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This World AIDS Day, in the frame of our ongoing Stigma-Free campaign, we are launching a video of interviews from HIV experts stressing why we must focus the HIV response on ending stigma and discrimination and alleviate their impact on the mental health and wellness of communities affected by HIV.

 

EATG is publishing a report on community defined standards for HIV combination prevention and a tool to help expand and strengthen the delivery of effective services for populations most affected by HIV.

At EACS 2023 conference in Warsaw, EATG organised a special session on “Empowering communities and clinicians for harm reduction and mental health”. After the session we asked our panelists to tell us more about their work around stigma and mental health.

On November 15th, EATG participated in a webinar on the EU-Funded EATRIS+ project, designed for community members of the European Patients’ Forum (EPF) and the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG).

ReCAP is a series of interviews with the members of the RBDCOV Community Advisory Panel that will explore the world of community engagement, EU projects and the importance of including people living with immunocompromising conditions in clinical trials. Here is the third and final part of Vaccines 101 with Siegfried Schwarze: The importance of including people living with immunocompromising conditions

On Trans Day of Remembrance 2023, EATG endorses the Joint Statement: We Mourn and Call to End the Violence coordinated by Transgender Europe (TGEU)

ReCAP is a series of interviews with the members of the RBDCOV Community Advisory Panel that will explore the world of community engagement, EU projects and the importance of including people living with immunocompromising conditions in clinical trials. Here is the second part of Vaccines 101 with Siegfried Schwarze: Debunking myths and understanding vaccine hesitancy

EATG is relaunching recruitment for a new Executive Director. We are looking for a new Executive Director who will lead and represent the organisation, both internally and externally, ensuring the organisational values are adhered to and promoted at all times. They will act in the best interest of the organisation, its members and staff. Additionally, they will have in-depth knowledge about the issues and challenges affecting the lives of the community of people living with or affected by HIV in the WHO Europe area with specific focus on the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia region.

ReCAP is a series of interviews with the members of the RBDCOV Community Advisory Panel that will explore the world of community engagement, EU projects and the importance of including people living with immunocompromising conditions in clinical trials. Here is the first part of Vaccines 101 with Siegfried Schwarze: What are they and how do they work?

On the 10th of October, the RBDCOV project consortium partners convened in Barcelona for a face-to-face meeting. This meeting, held in a hybrid format, provided an opportunity for all technical partners to discuss the progress achieved in each work package and to reflect on the lessons learned in the past months.

The European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) together with more than 40 global and regional organisations endorse a community manifesto calling for the introduction of long-acting injectable PrEP in Europe.

Mental Health within HIV care guidelines is a follow-up webinar to explore some of the issues involved in updating existing standards of mental health care for people living with HIV in Europe and Central Asia.

This is an overview of EATG activities at the 19th European AIDS Conference (Warsaw, 18-21 October 2023)

This is the infosheet of our Stigma-Free campaign. It contains the main concepts and rational of the campaign, resources and working definitions. The back cover displays the 4 calls to action of the campaign.

On September 29th, the EATG team met face-to-face with the members of the Community Advisory Panel (CAP) for the RBDCOV project in Barcelona, Spain.

On World Mental Health Day, EATG launches ‘Stigma Free’ campaign on intersectional stigma faced by people living with HIV and affected communities

On World Mental Health Day, EATG launches a campaign to raise awareness among healthcare professionals and community around intersectional stigma and discrimination faced by people living with HIV and affected communities and the impact it has on their mental health and health outcomes.

The 9th STEPS HIV Cure Community-led Workshop will take place on Wednesday October 18, 2023, from 10:00 to 12:30 (CET) in warsaw (Poland) at the EXPO XXI, SONATA Room.

This is a year in review for the STEP-UP Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

This year at the 19th EACS conference community representatives along with doctors and young investigators were invited to share their stories at the Community Corner. The Community Corner is curated by EATG.

By Maka Gogia If community members are properly involved in the study design and planning process, the participation of different key populations will not be neglected and limited in clinical trials.

To improve the understanding of experienced HIV stigma in the community, ECDC — in collaboration with the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) and AIDS Action Europe (AAE) — initiated an exploratory survey in 2021 to measure HIV-related stigma across Europe and Central Asia. This is the resulting progress report.