Prevention

Policy Paper on Strengthening Community HIV Testing the WHO European Region

shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 10:34:58 +0000

Policy Paper on Strengthening Community HIV Testing the WHO European Region shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 Wed, 04/10/2024 - 10:34

The Policy Paper is a result of a comparative 28-country report conducted by the COBATEST Network in 2022-2023.

Despite their valuable contributions, CSOs providing community HIV testing services encounter several challenges in their efforts to expand community HIV testing: inconsistent legal frameworks non-inclusion in national HIV plans, sustainability and funding, underutilization of data, provider training

To address these challenges and maximize the impact of community HIV testing efforts, the Policy Paper proposes a set of recommendations.

Other

Year

2023 COBATEST Network

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Policy Paper on Community HIV Testing_ZeroingIN.pdf

Health care professionals

NGOs

Policy makers

WHO European region

Advocacy

Laws and regulations

Prevention

Testing and counselling

Policy Paper on Strengthening HIV Self-testing in the WHO European Region

shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 09:56:47 +0000

Policy Paper on Strengthening HIV Self-testing in the WHO European Region shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 Wed, 04/10/2024 - 09:56

The Policy Paper is a result of a comparative 28-country report conducted by the COBATEST Network in 2022-2023.

Communities and CSOs play a crucial role in advancing HIV testing initiatives, including HIV self-testing. Despite their efforts, they face specific challenges in implementing HIV self-testing initiatives. These challenges include: inconsistent legal frameworks, non-Inclusion in national HIV plans, lack of availability of HIV self-testing kits, high cost of HIV self-testing kits.

The Policy Paper proposes a set of recommendations on how to strengthen HIV self-testing in the region.

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2023 COBATEST Network

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Policy Paper on HIV Self-Testing.pdf

Health care professionals

NGOs

WHO European region

Advocacy

Laws and regulations

Prevention

Testing and counselling

Legal and Policy Barriers to Community HIV testing services and HIV self-testing. A comparative 28-country report

shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 09:12:49 +0000

Legal and Policy Barriers to Community HIV testing services and HIV self-testing. A comparative 28-country report shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 Wed, 04/10/2024 - 09:12

The early diagnosis and treatment of HIV is crucial for reducing infection rates and improving the health outcomes of individuals and communities. PLHIV on effective ART have their viral load suppressed to an undetectable level, which means that they cannot pass on the virus even if other safer sex methods (e.g. a condom) are not used.[1] Community HIV testing has proven effective to detect new HIV cases, especially in communities where access to health care services is limited.

Following consultations with the COBATEST Network member and partner organisations, it became evident that the challenges they face are not limited to the sustainability of funding of services, but extend to policy and legal obstacles. In response to that, AIDS Action Europe and COBATEST Network decided to conduct a survey and develop a report to explore and reflect this situation.

The objectives of this report are to provide an overview of the landscape in which the COBATEST Network member and partner organisations operate and define legal and policy barriers to community HIV testing and HIV self-testing.

Report

Year

2023 COBATEST Network, Martin Černý, Jakub Tomšej

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Report on policy barriers to HIV community testing_ZeroingIN.pdf

Health care professionals

NGOs

WHO European region

Advocacy

Laws and regulations

Prevention

Testing and counselling

Prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs

shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 10:29:57 +0000

Prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 Mon, 11/27/2023 - 10:29

This joint guidance by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) aims to support policy-makers and public health/social programme planners by providing an evidence base for developing national strategies, policies, and programmes for preventing and controlling infections and infectious diseases among people who inject drugs. It also provides practice considerations and aims to inform the monitoring and evaluation of prevention and control strategies, policies, and programmes.

Report ECDC, EMCDDA

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Guidance-prevention-control-PWID-6-November.pdf

Injecting drug users (IDUs)

People who use drugs (PUD)

Caucasus

Central Europe

Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Southern Europe

Western Europe

Policy

Prevention

Joint report with the WHO Regional Office for Europe on HIV/AIDS surveillance – 2021 data

shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 11:32:17 +0000

Joint report with the WHO Regional Office for Europe on HIV/AIDS surveillance – 2021 data shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 Fri, 12/23/2022 - 11:32

HIV transmission remains a major public health concern and affects more than 2.3 million people in the WHO European Region, particularly in the Eastern part of the Region. This report is the latest in a series published jointly by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe that has been reporting data on HIV and AIDS in the WHO European Region and in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) since 2007. It finds that while epidemic patterns and trends vary widely across European countries, nearly 107 000 people were diagnosed with HIV in the European Region in 2022, including around 17 000 in the EU/EEA.

