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Mental Health Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS - 2nd phase of the MAIDS research project
This report presents the results of phase 2 of the project 'Mental Health Care of People Living with HIV/AIDS' (MAIDS). Carried out in 10 Central and Eastern European EU countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, it aims to provide a further description of mental health care for PLHIV, based on a questionnaire study conducted…
WHO, UNODC, UNAIDS technical guide for countries to set targets for universal access to HIV prevention, trreatment and care for injecting drug users - 2012 revision
It provides technical guidance to countries on monitoring efforts to prevent and treat HIV infection among people who inject drugs and for setting ambitious but achievable national targets for scaling up towards universal access. In this revision efforts have been made to make the guide more readable, more explanation provided on each of the indicators and guidance on how the indicators may be…
Patient Rights («Права пациента»)
This brochure provides legal information about the rights of patients affected by HIV in Russia, with excerpts from appropriate Russian laws. People living with or affected by HIV can find here detailed information about their rights in relation to patient confidentiality, care and support, testing and health.
Access to HIV Prevention and Treatment for MSM - Findings from the Global Men's Health and Rights Study
The fact sheets present findings from the MSMGF’s recent report, “Access to HIV Prevention and Treatment for MSM,” featuring information on access to HIV services among MSM globally. The fact sheet also details barriers and facilitators that were found to impact access to HIV services for MSM, offering potential targets for interventions to increase access to services.
WHO and the future of disease control programmes
Huge increases in funding for international health over the past two decades have led to a proliferation of donors, partnerships, and health organisations. Over the same period, the global burden of non-communicable diseases has increased absolutely and relative to communicable diseases. In this changing landscape, national programmes for the control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and…
eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 - Innovative healthcare for the 21st century
The new eHealth Action Plan aims at addressing and removing barriers in healthcare. It clarifies the
policy domain and outlines the vision for eHealth in Europe, in line with the objectives of the
Europe 2020 Strategy and the Digital Agenda for Europe. It presents and consolidates
actions to deliver the opportunities that eHealth can offer, describes the EU's role and
encourages Member States and…
Responses to HIV and migration in western industrialised countries: current challenges, promising practices, future directions
At IAC2012 a special satellite session entitled ‘Responses to HIV and migration in western industrialized countries’ took place. Over 70 healthcare practitioners, researchers, non-governmental and governmental representatives participated, primarily from Europe, US and Canada. The session provided the opportunity for info exchange to invigorate future action on health of migrants living with and…
Gender Equality, HIV and Education
The discussion papers contained in this booklet, and the related case studies, contribute to a growing body of evidence on the importance of a strong and evidence-based education sector response to the HIV epidemic. This booklet is the 7th in a series produced by UNESCO on good policy and practice in HIV and health education. It is intended for policy-makers, planners and professionals in the…
Women Out Loud - How women living with HIV will help the world end AIDS
Women may make up half the world’s population, but they do not share it equally. This is especially evident when it comes to HIV. Despite the many successes we have seen, women still face inequalities that will keep the AIDS response from reaching its full potential. Women out loud amplifies the voices of women living with HIV so that their knowledge is shared and acted upon. This is essential to…
PLHIV Stigma Index in Germany, Video (long version)
„positive stimmen" („positive voices") is the German roll-out of the international PLHIV Stigma Index Initiative. Starting in October 2011 1148 People living with HIV were interviewed on their experiences with stigmatisation and discrimination. After interviews had stopped in March 2012 we met up with some of the interviewers to talk about their experiences. (Long Version: 8min)
PLHIV Stigma Index in Germany, Video (short version)
„positive stimmen" („positive voices") is the German roll-out of the international PLHIV Stigma Index Initiative. Starting in October 2011 1148 People living with HIV were interviewed on their experiences with stigmatisation and discrimination. After interviews had stopped in March 2012 we met up with some of the interviewers to talk about their experiences. (Short Version: 3min)
Pediatric Advocacy Toolkit - For improved pediatric HIV diagnosis, care and treatment in high HIV prevalence countries and regions
The use of this toolkit is aimed at generating a commitment among Ministries of Health (MOH) and relevant policymakers and partners to prioritize pediatric HIV treatment and for these policymakers
to take measureable actions to increase access to and quality of pediatric HIV treatment coverage.
Prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections for sex workers in low- and middle-income countries - Recommendations for a public health approach
The objective of this document is to provide technical recommendations on effective interventions for the prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among sex workers and their clients. These include evidence-based recommendations following the GRADE methodology as well as recommendations for good practice. It includes full guidelines, policy brief and…
Hepatitis B and C: ways to promote and offer testing to people at increased risk of infection - Public health guidance
The guidance highlights the need to tackle ignorance about the risk factors and causes of hepatitis B and C, and misconceptions about its treatment if barriers to effective testing of those at increased risk of infection are to be overcome.
What we’ve achieved together : report of the Regional Director on the work of WHO in the European Region in 2010–2011.
In her first report as WHO Regional Director for Europe, Zsuzsanna Jakab describes what has been achieved in 2010–2011 by combining the forces of the WHO Regional Office for Europe and its 53 Member States, to address the gaps in health and health-system development within and between countries, epidemiological changes such as the epidemic of noncommunicable diseases in Europe, and the challenges…
Nastia's Diary
This is an educational film for teens, exploring issues of stigma associated with HIV, information about the disease, and risky behavior through an entertaining an engaging storyline. In Russian with English subtitles.
