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Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2022 –2020 data
This report provides an overview of the latest tuberculosis (TB) epidemiological situation and is published jointly by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and ECDC. It finds a sharp 24% drop in notified new and relapse TB cases between 2019 and 2020 which is due, in part, to decreased case detection and reporting as a result of the public health and social measures introduced by countries in…
The Impact of Online Censorship and Digital Discrimination on Sex Workers
The digitalisation of the public and private spheres in Europe, exacerbated by global market competition and the COVID-19 pandemic, is making information and communication technologies ever more widespread amongst general populations as well as sex workers. While this digitalisation brings many benefits to sex workers’ lives and changes their working habits, new threats are emerging due to…
Special Issue: Situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson and Kherson region
Allience for Public Health has published the report about the situation in the occupied territories of Kherson and Kherson region of Ukraine. The reports covers HIV prevention and treatment, access to TB treatment, ART and OST medication.
Youth Power in a Pandemic. State of Youth Civil Society Report 2022
Despite the enormous and unique challenges facing young people, this report shows that there is great strength and optimism in change being led by young people and youth civil society.
Youth civil society’s lack of confidence in formal power and rejection of traditional hierarchies has led it to rely on its own creativity and embeddedness within communities to be a powerful force for good.…
Key populations are being left behind in universal health coverage: landscape review of health insurance schemes in the Asia-Pacific region
Universal health coverage is guided by the principle that individuals and communities receive the services they need, including essential good-quality health services, without suffering financing hardship. The establishment or expansion of government-sponsored health insurance is often promoted as the main vehicle to finance universal health coverage. For people living with HIV and people from…
The European Commission must scale up its contribution to the Global Fund - Civil Society Call
In 20 years, the Global Fund has saved 44 million lives and cut the combined death rate from AIDS, TB and malaria by more than half. This wouldn’t have been possible without the unwavering support of EU institutions. In the face of the catastrophic impact caused by COVID-19 on the fight against these diseases, we - Aidsfonds, AIDS Action Europe, the European AIDS Treatment Group, Global Health…
The Harms of Incarceration: The evidence base and human rights framework for decarceration and harm reduction in prisons
This briefing provides advocates with the evidence base and human rights framework for decarceration and the provision of harm reduction services in prisons.
It provides evidence that:
The first step in reducing harm associated with incarceration is to reduce reliance on incarceration itself.
Providing harm reduction is a human rights obligation.
Harm reduction services in prisons are an…
Кампания "Насилию нет оправдания" в Регионе ВЕЦА
В 2021 году Евразийская Женская сеть по СПИДу в седьмой раз провела кампанию “Насилию нет оправдания”. Эта кампания направлена на активизацию и привлечение женщин, живущих с ВИЧ и женщин из уязвимых групп, а также широкой общественности, к решению проблем, связанных с насилием в отношении женщин. Кампания также демонстрирует и освещает взаимосвязь ВИЧ, гендера и насилия.
Данный отчет…
Сексуальное и репродуктивное здоровье и права женщин, живущих с ВИЧ. Руководство по мониторингу качества услуг при лидерстве сообщества по сексуальному и репродуктивному здоровью женщин, живущих с ВИЧ
Руководство по мониторингу качества услуг при лидерстве сообщества по сексуальному и репродуктивному здоровью женщин, живущих с ВИЧ» описывает основные принципы планирования, подготовки, проведения и распространения результатов исследования «Сексуальное и репродуктивное здоровье, права женщин, живущих с ВИЧ», и представляет
собой комплексный ресурс для женщин, живущих с ВИЧ, которые планируют…
Positive Learning: How the education sector can meet the needs of learners living with HIV
The recommendations in this briefing document build on the original Positive Learning publication developed in 2011 by UNESCO and the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+). With significant changes in both the international education sector and the global HIV response over the past decade, the Positive Learning was updated to address the current daily realities for adolescents and young…
Time to End Prohibition
In this report, the Global Commission urges global leaders to review the international drug control conventions in order to build a serious, modern and responsible drug control framework based on science and evidence and centered on human rights. It also calls for a more prominent role of the World Health Organization in the scheduling of substances and in ensuring access to controlled essential…
Our Identities under Arrest
ILGA World reviewed hundreds of cases over the last two decades in which law enforcements subjected LGBT and gender-diverse persons to fines, arbitrary arrests, prosecutions, corporal punishments, imprisonments and more – up to (possibly) the death penalty. The actual numbers, however, may be much higher: many cases may have never been formally registered, and oftentimes formal records are…
COVID-19 Situation Report in the Six Countries of the Eastern Partnership
AFEW International has prepared the COVID-19 situation report in the six countries of the Eastern Partnership, in the framework of the COVID-19 Solidarity Programme.
