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The Ukrainian refugee situation in Poland is becoming increasingly challenging. The PTAK Humanitarian Aid Centre located next to Warsaw, Poland, is the biggest centre of assistance and support provided to refugees from Ukraine that has been established at the Ptak Warsaw Expo Fair and Conference Centre. The PTAK Centre is in urgent need of doctors and medical professionals. 

Click here to learn more and to contact the centre.

For International Women’s Day we spoke with Prof Yvonne Gilleece about WAVE’s activities and including more women in #HIV clinical trials and studies:

“WAVE has promoted the inclusion of women in clinical trials by funding projects, surveys and literature reviews that define knowledge gaps and areas for further research. We highlighted this recently at our workshop at EACS, London 2021 by sharing updates on our projects so far such as HIV in Migrant Women and Comorbidities in Women living with HIV, as well as a specific presentation on Women and Clinical Trials. WAVE also provides a link between scientific organisations, researchers, healthcare providers and community representatives to facilitate collaborations and joint working between countries on research ideas and studies.WAVE will continue its work to promote new women-specific studies and also to lobby for the inclusion of more women in HIV clinical trials and studies”.

Click here to read the full interview.

The EACS Young Investigators (YING) have set up the initiative #awarehivukraine to support people living with HIV in Ukraine. 

Through the network, YING members will ensure that antiretroviral medicines and financial means to support the logistics of HIV care on the ground will be supported.   

Take a look at the HIVAware website to see how you can help them out.

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Registrations are open for the EACS Live! Journal Club. The March session will focus on the most relevant presentations at CROI 2022. We will look at the most recent advances in treatment and HIV prevention, co-morbidities, and basic science. 

Chair

Tristan Barber

Presenter

Jose Bernardino

Panelists: 

Christina Psomas

Alvaro Mena

Casper Rokx

Register today! 

The EMT Secretariat and the WHO Regional Office for Europe is looking to identify International medical surge available to stand by for potential requests of support from Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Additionally,  technical assistance with significant experience in complex emergencies is anticipated in the form of individual experts identified from the EMT network.

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It is with sadness that we have learnt about the war in Ukraine. We would like to extend our support to all our dear friends and colleagues and everyone involved, not least all the people living with HIV and their carers.

At this difficult time, we would urge that all members of EACS, as well as healthcare professionals, healthcare commissioners, the pharmaceutical industry and non-governmental organisations in Ukraine and across Europe to work together to ensure that we can provide all possible support for people living with HIV and their families to ensure:

1. Free and easy access to medical care, psychological support and medicines including antiretrovirals for the treatment initiation, continuation as well as pre-and post-exposure prophylaxis
2. Free medical insurance for migrant populations from affected areas
3. Easily available access for infection prophylaxis and vaccines for vaccine-preventable illnesses, including COVID-19 vaccines
4. Full support for assistance to, and the safety of healthcare professionals providing medical assistance in affected areas

We would strongly encourage the preparation of national plans to support people living with HIV migrating from affected areas and emphasise the need for their rapid implementation.

EACS will stand and work together with our members and partners at this difficult time.

Registrations are open for the interactive training course ‘PentaTr@ining 2022: HIV & other Congenital Infections‘.

The course is divided into two parts: in-depth online distance learning run over 3 months, later followed by a 3-day face-to-face workshop. The upgraded online course boasts a highly engaging design and user-friendly interface, purposely designed to kindle engagement and encourage intercommunication among the participants and faculty team. The innovative online programme comprises 6 comprehensive and thought-provoking training modules, a variety of real life clinical cases for discussion, live webinars and dedicated tutoring from our expert trainers.

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The applications for the EACS HIV Summer School are now open! The course will take place from 6-9 September 2022 in Bordeaux, France.

This 4-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 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. A maximum of 70 participants will be accepted.

Applications are open until 18 April 2022.

Click here for more information and apply today!