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• HIV country profiles: situation across Europe
  21-05-2012
  How many HIV cases are there in each country in the WHO European Region? What are the current infection rates and most common transmission routes? How many people are being treated? Read WHO/Europe’s profiles on the situation in all countries.
• HIV prevention guidelines now available in Russian
  02-05-2012
  The guidelines “Prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people” are now available in Russian.
• Second Conference on Quality in HIV Prevention in the European Region
  30-04-2012
  Improving Quality in HIV Prevention in Europe (IQhiv), a joint initiative including WHO/Europe, hosted the 2nd Conference on Quality in HIV Prevention in the European Region in Berlin on 23-24 April 2012. This conference was a follow-up to one held in 2008 on the same topic.
• WHO releases “Guidance on couples HIV testing and counselling including antiretroviral therapy for treatment and prevention in serodiscordant couples”
  25-04-2012
  WHO has developed this guidance to encourage the provision of couples HIV testing and counselling (CHTC) to support increased testing and earlier access to treatment and prevention. The guideline also considers the benefits of offering antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV prevention for serodiscordant couples, irrespective of his/her own immune status (CD4 count).
• Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6 in the WHO European Region: 2011 Update
  20-04-2012
  As called for by Regional Committee for Europe Resolution EUR/RC57/R2, this report constitutes the biennial update on the progress made towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals in the European Region. It draws on the most recent data sources available, as of July 2011, for Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6 on, respectively, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, and combating HIV/AIDs, malaria and other diseases (including tuberculosis).
• Collaborative TB/HIV activities: World TB Day
  26-03-2012
  The theme of this year’s World TB Day 2012 is “Stop TB in my lifetime” with a special focus on childhood TB. One of the critical areas is HIV/TB combined epidemics. HIV is not only a major risk factor for tuberculosis, but children with HIV are at markedly increased risk of TB.
• WHO updates policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities
  07-03-2012
  The new policy guidelines are revising the previous TB/HIV interim policy published in 2004 and are based on the new evidence generated from research.
• Joint WHO/ECDC meeting of the European Network for HIV/AIDS Surveillance
  07-03-2012
  On 17 February 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden, national HIV/AIDS surveillance focal points from 41 of the 53 WHO European Member States met at the annual meeting of the European Network for HIV/AIDS Surveillance to discuss the surveillance of HIV and AIDS at the European level.
• Are prisons in Europe healthy?
  27-02-2012
  Over 2 million people across the WHO European Region are in prison. Prisoners are at greater risk of HIV, tuberculosis, poor mental health and drug addiction than people outside. Three short films look at health in prisons in Azerbaijan, Denmark and Kyrgyzstan.
• Revised guidance on HIV treatment and care published
  09-02-2012
  WHO/Europe has revised two clinical protocols on the treatment of and care for people living with HIV, to reflect the latest evidence-informed approaches. The protocols take account of regional characteristics and should support countries in scaling up treatment coverage.
• Tajik medical educators revise HIV/AIDS curriculum
  08-02-2012
  The number of new HIV cases in Tajikistan is growing from year to year. One of the objectives of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy of Tajikistan is aimed at guaranteeing access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for those living with HIV.  Activities to achieve this goal include ART as part of the education for all medical students and training of family doctors in ART provision to support integration of HIV treatment into primary health care services.
• Hungary draws attention to the fight against AIDS
  08-12-2011
  On the occasion of World AIDS day on 1 December 2011, the Ministry of National Resources and the WHO Country Office, Hungary, in cooperation with the media, drew attention to the importance of the fight against AIDS.
• WHO and UNAIDS in Tajikistan: “Together we can combat AIDS - with effort, success can be achieved”
  01-12-2011
  On 1 December 2011, World AIDS Day is celebrated to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the pandemic. In Tajikistan, on the initiative of the Republican HIV/AIDS Centre, the Ministry of Health of Tajikistan and in cooperation with all international partners, a regional scientific and practical conference on HIV/AIDS in the CIS countries will be dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the  Centre on 5-6 December 2011.
• HIV cases continue to rise in Europe: WHO European Region launches new action plan to bring the epidemic under control
  30-11-2011
  The HIV epidemic is still not under control, according to a new surveillance report issued today. Over 118 000 cases of HIV were diagnosed in Europe in 2010, according to new data from 51 of the 53 of Member States in the WHO European Region, which were released today by WHO/Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Over three quarters of newly reported infections were from the eastern part of the Region.
