Ministries of Health from Eastern Europe and Central Asia adopted on 3 November in Minsk, Belarus, a consensus statement on HIV and tuberculosis (TB) treatment for all, calling for expanded and rapidly scaled-up access to affordable, quality-assured medicines. Representatives of Ministries of Health of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the […]
Russian health officials say one in 50 people in Russia’s fourth-largest city are infected with the HIV virus. Regional Deputy Health Minister Tatiana Savinova said the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg suffers from an HIV epidemic, according to a statement widely reported by Russian media. The city of 1.5 million has 27,000 people, or 1.8 […]
Minsk organizes the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) Regional Consultation on Expanding Access to Affordable and Quality Assured Antiretroviral and Antituberculosis medicines. The Consultation planned for November 23, 2016 is to be hosted by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus with organizational support by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis […]
UNAIDS has announced the extension of the appointment of singer, actress and television presenter Vera Brezhneva as UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. “I plan to continue using my popularity in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in order to change the attitude in society towards HIV and people affected by the epidemic. And I […]
At the close of the 2016 BRICS Summit in Goa, India, leaders of the BRICS countries (Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) have underlined the imperative of advancing cooperation and action to respond to the epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis. In their declaration, the leaders emphasized the importance of cooperation among BRICS […]
On 30 September 2016, the Moscow Trade Centre hosted the Experts Meeting to prepare the 6th Eastern Europe and Central Asia HIV/AIDS Conference (the EECAAC 2018). The meeting has gathered experts from Eastern Europe and Central Asia countries and has been devoted to developing Conference Concept as well as to nominating candidates to co-chair the Conference […]
THERE WILL BE NO EFFICIENCY IF WE DON’T SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS TOGETHER International scientific conference “Migration in Eastern Europe and Central Asia” started off with a pleasant event. A solemn ceremony of handing over the mobile medical diagnostic complex from the Russian Federation to Tajikistan took place in the parking lot of the Kazan “IT […]
The Official Handover Ceremony of the mobile treatment and diagnostics unit from the Government of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Tajikistan took place on 26 September 2016 within the frame of the “Migration in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Countries: Contemporary Challenges, Experience and Innovations” International Science and Practice Conference. The mobile clinic […]
The Russian Technical Assistance Programme to fight HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases in Eastern Europe and Central Asia countries The mobile clinic of Osh interregional clinical hospital continues its work in rural territory of Kara-Tash Nookatsk district. According to Shairbek Sulaimanov, Director of Oblast hospital, in first part of 2016 the medical team of the […]
The Russian Technical Assistance Programme to fight HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases in Eastern Europe and Central Asia countries The Ministry of Health is planning 3% increase in prevention examination of people of Kyrgyzstan during this year. According to the press service of the Ministry, the Minister Talantbek Batyraliev has met with Irina Kostetskaya and […]