evidence on active case finding interventions in prison settings could be retrieved though a systematic review of the literature, i.e. viral hepatitis (B and C), HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and TB.

CBVCT Services - Current obstacles and opportunities

This Advocacy Tool addresses gaps and challenges for the cross-sectoral cooperation in the field of CBVCT in Europe. This study assembles the opinions and ideas of different stakeholders who provided very diverse points of view on the subject, because as they play different roles at the national and European levels and come from different countries. Their opinions and ideas, together with some extracts of the many documents produced on the subject of CBVCT services, were used as the basis to develop recommendations which serve as an advocacy tool for improving the actual situation.

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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