News

Our new Executive Secretary, Joëlle Verluyten, has joined the team as per December 1. Many have already met her at the Brussels conference in October.  

Sylvie Chatelin is now working in Brussels too. Fiona McBrearty has left the EACS, although she is completing some work this month. 

Welcome Joëlle, and thank you Fiona for your work and supporting the Society

Why is a European HIV testing week needed?
Targeted at populations which are most at risk of HIV, as well as healthcare professionals who should be offering the HIV test, European testing week aims to increase awareness around the importance of HIV testing to decrease the proportion of undiagnosed people living with HIV and reduce late diagnosis. The rationale for testing week came about following input and advice from representatives of HIV organisations across Europe. The group agreed that a pan-European week would be an effective approach to help scale up access to, availability, offering and uptake of HIV testing for risk populations, as well as provide a platform for disseminating a united message.

The Europeans AIDS Clinical Society fully supports the involvement of organisations and clinics across Europe. Click here for further information.

Save the date!
European HIV Testing Week: 22-29 November 2013

EACS looks back to a very successful 14th European AIDS Conference with very stimulating research and educational exchanges and the issuing of new guidelines available as an app. We wish to thank all who worked hard to make this congress so productive and all who participated so actively.

Photos of the 14th European AIDS Conference, Brussels, 16-19 October 2013

The EACS held its General Assembly on Thursday 17 October 2013 during the 14th European AIDS Conference in Brussels.

In view of their major contributions and significant achievements in HIV medicine over the past decades, the 2013 EACS Awards for Excellence were granted to two distinguished European personalities, Prof Marie-Louise Newell and Prof Nathan Clumeck during the 14th European AIDS Conference.

Source: HIV & VIROLOGY NEWS Issue 2 - 2013 (Pages 18-19)

Read interview 

Link to the interview in the magazine

On March 27th, the Brussels tourism office held one of its major events, the Visit Brussels Awards. We are proud to announce that the 14th European AIDS Conference won the International Congress 2013 Award! It is the first time that a host city rewards EACS for its conference. Of course, it could not have such a successful conference without our partners, sponsors and KIT who worked hand-in-hand with us.

If you want to read more about the VisitBrussels Awards follow the link www.visitbrussels.be

On time to celebrate our 25th anniversary, the Society is updating its identity. We have revised our logo, and introduced a new website.
We are also changing our e-mail addresses. The new generic e-mail account for the secretariat is info_at_eacsociety.org.
Specific people can be reached at firstname.lastname_at_eacsociety.org