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Join the webinar on "Improving testing for HIV and related co-infections in general practice" on Tuesday, 21 March, 15:00-16:00 CET. 

The aim of this webinar organised by ECDC, European Clinical AIDS Society (EACS) and the Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections (CHIP) is to increase general practitioner and nurse knowledge and awareness of integrated testing, including indicator guided testing, why this is important, and what can be done to increase testing for HIV and related co-infections in practice.

Objectives

At the end of the webinar, participants should have:

• Increased understanding of common HIV indicator conditions and co-infections such a viral hepatitis, STIs and tuberculosis;
• Increased knowledge existing integrated testing guidance, including indicator guided testing, and why this is important;
• Understand how to implement indicator guided testing in practice.

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Since 2018, WAVE has worked with women living with HIV to improve and increase research in women through the established research networks activities in prioritized areas. Most WAVE projects are developed and planned over several years. In 2023, our focus is on  Migrant women, Menopause Assessment, Healthcare Perception and ongoing education for Ukrainian healthcare providers. We will also complete projects on breastfeeding and HPV-related anogenital cancer screening and management in Europe.

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Join the upcoming webinar on “Holding mass and large gathering events during the multi-country mpox outbreak in the WHO European Region: Lessons identified for future mass gathering preparedness“ organised by the WHO Regional Office for Europe on 22 February 2023, 11– 12:30 CET via Zoom

In June 2022 WHO Regional Office for Europe and ECDC published a joint interim advice for public health authorities on summer events during the mpox outbreak in Europe to assist Member States in the European Region to respond to the ongoing outbreak. Accompanying the interim advice, WHO Europe and ECDC also developed a mpox resource toolkit to support national authorities and event organizers in their risk assessment, planning and coordination of mass and large gathering events.  

The overall objective of the webinar is to bring various stakeholders together in order to share insights on lessons identified, good practices implemented, and to gain further feedback for preparedness for future large/mass gathering events. 

Meeting link: https://who.zoom.us/j/94951891126, passcode: mtq1Nr$?).

For queries specific to the meeting, please email: eurocme_at_who.int

EACS is pleased to announce the launch of the third edition of the career development fellowship programme. The programme aims to link an HIV physician in training with an established European key opinion leader, over a period of 12 months, to facilitate mentorship and help career progression.

The fellowship programme will follow specific objectives set by the mentor and the fellow and will include:
a) 12-month mentoring;
b) Participation to the 19th European AIDS Conference together with the mentor;
c) An optional visit of 2 to 4 weeks of the fellow to the mentor’s host institution.

The applications are now open until 31 March 2023.

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The applications for the EACS HIV Summer School are now open. The course will take place from 4-8 September 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. 

This 5-day residential course is designed for clinicians involved in HIV management who wish to deepen their knowledge about all aspects of HIV medicine and research methodology. The course is delivered by an experienced faculty of key opinion leaders in the fields of HIV clinical care and research.

A maximum of 60 participants will be accepted.

A moderate fee of EUR 300 is charged which will cover registration and accommodation (payment is due on confirmation of a place in the course). A limited number of scholarships are available to applicants from low-income countries.

Applications are open until 17 April 2023.

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The H.W. & J. Hector Foundation, Weinheim, is announcing a prize for European HIV research, which will be awarded for the best scientific achievements in the HIV research area in 2022/2023.

In 2019, the foundation, under the initiative of Prof. Jürgen Rockstroh, created and announced a prize for European HIV research. There are two categories that receive a dotation each. 

Dotation:

EUR 20,000 for the best clinical and/or epidemiological paper;
EUR 20,000 for the best basic science, translational paper.

Any paper on an HIV-related topic that has been accepted or published in a peer-reviewed journal within the last 24 months (i.e. from 18 October 2021) before the start of the 19th European AIDS Conference (#EACS 2023) can be submitted.

If the paper has been co-authored by several authors, it should be made clear which author is applying for the award. The application should be accompanied by a written consent of all co-authors.

The submitted paper should be sent along with the application letter addressed to Dr Esteban Martinez, President, by 15 August 2023 by email to the EACS Secretariat at info_at_eacsociety.org.

Laureates are announced during the 19th European AIDS Conference in Warsaw, Poland, 18-21 October.

The 17th webinar organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European AIDS Clinical Society on the topic of Mpox will take place on Tuesday, 6 December, from 15:00-16:30 (CET).

This upcoming webinar will be the last on this topic for 2022. The event will feature a panel discussion with: - Margarida Tavares (Deputy MoH in Portugal) - Meg Doherty (Director, Global HIV, Hepatitis, STI Programmes at WHO) - Demetre Daskalakis (US Deputy coordinator monkeypox response team) - Kai Kupferschmidt (Infectious disease journalist) - Susan Hopkins (Chief Medical Advisor UKHSA) - Will Nutland (The Love Tank)

Join here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89064768393?pwd=MFJSWWVTS1pqRVF2dG15SnpSeWMrQT09
Passcode: 430464

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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