HIV and AIDS in Europe & CIS

Tackling Rising HIV Levels in Russia, Central Asia

5 November 2009

Moscow, Russia, 5 November 2009-Eastern Europe and Central Asia continue to experience rising rates of HIV, particularly in Russian and Ukraine —home to 90 percent of cases. In Central Asia and the Caucauses, the number of newly reported HIV cases is also rising rapidly. Overall, the region experienced a more than 100 percent increase in people living with the virus between 2001 and 2007, with drug abuse a prevelant cause of illness through use of dirty needles.

Access to essential medicines, HIV and intellectual property - September 21-22, 2009

21 September 2009 - 22 September 2009
Regional meeting on access to essential medicines, HIV and intellectual property organized in cooperation with OSI and the Country office in Ukraine. The event will bring together both civil society and governmental representatives from selected countries in the region.

Take a test – for prejudice!

17 June 2008

Bosnia & Herzegovina, 16 June 2008 – UNDP today launched the second phase of its HIV/AIDS national marketing campaign. This activity aims to reduce public stigma toward HIV-positive status and toward people in groups at ‘high-risk’ of contracting HIV, as well as encouraging safe behavior among young people, including awareness of their status through testing.

This campaign is part of the programme “Coordinated National Response to HIV/AIDS & Tuberculosis in a War-torn and Highly Stigmatized Settings”, funded by a grant to Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM). The UNDP Country Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a Principal Recipient of this grant and implementer of the programme.

Creative methods of drug prevention in Belarus

21 May 2008

Belarus, 20 May 2008 – Experts representing educational institutions of the Mogilev region (Belarus) learned advanced methods of prevention of drug abuse among young people during a workshop “Interactive Methods and Drama Art in the System of Drug Prevention” conducted under the “Programme for the Prevention of Drug Abuse and the Fight against Drug Trafficking in Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova” (BUMAD) funded by the European Commission and implemented by UNDP.

Second Eastern Europe and Asia AIDS Conference – EECAAC Accelerating Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care for All

3 May 2008 - 5 May 2008

Counselling key in fighting HIV

14 April 2008

Turkmenistan, 14 April 2008 – Last week saw a three-day training of trainers on helpline services, organized by UNDP and the National AIDS Center within the HIV Prevention project. Eighteen medical specialists received certificates for their participation in the training, in which they learned techniques of telephone counselling . Making helpline services more user-friendly and professional will give the population – and vulnerable groups in particular – better access to quality information and services related to HIV and other STIs.

United Nations Secretary General message on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2007

30 November 2007

“Whatever our role in life, wherever we may live, in some way or another, we all live with HIV. We are all affected by it. We all need to take responsibility for the response. On this World AIDS Day, let us show the leadership required to live up to that responsibility.”

UNDP conducts educational training on human rights and HIV in Western Ukraine

14 November 2007

Ukraine is leading in Europe and is the third country in Eurasia, after Cambodia and Thailand, according to new HIV cases level. The Ukrainian society is striving to find an effective response to this challenge. The international community and the UN, in particular, have come to an undeniable conclusion that there existed direct relation between human rights standards and HIV. Practical realization of the human rights is a solid background for an efficient resistance to HIV, as many experts agree. 
 

Joint UN Regional workshop on HIV prevention and care among IDUs in Eastern Europe and the CIS - Prague, June 2007

18 June 2007 - 20 June 2007

4th HIV/AIDS Community of practice meeting - Moscow, June 2007

5 June 2007 - 7 June 2007
CoP meeting on HIV/AIDS responses.

Preventing HIV/AIDS among sex workers in Belarus

13 April 2007

The number of sexually transmitted HIV infections is rising in Belarus. UNDP is redoubling efforts to help prevent HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections with a new project to educate and assist commercial sex workers plying their trade on Belarusian highways.

Belarus drive to stop HIV/AIDS

5 October 2006

UNDP Belarus is taking the fight against HIV/AIDS to the streets: public transport emblazoned with the logo of the global “Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise” campaign started operating in Minsk this October.

Ukraine group wins Red Ribbon Award at Toronto HIV/AIDS conference

17 August 2006

The All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV was among the winners of the newly created Red Ribbon Award for its outstanding contribution to the frontline response to HIV and AIDS.

3rd HIV/AIDS Community of Practice Meeting - Bucharest, October 2005

3 October 2005 - 6 October 2005

2nd HIV/AIDS Community of Practice - Bishkek, November 2004

3 November 2004 - 5 November 2004

1st HIV/AIDS Community of Practice meeting - Kiev, May 2004

19 May 2004 - 22 May 2004