We are happy to announce that the HIV in Europe initiative will have several activities and
presentations at the International
AIDS Conference in Vienna (18-23 July). Hope to see you there!
Oral presentation
Testing: the
Gateway to Treatment, by Jeffrey Lazarus, Copenhagen
University and the Global Fund and observer to the Steering Committee, Regional Session on Europe and Central Asia, Thursday,
22 July, 11:00–12:30, Session Room 2
Investigator meeting
Indicator Diseases Study, Tuesday 20 July,
12:30-13:30. Courtyard by Marriott Wien Messe, Trabrennstrasse 4,
Opposite Reed Exhibiton Vienna (entrance hall D)
Registration: dra@cphiv.dk
Poster presentations
1. Overcoming
obstacles to late presentation for HIV in Europe, Thursday 22
July, 12:30-14:30, ground level
Presentation of the HiE initiative and project results.
2. Creating
partnership for change and empowerment in Turkey - using the PLHIV
stigma index as part of our organisational development, Monday
19 JULY, 12:30 – 14:30, Reed Messe Wien
The rollout of the PLHIV Stigma Index in Turkey is being supported by
UNAIDS, the EU, and HIV in Europe
3. Moving from
anecdote to evidence, Thursday 22 JULY, 12:30
– 14:30, Reed Messe Wien
People living with HIV using the PLHIV Stigma Index to create a
partnership that can properly gather the evidence to document the
stigma faced by PLHIV in Poland and generate advocacy and action. The
rollout of the PLHIV Stigma Index in Poland is being supported by HIV
in Europe.
Workshop session, PLHIV Stigma Index
Using the PLHIV
Stigma Index across Europe and Central Asia, Wednesday 21 JULY,
11:00-12:30, Mini Room 10, Reed Messe Wien.
This workshop which particularly focuses on the application of the PLHIV
Stigma Index in Eastern European and Central Asian countries, is
co-authored by Julian Hows, GNP+ Programme Officer. The
workshop is presented in Russian by Timur Abdullaev.
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Recent
HiE Publications
1. Late presentation of HIV infection: A
consensus definition, European late presenter working group, HIV Medicine 2010, Published
Online: 17 Jun 2010
2. Optimising testing and earlier care, Ton Coenen and Jens Lundgren, European Parliament Magazine,
December 2009
3. Working together for optimal testing and earlier care for HIV
– the case of the HIV in Europe initiative, Ton Coenen and Jens
Lundgren, Health, July 2010,
in press
4. Overcoming obstacles to late presentation for HIV in Europe, Jeffrey
V. Lazarus, Ralf Jürgens, Matthew Weait, Andrew Phillips, Julian
Hows, José Gatell, Ton Coenen, Anders Sönnerborg, Dorthe
Raben, Jens D. Lundgren, HIV Medicine,
in press.
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