• Reaching those most at risk: tackling HIV in Azerbaijan
  30-11-2011
  Many people from the government-run centre, civil society groups, individuals and the WHO country office work to provide HIV prevention, treatment and care in Azerbaijan. In a series of interviews, those involved explain what they do and why.
• Conference focusing on HIV prevention and human rights
  10-11-2011
  High level experts and policy-makers from all over the world will meet in Berlin on 21 November to take stock of what has been achieved so far and map out what can be done in the future to fight HIV and AIDS.
• Linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV in countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Examining the future of integrated services
  09-11-2011
  Representatives from 13 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia met in Antalya, Turkey, on 2–4 November to examine how to develop better linkages between Sexual Reproductive Health, HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and other services.
• HIV prevention partnership goes online
  03-11-2011
  IQhiv – an initiative that identifies, adapts and disseminates practical tools to improve the quality of HIV prevention – is now online. The tools can be used to assess and strengthen operations and activities, as well as collect evidence on good practice.
• Treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in resource-constrained settings: expert panel consensus
  02-11-2011
  This article was published in Liver International, the official journal of the international association for the study of the liver. An informal World Health Organization consultation of experts made several conclusions, such as: chronic HBV is a major public health problem in emerging nations; all HIV-infected persons should be screened for HBV infection; HIV/HBV co-infected persons should be treated with therapies active against both viruses and that reduce the risk of resistance; standards for the management of chronic HBV infection should be adapted to resource-constrained settings.
• WHO/Europe’s capacity on HIV surveillance further strengthened
  31-10-2011
  A key partner in WHO/Europe’s work on HIV surveillance - the WHO Collaborating Centre for Capacity Building in HIV/AIDS Surveillance - received a redesignation for a further period of four years.
• Delivering integrated tuberculosis, HIV and drug dependence services – models for the Region
  07-10-2011
  The meeting that took place on 27-29 September 2011 in Chisinau, resulted in a comprehensive overview of successful models, best practices and barriers to effective TB, HIV and drug dependence service delivery, thus informing the development of a WHO regional operational guidance on health service integration.
• New research gives impetus to WHO plan to halt HIV spread
  14-09-2011
  At the sixty-first session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 12 to 15 September 2011, the WHO Regional Office for Europe will present an action plan to Member States to halt the increasing spread of HIV in the WHO European Region.
• Collaboration cemented between WHO/Europe and Global Fund
  12-09-2011
  Today, WHO/Europe and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria exchanged letters and initiated a joint operational plan for 2011/2012.
• World Hepatitis Day: “Hepatitis affects everyone, everywhere. Know it. Confront it.”
  28-07-2011
  28 July 2011 is the first World Hepatitis Day. In the European Region, the epidemic remains hidden and the public health response inadequate.
• Training on antiretroviral therapy (ART)
  23-06-2011
  Multidisciplinary teams (consisting of doctor, nurse and psychologist/social worker) took a training course held in Minsk, Belarus on 7–10 June 2011.
• New public health recommendations for men who have sex with men and transgender people
  21-06-2011
  WHO and partners launch new public health recommendations today, to help policy-makers and service providers scale up access to treatment and prevention services for HIV and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men and transgender people.
• Fighting against the tide of HIV in Ukraine
  06-06-2011
  Photo story documenting personal accounts of people living with and fighting against HIV in Ukraine.
• Unity in response is needed to halt diverse HIV epidemics in Europe
  30-05-2011
  This was the main message of the AIDS 2011 Conference that closed on Friday in Tallinn, Estonia. The event took place on 25-27 May 2011 and gathered over 500 participants from 45 European countries.
• Member States endorse a 5-year global health sector strategy on HIV
  30-05-2011
  A resolution endorsing the new Global Health Sector Strategy on HIV/AIDS, 2011-2015 was adopted by consensus on 23 May at the 64th meeting of the World Health Assembly in Geneva.
• Opening of World Health Assembly: Director-General urges ministers to “remember the people”
  17-05-2011
  The Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, WHO’s global annual meeting for ministers and senior health officials, opened yesterday.
• Stop discrimination against homosexual men and women
  17-05-2011
  Despite the clear commitment to non-discrimination based on sexual orientation made by most Member States in the WHO European Region, many problems remain in protecting and promoting the rights of homosexuals. Sex between men is still a crime in some parts of the Region. 17 May is the International Day Against Homophobia.