This report gives an overview of the period 1 October – 15 December 2021, the fifth quarter of the implementation period of the COVID-19 Solidarity Programme. It provides information on the epidemiology of COVID-19, the measures…
Molecular HIV Surveillance: A Global Review of Human Rights Implications
“Molecular HIV Surveillance: A global review of human rights implications” provides a detailed explanation of what MHS is and how it is used across the globe, including how the technology works, where it is being conducted, and by whom. The paper describes growing human rights concerns relating to the use of this technology and goes on to list a number of recommendations for the use of MHS which…
Drug-related infectious diseases: health and social responses
This miniguide on responding to drug-related infectious diseases is one of a larger set, which together comprise Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide 2021. It provides an overview of the most important aspects to consider when planning or delivering health and social responses to drug-related infectious diseases, and reviews the availability and effectiveness of the…
The ILO Global HIV Discrimination in the World of Work survey
ILO has joined forces with Gallup to carry out a global survey covering 50 countries that sheds further light on the causes of the persistence of HIV-related stigma and discrimination in the world of work.
The survey provides an empirical basis for better-informed action by governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations to promote a non-discriminatory, healthy and safe working environment.
Leveraging the HIV Response for Stronger Health Systems and Pandemic Preparedness
Through interviews in six countries – Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam — Friends of the Global Fight examines how the HIV response contributed to country responses to COVID-19 and broader health systems.
The issue brief proposes that the HIV response offers a critical pathway towards robust, resilient, rights-based and people-centered health systems. The HIV…
Stigma Index Implementation Guide
This publication by GNP+ is a handbook to support networks of people living with HIV to conduct the PLHIV Stigma Index 2.0. The Implementation Guidelines provide step-by-step guidance on all phases of implementation and link to many helpful templates and tools that can be used throughout the process. They are now available in English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe 2021 (2020 data)
This report has been published jointly by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
To better understand the extent to which the pandemic affected 2020 HIV/AIDS surveillance data, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control conducted a short survey that was sent to…
UNAIDS DATA 2021
In this report UNAIDS presents the latest 2020 data on HIVprevention, testing, treatment, and care.
The 90–90–90 targets were missed, but not by much. At the end of 2020, 84% of people living with HIV knew their HIV status, 87% of people living with HIV who knew their HIV status were accessing antiretroviral therapy, and 90% of people on treatment were virally suppressed.
Global guidance on criteria and processes for validation: elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus
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…
Integrated and Person Centred Harm Reduction Services
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…
49th PCB NGO Report: Left Out: The HIV Community and Societal Enablers in the HIV Response
Every year, the NGO Delegation prepares a report to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) on issues that are of urgent concern to communities and civil society. This annual report of the NGO delegation, presented at the 49th PCB meeting, focuses on the imperative to scale up societal enablers to accelerate progress towards ending the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030, as…
AIDS Action Europe Strategic Plan 2022-2026 - WORKING TOGETHER TO END INEQUALITIES
The AAE 2022-2026 Strategic Plan “Working Together to End Inequalities” was developed as a result of consultation process that we launched among our member back in 2020 as well as through analysing the available epidemiological situation and examining the context of our region as it relates to inequalities and human rights.
People living with HIV, TB, and viral hepatitis, and key populations…
HIV Treatment for Babies and Children
This leaflet is designed for peer educators, community health workers, treatment advocates, or anyone interacting regularly with parents and caregivers living with or concerned about HIV.
The materials cover the following themes: Rights, Testing, Breastfeeding, Treatment, Taking HIV Medicine, Talking About HIV, Stigma, and COVID-19. The key messages were developed jointly with PLHIV networks in…
HIV and mental health: Improving generic NHS talking therapy services for people living with HIV in England
National AIDS Trust investigated the suitability of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services for people living with HIV and surveyed how people living with HIV had used the NHS talking therapy services in England.
The report reveals a lack of HIV knowledge and understanding within IAPT services, and IAPT services poor integration with wider HIV healthcare services stopped them…
2021 World AIDS Day report — Unequal, unprepared, under threat: why bold action against inequalities is needed to end AIDS, stop COVID-19 and prepare for future pandemics
In this report the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) issues a stark warning. Progress against AIDS, which was already off track, is now under even greater strain as the COVID-19 crisis continues to rage, disrupting HIV prevention and treatment services, schooling, violence-prevention programmes and more.
Analysis in this report shows that millions of lives will be lost from…
The journey towards comprehensive sexuality education: global status report
Drawing on multiple data sources, this Global Status Report provides a snapshot of how countries are advancing on their journeys towards school-based comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) across the world. CSE is central to children and young people’s well-being, equipping them with the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy and responsible choices in their lives. This body of work…
Declaration on Sexual Pleasure
The Declaration on Sexual Pleasure by was originally proclaimed at the 24th World Congress of Sexual Health in Mexico City in 2019 by the World Association for Sexual Health.
The final version of the Declaration was ratified by the General Assembly at the 25th World Congress of Sexual Health in Cape Town, South Africa in 2021.
Sex Work & Mental Health: Overview of factors impacting sex workers' mental health and access to services in Europe and Central Asia
This briefing paper was developed as part of the pilot program aimed at supporting the mental health of sex workers. With the support of ILGA-Europe, ICRSE (now ESWA) offered a series of workshops and events to give sex workers’ activists in Europe and Central Asia an opportunity to discuss issues related to mental health, learn how to identify and address mental health crises in our community…