Press Releases

Each year thousands of people in Europe and Central Asia lose their lives to drug overdose. The direct provision of naloxone - a safe and highly effective opioid overdose antidote - to people who use drugs could effectively prevent thousands of unnecessary deaths.

Thirty one countries deport foreigners living with HIV+, and 66 countries are known to have specific entry regulations targeting PLHIV, including 16 countries in the WHO Europe region.

As the world marks World Hepatitis Day on May 19, the World Health Assembly is expected to adopt the first ever global resolution on viral hepatitis, which will prioritize hepatitis in the work of the World Health Organization and the broader public health community.

(Brussels, Belgium) Earlier this year, during his hearing at the European Parliament, the new Commissioner for Health and Consumer protection, John Dalli, stated that the proposals on patient “information” needed to be reassessed.

The International AIDS Society (IAS) and 15 other leading public and private sector organizations have released a comprehensive research agenda designed to significantly advance global responses to HIV in women, girls and children. The new consensus statement, Asking the Right Questions: Advancing an HIV Research Agenda for Women and Children, includes 20 specific recommendations to expand and improve responses to the HIV-related challenges facing women and children worldwide.

The Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe, European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) and the Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) congratulate the United States Government.

A report prepared by Human Rights Watch, Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe, the European AIDS Treatment Group, and the African HIV Policy Network

Today, August 31, is Overdose Awareness Day, an occasion initiated by the Salvation Army to draw attention to overdose, an often neglected issue which is the leading cause of death among opiate injectors. In the EU, one of a few regions where statistics on overdose are available, overdose is a leading cause of death among youth. A study of causes of death among PLHIV in the US showed that drug overdose is a leading cause of non-HIV related death in New York and concluded that the care model for PLHIV should include a broader array of physical and mental health needs.

Aids Action Europe press release on 5 years of collaboration fighting against HIV epidemic

(Amsterdam/Bruxelles) - The Global Network of people living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) and the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) are concerned by the new immigration procedures of the Czech Republic.

Every day, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is confronted with the lack of access to adequate or affordable medical tools in the field.