• Groundbreaking study: early antiretroviral use prevents transmission of HIV
  15-05-2011
  HIV-positive people can reduce the risk of their spreading the virus to uninfected partners by 96% if they are given antiretroviral drugs immediately, according to a new study. Experts are discussing a draft European action plan for HIV/AIDS 2012–2015 in Geneva, Switzerland this weekend.
• Addressing HIV/AIDS and TB through strengthening health systems in Tajikistan
  28-04-2011
• Designing HIV response for men who have sex with men
  26-04-2011
  There is increasing evidence of a hidden HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In response to this situation, United Nations agencies (UNDP, WHO, UNAIDS, UNFPA) in collaboration with civil society organizations and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, with the participation and support of governmental organizations, organized and conducted the regional consultation "Hidden epidemic: HIV, men who have sex with men and transgender people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia."
• WHO/Europe and Global Fund reinvigorate partnership
  18-04-2011
  During discussions on 14 April 2011, Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, and Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, agreed on immediate joint interventions to address multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the WHO European Region.
• Celebration of World Health Day: 7 April 2011
  07-04-2011
  Around the world, WHO is celebrating World Health Day on 7 April 2011. This year’s topic is dedicated to the antibiotic resistance, under the slogan “Combat antibiotic resistance – No action today, no cure tomorrow”.
• Web consultation for the emergency action plan on HIV/AIDS, 2011-2015
  04-03-2011
  The HIV/AIDS, STIs and Viral Hepatitis Programme of the WHO Regional Office for Europe is developing an Emergency Action Plan on HIV/AIDS 2012–2015, to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the WHO European Region and lead an effective response to it.
• Universal precaution and post contact prophylaxis for HIV infection in Tajikistan
  17-02-2011
  A seminar entitled “HIV/AIDS: universal precaution and post contact prophylaxis for HIV infection” was held 1-3 February 2011 in Dushanbe. 
• Training on national capacity development on monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS programmes
  28-01-2011
• Assessment of TB and HIV control programmes in Belarus
  27-01-2011
  A WHO mission to assess the collaboration between TB and HIV programmes will be carried out 8-11 February 2011 in Minsk.
• New publication on integrated care
  24-01-2011
  WHO commissioned a report to examine the development of integrated care services in three sites for people with a history of injection drug use in Ukraine, as part of the country’s ongoing response to the HIV epidemic.
• HIV rising in Europe
  01-12-2010
  Eastern European and central Asian countries have the fastest-growing HIV epidemic in the world. World AIDS Day 2010 calls protecting vulnerable groups’ human rights essential to their accessing HIV prevention, treatment and care.
• Consultation on HIV and sex between men in eastern Europe and central Asia a success
  24-11-2010
  Governments and civil society acknowledge the rising HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men and transgender people in eastern Europe and central Asia
• Revised HIV Law in Ukraine
  25-10-2010
• Global Plan to Stop TB 2011–2015 launched
  14-10-2010
  The Stop TB Partnership released the Plan on 13 October 2010. At the launch, during the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany, Ms Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, called on governments and partners to provide funding to carry out the Plan.
• Significant progress in access to HIV/AIDS services in the European Region
  28-09-2010
• WHO developing a new Global Health Sector Strategy for HIV/AIDS, 2011-2015
  11-08-2010
  WHO has launched an extensive consultative process to determine priorities in a renewed global health sector response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic for 2011-2015.
• WHO calls for united action against HIV in Europe
  21-07-2010
• AIDS 2010: challenges in Europe
  19-07-2010
  WHO is one of the international partners supporting the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, on 18–23 July 2010 (AIDS 2010), which will bring together over 25 000 participants from around the world. The Conference will focus on eastern Europe, where the greatest scaling up of efforts in the WHO European Region is needed.
• WHO/Europe releases the Regional HIV testing and counselling policy framework
  04-05-2010
  WHO/Europe has developed a Regional HIV testing and counselling policy framework. It provides recommendations to Member States and outlines ten main principles for scaling up HIV testing and counselling as an essential component of efforts to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support in the WHO European Region.  
• HIV This Week newsletter
  13-03-2010
  HIV This Week, published by UNAIDS, is a selective scan of new HIV-related information found in scientific journals.
• Dispatch from Lithuania
  12-02-2010
  Knowledge Hubs: radiating expertise for HIV prevention, care and treatment across eastern Europe and beyond