Welcome on board Sini!
“I’m looking forward to continuing the
excellent work of CSF co-chairs. CSF is a very special place where we
can meet with different EU actors. We can’t reach anything without
cooperation and learning from each other. Sharing best practices and
information is essential in reaching our goals. Civil society has to
play a meaningful role in the development, implementation, monitoring
and evaluation of HIV/AIDS policies also in the future.
We still have many issues to tackle when at
the same time more and more ambitious targets are set. How to reach
current ambitious HIV/AIDS targets? We will never reach the goals of
reducing HIV incidence or eliminating AIDS-related deaths without
applying the human rights based approach in HIV prevention, care and
treatment services to all people, regardless of their sexual orientation
or gender identity, their drug use or engagement in sex work, or their
residential status. Stigma and discrimination are still playing a big
role and are faced especially by most affected people.
That’s one reason why the EC has to start working immediately on a
comprehensive EU-Eastern Partnership Policy Framework, which will pave
the way for HIV, Tuberculosis and viral Hepatitis elimination in both
the EU and the Eastern neighbourhood.”
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