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Dear EACS members,

Happy New Year!

2020 marks a very special year with regard to HIV. In December 2013, the UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board called on UNAIDS to support country- and region-led efforts to establish new targets for HIV treatment scale-up beyond 2015. The ambitious 90-90-90 target was defined which aimed at having 90% of all people living with HIV knowing their HIV status by 2020. Moreover, by 2020, 90% of all people with diagnosed HIV infection should receive sustained antiretroviral therapy and of those 90% should have viral suppression. Although these ambitious targets have been met by some countries, such as Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, there remain huge gaps particularly in Eastern and Central Europe.

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1 December 2019

The robust “toolkit” for preventing HIV, including the notion of undetectable = untransmittable (U=U) and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) should theoretically be enough to end the HIV epidemic. And indeed many inspiring and encouraging examples of good HIV prevention and care projects and models exist globally. However, although HIV-related infections have been reduced by 47% worldwide between 1996 and 2017, there is a continuous increase of HIV infections in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

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22-29 November 2019

European Testing Week was launched by the EuroTEST initiative (formerly known as HIV in Europe) in 2013 to encourage increased testing efforts and promote awareness of the benefits of earlier testing and linkage to care. The theme for the November 2019 ETW emphasises the importance of integrated testing and other related activities focused on increasing awareness and access to testing and treatment of HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections.

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The 2019 EAHP Medicines Shortages Survey has been launched. It targets the impact of medicines shortages in the hospital environment. In addition to hospital pharmacists, EAHP is seeking input from doctors working in hospitals. 

Give your input via the following link. 

The deadline for responses is the 13 January 2020.

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We are pleased to inform you that applications for the EACS short clinical exchange programme are now open. 

Read more on eligibility criteria and application process.

These Guidelines are available in different formats: As a paper booklet, a PDF, a mobile app and now as a website.

Have a look at the new interactive website: https://eacs.sanfordguide.com 

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EACS is pleased to introduce its new exchange programme.

Its aims are to promote clinical, research and educational links between centres across Europe and facilitate exchange of models of clinical care in HIV medicine and allied specialities.

The fellows will have the opportunity to visit an EACS Clinical/Research Excellence Center (CREC) specialised in HIV medicine for a period of 2 to 4 weeks. Read more

Dear EACS members, dear friends,

We are deeply saddened to inform you that Dr Dénés Bánhegyi passed away a few days ago. Dr Dénés Bánhegyi was a pioneer in the AIDS response and a leader in HIV.  He developed the department of Infectious and tropical diseases of Szent László Hospital into a single treatment centre and decentralized HIV and implemented HIV care all over the country. Thanks to him HIV care in Hungary is solid, reliable and state of the art.

He was also well respected among the PLHIV community for his humanity and honesty.  Everyone will remember him not only as a scientist but also as someone who protected and cared for everyone.

Dénés was long-standing member of EACS and EATG. He will be sorely missed by all.

We convey our sincere condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, and the community.

Jürgen Rockstroh

EACS President