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The European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) notes with much concern the discriminatory legislative and police measures that reflect unjustified and harmful discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgendered persons in Russia. Article 6.21 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses allows the government to fine individuals accused of the "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations amongst minors".

Read the whole statement in English and Russian here

The webcast of the 14th European AIDS Conference is now complete. 

Simply log in (everybody needs to register once) and view all the sessions at your leisure, from opening keynote lectures to plenaries, EACS Guidelines sessions and clinical cases. 
Webcast

EACS selected the non-profit HIV organisation NAM (aidsmap.com) as the official provider of scientific news reporting for the 14th European AIDS Conference. 

NAM’s team of writers reported on key research presented at the conference, publishing news online and sending out four news summary bulletins by email. 

You can read the reports in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or Russian at: www.aidsmap.com/eacs2013

In the past few years, drug shortages are occurring more and more frequently. The European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) has done a survey on ARV shortages in 2011 and presented the results at the 13th EACS in Belgrade. Emergency guidance for ARV stockouts was developed jointly with the Society and presented in Belgrade.
Read the whole article here

A black triangle will start appearing on product information this autumn to encourage reporting of suspected adverse reactions.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a video and factsheet in all official European Union languages explaning the meaning of the black triangle.
Read more here

“The European Testing Week has helped to decrease the number of individuals who are HIV-positive but do not know their diagnosis, as well as identify patients with chronic hepatitis and link them to advances in hepatitis treatment. Testing and subsequent linkage to care are clearly the most important pillars in ending the HIV and viral hepatitis epidemic.” Read more

“The European Testing Week has helped to decrease the number of individuals who are HIV-positive but do not know their diagnosis, as well as identify patients with chronic hepatitis and link them to advances in hepatitis treatment. Testing and subsequent linkage to care are clearly the most important pillars in ending the HIV and viral hepatitis epidemic.” Read more

“The European Testing Week has helped to decrease the number of individuals who are HIV-positive but do not know their diagnosis, as well as identify patients with chronic hepatitis and link them to advances in hepatitis treatment. Testing and subsequent linkage to care are clearly the most important pillars in ending the HIV and viral hepatitis epidemic.”

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