Testing and counselling

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.

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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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Year

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

AAE Poster "Legal and Policy Barriers to the Provision of Community-based testing services in Europe and Central Asia"

shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:43:13 +0000

AAE Poster "Legal and Policy Barriers to the Provision of Community-based testing services in Europe and Central Asia" shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 Mon, 11/27/2023 - 11:43

At HepHIV 2023, AAE presented the poster "Legal and Policy Barriers to the Provision of Community-based testing services in Europe and Central Asia"

The poster is a result of the project Community Led and Based HIV Services - Key to Ending the HIV Epidemic in Europe and Central Asia which was developed in partnership with CEEISCAT and LILA Milano and ran for 20 months in 2022-2023. The project focused on increasing, adapting, and improving community based testing services for HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and other sexually-transmitted infections in Europe and Central Asia.

Other

Year

2023 AAE

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posters cobatest cbvct.pdf

NGOs

WHO European region

Advocacy

Testing and counselling

An Evaluation of the JUST LILA Pilot Action - Free HIV home testing – delivery and support included

shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:01:24 +0000

An Evaluation of the JUST LILA Pilot Action - Free HIV home testing – delivery and support included shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 Thu, 09/28/2023 - 16:01

JUST LILA is a pilot HIV self-testing campaign conducted in Italy as part of the ‘Community
Led and Based HIV Services - Key to Ending the HIV Epidemic in Europe and Central Asia’
project implemented by AIDS Action Europe, the COBATEST Network, and LILA Milano. The
campaign was launched in May 2022 and the pilot action concluded in June 2023.

With more than 2000 kits delivered, the pilot action from May 2022 to June 2023 exceeded
its target of distributing 1500 self-testing kits.

Service users cited low (no) cost, convenience, and confidentiality as their reasons for
choosing JUST LILA. With 4.9 out of a possible 5 points, the overall satisfaction rating was
very high.

Report

Year

2023 Matthias Wentzlaff-Eggebert

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230712_JustLILA_Evaluation_Final.pdf

General public

Men having sex with men (MSM)

Women

Southern Europe

Advocacy

Affordability

Testing and counselling

Global Fund Results Report 2022

shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:15:18 +0000

Global Fund Results Report 2022 shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 Wed, 10/05/2022 - 16:15

Global Fund Results Report 2022 details how the partnership played a critical role in supporting countries and communities to respond to the pandemic and continue the progress in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria.

The coverage of treatment and prevention interventions for HIV, TB and malaria in countries where the Global Fund invests has increased rapidly since we were created in 2002. However, while the growth in HIV coverage levels remains steady, TB and malaria coverage have both declined in recent years.

Report

Year

2022 Global Fund

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corporate_2022resultsreport_report_en (1).pdf

General public

People living with HIV (PLHIV)

Global

Co-infections

Inequalities in health

Testing and counselling

Treatment

Tubercolosis

Viral hepatitis

Operational considerations for the provision of the HIV continuum of care for refugees from Ukraine in the EU/EEA

shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 12:16:42 +0000

Operational considerations for the provision of the HIV continuum of care for refugees from Ukraine in the EU/EEA shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 Tue, 07/05/2022 - 12:16

This document provides an overview of key considerations for the provision of the HIV continuum of care in the context of displaced people from Ukraine in the EU/EEA. This document has two aims: firstly, to outline what is known of the Ukrainian HIV epidemic, and secondly, to use the HIV continuum of care as a framework to set out suggestions based on published evidence and expert opinion on the management of the HIV continuum of care, with special consideration for people living with HIV from Ukraine. The document will also address the needs of those at risk of acquiring HIV. The main findings of this document were presented during an ECDC.

Guidelines

Year

2022 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

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https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/operational-considerations-provision-hiv-continuum-care-refugees-ukraine-eueea

Operational-considerations-provision-HIV-care-for-Ukraine-refugees.pdf

(Undocumented) Migrants

Gay men and other MSM

LGBTI

People living with HIV (PLHIV)

People who use drugs (PUD)

Refugees

Central Europe

Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Southern Europe

Western Europe

Human rights

Inequalities in health

Laws and regulations

Legislation

Migration

Policy

Social issues

Testing and counselling

Treatment

Testing for tuberculosis infection and screening for tuberculosis disease among refugees arriving in European countries from Ukraine

shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:11:33 +0000

Testing for tuberculosis infection and screening for tuberculosis disease among refugees arriving in European countries from Ukraine shabnam.abdullayeva_2293 Fri, 06/17/2022 - 15:11

This document provides an overview of public health guidance on testing for TB infection, TB preventive treatment and screening for TB disease, in the context of the mass influx of people arriving in European countries from Ukraine.

Guidelines

Year

2022 ECDC, WHO

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ECDC-WHO-information-note-TB-testing-and-screening.pdf

(Undocumented) Migrants

Central Europe

Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Southern Europe

Western Europe

Co-infections

Testing and counselling

Tubercolosis

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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Website

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).

Year

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