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The applications for the EACS HIV Summer School are now open. The course will take place from 4-8 September 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. 

This 5-day residential course is designed for clinicians involved in HIV management who wish to deepen their knowledge about all aspects of HIV medicine and research methodology. The course is delivered by an experienced faculty of key opinion leaders in the fields of HIV clinical care and research.

A maximum of 60 participants will be accepted.

A moderate fee of EUR 300 is charged which will cover registration and accommodation (payment is due on confirmation of a place in the course). A limited number of scholarships are available to applicants from low-income countries.

Applications are open until 17 April 2023.

Click here for more information and apply today!

The H.W. & J. Hector Foundation, Weinheim, is announcing a prize for European HIV research, which will be awarded for the best scientific achievements in the HIV research area in 2022/2023.

In 2019, the foundation, under the initiative of Prof. Jürgen Rockstroh, created and announced a prize for European HIV research. There are two categories that receive a dotation each. 

Dotation:

EUR 20,000 for the best clinical and/or epidemiological paper;
EUR 20,000 for the best basic science, translational paper.

Any paper on an HIV-related topic that has been accepted or published in a peer-reviewed journal within the last 24 months (i.e. from 18 October 2021) before the start of the 19th European AIDS Conference (#EACS 2023) can be submitted.

If the paper has been co-authored by several authors, it should be made clear which author is applying for the award. The application should be accompanied by a written consent of all co-authors.

The submitted paper should be sent along with the application letter addressed to Dr Esteban Martinez, President, by 15 August 2023 by email to the EACS Secretariat at info_at_eacsociety.org.

Laureates are announced during the 19th European AIDS Conference in Warsaw, Poland, 18-21 October.

The 17th webinar organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European AIDS Clinical Society on the topic of Mpox will take place on Tuesday, 6 December, from 15:00-16:30 (CET).

This upcoming webinar will be the last on this topic for 2022. The event will feature a panel discussion with: - Margarida Tavares (Deputy MoH in Portugal) - Meg Doherty (Director, Global HIV, Hepatitis, STI Programmes at WHO) - Demetre Daskalakis (US Deputy coordinator monkeypox response team) - Kai Kupferschmidt (Infectious disease journalist) - Susan Hopkins (Chief Medical Advisor UKHSA) - Will Nutland (The Love Tank)

Join here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89064768393?pwd=MFJSWWVTS1pqRVF2dG15SnpSeWMrQT09
Passcode: 430464

Another year has passed, and as we approach 2023, it is time for reflection.

Whilst the COVID pandemic may have subsided at least for now, we have seen more turmoil in the world: the invasion of Ukraine, the monkeypox epidemic and the threat of a global recession.

On this World AIDS Day 2022, we need to continue to focus on our vision for the largest pandemic to hit the world – HIV.  We have lost, cumulatively, between 30-40 million people to HIV/AIDS.  Whilst global events need our immediate attention, we need to focus on the long-term goal – elimination of HIV as a global threat by 2030.

At EACS we will continue to respond to immediate needs: care for displaced persons living with HIV, monkeypox as a new and viable threat for GBSMSM; but our mission remains steadfast: improving care for people living with HIV.

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On 13-14 October 2022, the Standard of Care meeting for HIV and Co-infections in Europe was organised in Brussels, Belgium. 

All presentations are now available on the EACS Resource Library (accessible to members). 

Access them here! 

On 25 October, the EACS Guidelines v11.1 were presented at HIV Glasgow. The new version is now available online in PDF format, on the website and in the app. 

Learn more.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in collaboration with the European Clinical AIDS Society (EACS) and the Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections (CHIP) are organising two webinars in October, one related to viral hepatitis, the other related to sexually transmitted infections (STI).

Mark your calendars for:

18 October, 14:00-15:30 CEST, a webinar on testing and care of hepatitis B and C among migrant populations in the EU/EEA.

28 October, 14:00-15:30 CEST, a webinar on current and upcoming point-of-care testing technologies and how they can impact sexual health, particularly for key populations.

To join the webinars, which will be hosted online on Zoom, please send an email to the EACS/CHIP coordination team at countrysupport.rigshospitalet_at_regionh.dk with the name of the webinar you are interested in attending.

You will receive a calendar invite with more information on how to join the webinar.

23 November 2022

Dear EACS members,

You are invited to the EACS General Assembly on Wednesday, 23 November 2022 from 17:00-18:00 CET. The meeting will take place online by video conference.

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