CORE Knowledge Hub Webinar # 5 | Community Response on PrEP: Case Studies of Ukraine and Cyprus

CORE is pleased to invite you to the webinar “Community Response on PrEP: Case Studies of Ukraine and Cyprus”, on 30 June 2025 at 16:30 – 17:45 CET.

About the webinar

While EMA has approved a long-acting treatment twice-yearly for the Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for the HIV infection, oral PrEP remains limited in several regions of Europe (EECA, the Balkans, Cyprus, etc.). This webinar will highlight community-led initiatives that have emerged to bridge this gap, showcasing innovative approaches and sharing experiences from the field.

This webinar is part of the activities of Community Response to End Inequalities (CORE) project, also included in the PrEP Month initiative of the ‘Cyprus PrEP Point’, the Community Information and Empowerment Centre by the AIDS Solidarity Movement, which aims to offer accurate information, support, and guidance to people who are already taking or are interested in taking PrEP, while advocating for its official access in the Republic of Cyprus.

Webinar objectives

• To present community-led PrEP case studies from EECA, the Balkans, Ukraine and Cyprus.
• To discuss challenges and successes in advocating for PrEP access in regions with limited availability.
• To foster dialogue and knowledge exchange among community organisations and stakeholders.

Expected outcomes

• Increased awareness of regional PrEP efforts.
• Shared practical knowledge and advocacy approaches for diverse contexts.
• Shared real-time example of advocacy efforts in Cyprus to advance PrEP access in a setting where it is not yet officially available, offering useful guidance for similar contexts.
• Encouraged joint regional advocacy efforts and search for future collaboration and technical support.
• Developed a collective call to action for equitable PrEP access.

Agenda

To attend the webinar, please register here.   

Learn more about Cyprus PrEP Month and join the discussions here.

About the CORE project

The CORE Project (“Community Response to End Inequalities”) aims to reduce inequalities by promoting, strengthening and integrating the community responses that have proven key in bringing services closer to persons who would benefit most but face inadequate access, in particular countries where these responses are still lacking. This will happen through capacity building, networking, and the exchange of good practice and innovative approaches, as well as through a proactive outreach and engagement of relevant stakeholders, while addressing legal, policy, and structural issues to promote integration of these approaches into disease prevention and health promotion strategies and systems.

The CORE project will build on and intensify collaboration of regional networks and national and local organisations of people living with HIV, key populations, and service provider organisations. It will use, adapt, and disseminate existing national, regional, and global good practice approaches and tools from across key populations and disease areas, and provide platforms for exchange.

CORE Knowledge Hub – Community Skill Boosting Sessions

The Knowledge Hub is introducing a series of meetings aimed at sharing best practices in community health services for communities most affected by HIV, TB, viral hepatitis and STIs. The Hub will also be a place where community organisations and partners can share experience and discuss solutions to issues encountered. The meetings will be recorded for post-event sharing on the CORE website.

The Knowledge Hub consists of Webinars organised by the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG), Correlation European Harm Reduction Network (C-EHRN), European Sex Workers Alliance (ESWA) and Africa Advocacy Foundation (Work Package 6) and Workshops co-organised Deutsche Aidshilfe (DAH), C-EHRN, ESWA, and Africa Advocacy Foundation (Work Package 4).

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The CORE project has received funding from the Health Programme of the European Union under grant agreement No 101080079.