April 17, 2024
European Testing week
20-27 May 2024
European Testing Week is a campaign that encourages organisations and institutions — in community, health care and policy institutions — throughout Europe to unite for one week twice a year to increase testing efforts and promote awareness on the benefits of earlier hepatitis and HIV testing. This initiative has progressed since its start in 2013 and has grown to be a widely recognised European event with hundreds of organisations participating every year.
Participants volunteer their own time to organise their European Testing Week activities and create incredible displays of a united effort to increase testing awareness at all organisational levels.
There are a number of ways that organisations can help to increase access to HIV, hepatitis and STI testing, with activities such as:
- Advocacy initiatives for voluntary, confidential and free HIV, hepatitis, and/or STI testing
- Awareness raising activities for key populations at higher risk
- HIV, hepatitis, and/or STI testing outreach activities for key populations
- Capacity building initiatives (e.g. training of medical students, healthcare staff)
- Policy meetings
- Engagement with opinion makers and the media