In Kyiv, the mayors of 9 EECA cities discussed efficient strategies and perspectives of the region in solving the HIV/TB problem
The capital of Ukraine has become a focal point of new record setting and a venue to present an effective package of working interventions, highlight the strength of political will to support decision-making on HIV and TB and the leadership in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, as well as the Balkan region. […]
Press Release: EECA City Health Leadership Forum in ending AIDS and TB will take place in Kyiv
On December 6, 2019, the International Forum on ‘Cities’ Leadership in response to the HIV/AIDS and TB Epidemics’ will take place in Kyiv (Ukraine). It’ll be visited by cities’ mayors, representatives of the international, national organizations from 50 cities of the world. The focus is: innovations, technologies, municipal funding, and political leadership of the […]
Balkans set up the record: 3 cities of Montenegro signed the Paris Declaration to end AIDS
On December 2, 2019, the unprecedented signing of the Paris Declaration in the Balkans took place. The mayors of three cities – Dr Ivan Vuković (Podgorica), G. Dušan Raičević (Bar) and Mr Petar Smolović (Bijelo Polje) simultaneously signed the Paris Declaration on accelerating the measures in cities to end AIDS. Andriy Klepikov, Executive Director, Alliance […]
PRESS RELEASE Dedicated to the World AIDS Day “Test under the Clouds” (#SkyTest)
On 29 November 2019, SkyTest (#SkyTest), a traditional outreach event commemorating the World AIDS Day took place near Kyiv’s highest ferris wheel at Kontraktova square. It is the second year that this event is held by the Alliance for Public Health, Public Health Center of the MoH and partners from civil society. During the event, […]
Information about illegally convicted Andrii Yarovyi
Andrii Mykhaylovych Yarovyi, DOB. 06.11.1967, a citizen of Ukraine from the city of Kyiv, since 2009 has been a substitution maintenance/opioid substitution therapy (buprenorphine) patient. He is a member of Eurasian network of people who use drugs (ENPUD), All-Ukrainian Association of People who use drugs (PUD. Ukraine/VOLNA), a human rights champion and a consultant on […]
The second city in Belarus joined the Paris Declaration to end AIDS epidemic
On November 26, 2019 UNAIDS coordinator in Belarus Vera Ilyenkova and the head of Svietlahorsk district executive committee (city mayor) signed the Paris Declaration to intensify the activities in cities aimed to end HIV/AIDS epidemic. Svietlahorsk has become the second city in Belarus that signed the Declaration, declaring its active leadership in global combating HIV/AIDS […]
#SoS_project team releases the third regional overview digest
The regional #SoS_project team continues to advocate for the sustainability of HIV services at the regional and national levels in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Northern Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. In the third quarter of 2019, a lot of work was done to prepare countries for the […]
Harm reduction сabinet in Sumy: evaluation of one year of work by local authorities
In a month, on December 6, Kyiv will host municipal delegations from more than 30 cities of the world at the regional EECA City Health Leadership Forum, coordinated by the Alliance for Public Health in cooperation with the Kyiv City State Administration and UNAIDS. The forum will present and discuss the progress and most relevant […]
#InYourPower: a new dialogue between the state and civil society in the fight against HIV
On October 2, the team of the regional project “Sustainability of Services for Key Communities in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region” (# SoS_project) announced the launch of the “It’s in Your Power to Stop HIV” information campaign that started with flash mob in social media marked with hashtags #InYourPower and #вТвоихСилах. “Doctors, social […]
Developing a dialogue: civil society and states in the fight against HIV (webinar)
In countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, as well as the Balkan region, the transition from international support to state funding of HIV/AIDS programs, formed in recent years with the support of international donors, is undergoing various stages: somewhere it has just begun, and somewhere there are already results. Therefore, some of the most pressing […]