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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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22-23 September 2022

WAVE is organising its 6th workshop for Ukrainian medical doctors on Thursday, 22 and Friday, 23 September from 16:00 to 17:45 CEST. The workshop will be interpreted in English and Ukrainian and will focus on STIs in women living with HIV – modern approaches to prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment.

For more information and to register

Tristan Barber became the new YING Chair at the YING Conference in July 2022. In this interview, he shares what the added value is of the YING network and what he is looking forward to for the upcoming period. 

"As the new YING Chair, I am really looking forward to widening our network of participants and making things feel informal and accessible. I am looking forward to meeting more YINGers and ways to encourage more people to join YING. I am tremendously excited about the EACS Conference in Warsaw in 2023 and the next YING Conference in 2024". 

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16 November 2022

EACS is organising a pre-conference workshop in collaboration with SFLS (Société de la Lutte Contre le Sida) in Paris on Wednesday, 16 November 2022 from 14:00-18:00 CET on Healthcare for Migrants and Ukrainian exiles. The following topics will be discussed during the workshop:

• Refugees in Europe: the scope of the problem, Teymur Noori (ECDC)
• Healthcare for HIV in Ukraine before the war and today, Marta Vasylyev (Ukraine)
• Update on the drug injectors in Eastern Europe, Oleksii Zavadinskiy and Anastasia Dieieva (Ukraine)
• The Polish response to the refugee crisis from Ukraine, Justyna Kowalska (Poland)
• The French response to the issues of healthcare for migrants, Nicolas Vignier (France)

For more information