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E-NEWS AIDS ACTION EUROPE - October 2015, Nr. 8

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

In this newsletter we would like to share with you important news concerning the NGO Delegation to the UNIADS Programme Coordinating Board and a short report of an expert meeting on Community-Based Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing (CBVCT).

Important note to our Members and Partners: As some of you are already aware we need your support during the relaunch of our CH and website, please check your profiles and update any outdated information.

Greetings from the AAE Office,

Ljuba Böttger
Communications coordinator

Kick-off meeting on the issues of community-based HIV testing and counselling in the European region was set up on October 2-3, 2015. The meeting was attended by nine representatives of non-governmental and research-based organisations working in the fields of CBVCT both regionally and in certain parts of Europe.

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"It is especially exciting times to work with UNAIDS as the updated strategy for 2016-2021 has been approved with the 90-90-90 targets and the aim to ‪end AIDS‬ by 2030. The role of civil society is crucial if we want to reach these targets not just by delivering services but also keeping our governments accountable and making sure that noone is left behind."

The report can be read here.

The 20th global report on TB published by WHO, provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing and financing TB prevention, care, control and research at global, regional and country levels using data reported by over 200 countries.






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Smartphone apps designed to facilitate MSM meeting each other began to emerge around 2009, their use has continued to increase. The importance of digital platforms has been emphasised by recent research in the UK and found that 76% of MSM respondents (who were not in a closed, monogamous relationship) had used online platforms to source sexual partners in the last six months.

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"Hidden from health: structural stigma, sexual
orientation concealment, and HIV across 38 countries
in the European MSM Internet Survey" - The impact and underlying mechanisms
of country-level stigma on odds of diagnosed HIV, sexual opportunities, and
experience of HIV-prevention services, needs and behaviours have rarely been
examined.


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