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We at WAVE (Women Against Viruses in Europe) and EACS (European AIDS Clinical Society) stand united in our condemnation of the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to abolish the constitutional protections for abortion which were established 50 years ago. Access to safe and legal abortion is a fundamental human right. The overturning of Roe removes this right from women in the United States, stripping them of their bodily autonomy and silencing their reproductive power. In spite of the Supreme Court’s decision, women will continue to seek abortion care and some will die as a consequence of unsafe, unregulated practice. In addition, being forced to continue an unplanned or non-viable pregnancy will have wide-ranging impacts on the physical and mental health of women and their families, including babies born as a result.

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Participate in the WAVE in Ukraine online Workshop on 15 & 16 June at 16:00-17:30 CEST. 

The war-induced displacement of thousands of men, women and children living with HIV has totally changed the situation in receiving countries (mainly Poland) and in Ukraine.

Our Ukrainian colleagues need more than ever a meeting to exchange experiences on managing HIV in women.

As the online workshop will be translated live into Ukrainian and English we invite you all to attend this unique discussion.

See the programme and register here

Follow the EASL-ECDC symposium: "Developing ‘standards of care’ to strengthen country responses to the elimination of hepatitis in Europe" on 25 June 2022 08:00 - 09:30 BST. 

Responses to the elimination of hepatitis vary throughout the European region and inequalities exist in the care that people living with hepatitis receive. Ambitious goals and targets are formulated in global, European and national action plans/strategies and actions are needed for European countries to ensure uniform coverage of comprehensive, integrated and people-centred prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care of viral hepatitis and co-morbidities. European standards of care for people living with hepatitis may be a useful tool to improve, standardise and monitor the quality of hepatitis care in the European region, however it is also complex to decide on a common set of auditable standards for a region with diverse national health systems, disease burden, and priorities.

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On 31 May, EACS Young Investigators Marta Vasylyev and Casper Rokx appeared on the Lanced HIV Podcast "In Conversation with" to talk about their initiative to create a unified European support framework to sustain the HIV care cascade in the displaced populations of war-struck Ukraine.

The full episode is now available! 

EACS in collaboration with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the CHIP, Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections, are hosting a webinar on the ‘Key considerations on the continuum of HIV care for refugees from Ukraine’ this Thursday, 19 May 2022 from 15:00-17:00 CET.

The webinar aims to help countries in the EU/EEA provide standardised HIV prevention, treatment and care for persons fleeing from Ukraine.

The webinar will be hosted on the ECDC Virtual Academy (EVA) platform and registering in advance is strongly recommended.

Register today. 

The war in Ukraine has impacted HIV care in one of Europe's most HIV-affected countries.

Through the EACS Young Investigators (YING), we as HIV medical specialists from across Europe stand united. These extremely challenging circumstances endanger the care of people living with HIV affected by the war and their HIV care providers, including some of our EACS and YING colleagues.

YING saw a clear need to help and produced, together with colleagues from Ukraine and neighboring countries, a unified framework, that defines and sets out strategies to handle challenges for emergency support for people living with HIV who are staying in Ukraine and those becoming displaced.

We established four phases of emergency HIV support in Ukraine: immediate, urgent, consolidation, and post-war phases. Through the framework we aim to reduce the inevitable effect on Ukraine’s HIV care cascade now, and when rebuilding it after the war.  

As European HIV medical specialists, YING and EACS feel that we can and should ensure that no person with HIV or HIV care provider is left alone, especially under these extremely challenging circumstances.

Click here to read the full viewpoint "Unified European support framework to sustain the HIV cascade of care for people living with HIV including in displaced populations of war-struck Ukraine" 

The Erasmus MC Foundation together with Virology Education are organising the HIV Care in Ukraine Webinar to bring awareness and support to Ukraine in this time of great need.

In this webinar, renowned Ukrainian speakers will share their experiences and engage in a lively discussion on the key elements of HIV care in light of the current situation. By joining this program, you will have the opportunity to contribute ideas, hear from experiences, donate to aware.HIV, and gain invaluable insight into how you as a healthcare provider can take action today by developing your own support initiatives.

Join the session on 24 May at 16.00 CEST.

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Join the EACS Live! Journal Club on Wednesday, 25 May, 15:00 CEST

The May session will focus on the risk factors of STI among PrEP users. Based on two recent articles, we will discuss the possibility of different screening strategies and the need to develop other interventions. With: 

Chair:

Agnes Libois

Presenters:

Marie Angelique Screerder

Oskar Ayerdi

Panelist:

Dominic Rowley

Register today!