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https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/hiv-aids-joint-report-surveillance-2021-data

(Undocumented) Migrants

Gay men and other MSM

Heterosexuals

Injecting drug users (IDUs)

LGBTI

Men having sex with men (MSM)

People living with HIV (PLHIV)

Sex workers

Women

WHO European region

Co-infections

Epidemiology

Gender

Prevention

Sexual and reproductive health

Dangerous inequalities: World AIDS Day report 2022

shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 11:27:07 +0000

Dangerous inequalities: World AIDS Day report 2022 shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 Fri, 12/23/2022 - 11:27

This report, which marks World AIDS Day 2022, unpacks the impact that gender inequalities, inequalities faced by key populations, and inequalities between children and adults have had on the AIDS response. It is not inevitable, however, that these inequalities will slow progress towards ending AIDS. We know what works—with courage and cooperation, political leaders can tackle them.

Report

Year

2022 UNAIDS

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https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/documents/2022/dangerous-inequalities

dangerous-inequalities_en.pdf

(Undocumented) Migrants

Ethnic minorities

General public

Men having sex with men (MSM)

Migrants

Sex workers

Women

Global

Advocacy

Affordability

Inequalities in health

Prevention

Sexual and reproductive health

Stigma and discrimination

Universal access

Integration of mental health and HIV interventions — Key considerations

admin — Tue, 10 May 2022 16:13:00 +0000

Integration of mental health and HIV interventions — Key considerations admin Tue, 05/10/2022 - 16:13

This publication is primarily intended for national and local policy-makers; global, regional, country and local programme implementers; organizations working in and providers of health, HIV, mental health and other relevant services; civil society; and community-based and community-led organizations and advocates. It brings together and refers to existing HIV and mental health, psychosocial support and other service provision guidelines, recommendations and tools, including the World Health Organization (WHO) Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) mhGAP intervention guide and mhGAP operations manual; WHO, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and other guidelines and tools related to substance use; and WHO consolidated guidelines, tools and resources on HIV testing, prevention, treatment and care.

Report

Year

2022 UNAIDS, WHO

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https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/documents/2022/integration-mental-health-hiv-interventions

Ethnic minorities

Gay men and other MSM

Injecting drug users (IDUs)

LGBTI

Men having sex with men (MSM)

Migrants

People who are/were in prisons

People who use drugs (PUD)

Prisoners (ex-)

Sex workers

Global

Advocacy

Inequalities in health

Policy

Prevention

Social issues

Stigma and discrimination

Testing and counselling

Treatment

Young people and HIV

admin — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 16:08:00 +0000

Young people and HIV admin Wed, 04/27/2022 - 16:08

Despite the progress made in the past 10 years, with a 46% decline in new HIV infections among young people (15–24 years),
the world is still behind on achieving the targets set for young people. Progress is uneven, with steep reductions in new HIV
infections among young people in some countries, in particular in eastern and southern Africa, but limited progress in reducing HIV incidence among young key populations in most countries.

Two out of every seven new HIV infections globally in 2019 were among young people (15–24 years).

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2021 UNAIDS

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young-people-and-hiv_en.pdf

Gay men and other MSM

General public

Injecting drug users (IDUs)

LGBTI

People living with HIV (PLHIV)

People who use drugs (PUD)

Sex workers

Youth

Global

Laws and regulations

Prevention

Sexual and reproductive health

Sexual education

Social issues

Testing and counselling

Treatment

Global guidance on criteria and processes for validation: elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus

admin — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 11:41:00 +0000

Global guidance on criteria and processes for validation: elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus admin Sun, 11/28/2021 - 11:41

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 editions of global guidance on criteria and processes for validation: elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis

Report

Year

2021 WHO

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https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240039360

General public

Heterosexuals

People living with HIV (PLHIV)

Women

Global

Care and support

Co-infections

Epidemiology

Prevention

Reproductive health

Integrated and Person Centred Harm Reduction Services

admin — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:39:00 +0000

Integrated and Person Centred Harm Reduction Services admin Fri, 11/26/2021 - 15:39

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 the report they looked at integrated harm reduction services in: Brazil, Australia, Nepal, Portugal, Kenya and Canada.

Year

2021 Harm Reduction Internation

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https://www.hri.global/contents/2170

HRI_Integrated_Services_Briefing.pdf

Ethnic minorities

Injecting drug users (IDUs)

People who use drugs (PUD)

Global

Harm reduction

Inequalities in health

Prevention

Social issues