HIV Communication and Counseling
In this film an experienced trainer walks viewers through positive and negative examples of pre- and post-test counseling with both high- and low-risk patients. It is intended for use with health care providers as training material and a springboard for discussion in any format.
World AIDS Day Report 2012 - Results
A new World AIDS Day report: Results, by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), shows that unprecedented acceleration in the AIDS response is producing results for people. The report shows that a more than 50% reduction in the rate of new HIV infections has been achieved across 25 low- and middle-income countries––more than half in Africa, the region most affected by HIV.
HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Europe 2011
With no clear indication of a decline in the number of cases being diagnosed each year, HIV continues to be a major public health concern for Europe. In 2011, more than 28000 new cases were diagnosed in European Union and European Economic Area Member States; a rate of 5.7 cases in every 100000 people. This report, prepared jointly with the WHO Regional Office for Europe, presents data on HIV and…
The People Living with HIV Stigma Index - Poland
The People Living with HIV Stigma Index project comprises a survey as well as a standard implementation process designed for reliability of results, while ensuring ownership of the process and data by the national networks of people living with HIV. The SIEĆ PLUS Polish Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS collaborated with leading Polish non-governmental organisations, which work with PLHIV.
Global Report - UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic 2012
Although much of the news on AIDS is encouraging, challenges remain. The number of people newly infected globally is continuing to decline, but national
epidemics continue to expand in many parts of the world. Further, declines in the numbers of children dying from AIDS-related causes and acquiring HIV infection, although substantial, need to be accelerated to achieve global AIDS targets.
Health at a Glance - Europe 2012
Health at a Glance: Europe 2012 presents key indicators of health and health systems in
35 European countries, including the 27 European Union member states, 5 candidate
countries and 3 European Free Trade Association countries. The selection of indicators is
based largely on the European Community Health Indicators (ECHI) shortlist, a set of
indicators that has been developed to guide the…
Euro Hepatitis Index 2012 Report
For the first time a study has compared the treatments and policies for this group of viral diseases in 30 European countries to locate the most successful examples for a pan-European best practice on hepatitis. Countries can find successful practice for improving their national action on this spreading disease. Produced by the Health Consumer Powerhouse Ltd, the Sweden-based think tank, together…
Increasing the knowledge base on young people's sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe
Summary report of qualitative research conducted in five European countries under the SAFE II Project. The project was implemented by 5 partners:Österreichische Gesellschaft für Familienplanung (Austria), ProFamilia (Germany), SENSOA (Belgium), FPFE (Spain) and the SPRSV (Czech Republic). It consisted of a research effort in exploring and implementing good practices, policy and in undertaking…
HIV Indicator Conditions - Guidance for Implementing HIV Testing in Adults in Health Care Settings
The HIV in Europe initiative has released its Guidance document. The objectives of the guidance are to:
• Encourage and support the inclusion of indicator condition-guided HIV testing in national HIV testing strategies, taking into account the local HIV prevalence, ongoing testing programmes and the local healthcare setting;
• Recommend approaches and practical tools for education and training of…
Accountability and evidence-based evaluation in youth prevention and sexual and reproductive health and rights
The Quality Improvement and Evaluation Tool QUIET developed under BORDERNETwork helps to improve quality in existing sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV/STI prevention projects for youth as well as in planning new projects. The participatory online tool is based on the planning tool “Evidence and Rights Based Planning & Support Tool for SRHR/HIV Prevention Interventions for…
What is the urgency to tackle the HIV/HBV and HIV/HCV co-infection?
The HIV drug resistance is one of the rising global issues and is closely connected to the management of Hepatitis B/C co-infections. Drug resistance requires expensive second-line and third-line therapy regimens, exacerbates the patient‘s prognosis and limits treatment possibilities.
In the frame of BORDERNETwork the AIDS-Hilfe Potsdam e.V. worked out recommendations, clinical pathways and…
Improving access to early HIV/STI diagnostics for vulnerable groups. Learning from the practice: a practical recommendation guide
The goal of the report is to summarize the results of piloting HIV/STI service provision for key vulnerable groups conducted by 9 BORDERNETwork partners in 7 EU countries and to provide guidance for future actions. More than 1 400 vulnerable persons took up free-of charge and confidential low-threshold HIV/STI diagnostic services, which were innovative strategies for an improved access to early…
From Culturally Sensitive to Community-Based. A Practical Manual on Effective Models of Participatory Community-Based HIV/STI Prevention in Migrant/Ethnic Minorities
Community-based participatory models prove high relevance in HIV/STI prevention with migrants. They do not just address affected communities, but involve them continuously as co-authors and social agents of change. BORDERNETwork studied and selected HIV/STI prevention models with special focus on levels of participation, community development and quality assurance. The collective outcome is a…
Global tuberculosis report 2012
This is the seventeenth global report on tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO in a series that started in 1997. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing and financing TB prevention, care and control at global, regional and country levels using data reported by 204 countries and territories that account for over 99% of the world’s TB cases.