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The EACS Women Against Viruses in Europe (WAVE) article "Comorbidities and menopause assessment in women living with HIV: a survey of healthcare providers across the WHO European region" was published on 15 June, 2023. 

The article was based on a survey of 121 HIV healthcare providers in 25 World Health Organization European countries to ascertain screening practices for, and management of, menopause, psychosocial and sexual well-being and age-related comorbidities in women with HIV. 

Learn more and access the article.

On 14 June 15:00-16:00 CET, the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) and Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections (CHIP) are hosting a webinar on ‘Stigma: what you as a healthcare provider can do to address it’ that aims to increase general practitioner and nurse knowledge and awareness of what stigma is, how it impacts patient health in the areas of HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, and how it can be addressed in general practice.

This webinar is targeted towards nurses and physicians in general practice settings, but open for all to attend. Click here to register.

EACS is developing a European Diploma in HIV Medicine. The diploma will be designed as an examination that will ensure minimum standards of education and training in HIV Medicine whilst promoting the delivery of a uniform standard of clinical care in the field of HIV Medicine. The development of this examination will be in partnership with the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (RCPI) which will provide end-to-end candidate management and examination administration.

The European Diploma in HIV Medicine Examination Board is launching an open call to join them. 

A faculty of specialists in HIV have developed the core curriculum and an Examination Board has been convened. In addition, there will be opportunities to contribute to the examination and to join one of the committees. The activities will include content development, peer review, and defining standards for academic performance.

Click here for more information. 

Life4me+ has launched an international project to enable access to ART when abroad

Moving to another country or temporary labor migration is not necessarily easy and presents many challenges. One of them is to make sure you are able to continue taking care of your health. The "Stay on ART" project provides answers to the most frequently asked questions, based on experience and thousands of requests.

• Is it possible to carry antiretroviral therapy with you?

• How and where to get ART?

• Is it possible to buy treatment in pharmacies?

• Where to go for support in emergency situations?

On the project website www.stayonart.com it provides step-by-step algorithms for obtaining medical care and ART, brief instructions for completing the necessary documents, useful links and contacts for public organizations ready to provide assistance.

Learn more.

We at the European AIDS clinical Society are sad to learn that President Yoweri Museveni has signed Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill into law.

This is among one of the harshest anti-LGBTIQA+ laws in the world, further marginalising a key population that is in need of care and support and driving them away from vital healthcare needs.

Uganda has a high burden of people living with HIV and has made great progress towards achieving the UNAIDS target for eliminating HIV as a global threat by 2030. Unfortunately, marginalising a key population will have a huge negative impact on this response. Indeed, this law will have a detrimental impact on testing, may act as a barrier to some people with HIV to receive appropriate care and treatment and this may increase rates of HIV transmission in Uganda. 

We stand together with   our colleagues at the IAS and the   Global Fund/UNAIDS/PEPFAR and call on President Museveni and the Uganda Government to repeal this law.  A punitive law that drives away sections of the community from receiving care is detrimental to Public Health and will jeopardise the positive progress made in Uganda in reducing the personal and societal burden of disease caused by HIV.

Click here to read the full statement.

Participate in the 8th online WAVE in Ukraine Workshop: on track to improve the health of women living with HIV on 25-26 May at 16:00 CEST. 

This time our experts will focus on: 

• Aging and menopause in women living with HIV
• Opportunistic infections in women living with HIV

The aim of the workshop is to increase the quality of care for women living with HIV based on scientific evidence and best practices by:

• highlighting the key issues of aging and menopause in women living with HIV;
• discussing approaches and recommendations for treatment of opportunistic infections in women living with HIV;
• сase-driven discussion;
• exchanging experience and ideas.

Click here to register.

Join the event “Bringing networks together to increase testing for HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs” in honour of the first day of European Testing Week 2023 on Monday, 15 May.

The event will be live-streamed from Athens at 9.10-11.15 CEST.

Click here for more information and to access the link.

On 2 and 3 June 2023, the 16th Symposium on Neuropsychiatry will take place in Barcelona, Spain. 

This Symposium has a practical focus on the diagnosis and treatment of the psychiatric and neuropsychological aspects of HIV-infected patients.

This year includes an intensive course on HIV and CNS, aimed at the new generation of health professionals who have had limited and fragmented knowledge on the subject.

Also includes several updated lectures by keynote speakers in the field of HIV and mental health.

We encourage you to participate.

Visit the website to register and see the programme.