The European Union Delegation to Russia published the Call for Proposals “EU Solidarity with Russian Civil Society – Protecting vulnerable groups and disproportionately affected by COVID-19” with an overall budget of € 6 million.
17 May – International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).
Adele Omorova (21 y.o.) is one of the Dance4life champions in Kyrgyzstan. She told AFEW International how the project changed her life and how her knowledge influences her generation.
Penal Reform International released a document Global Prison Trends 2020.
UNAIDS developed a brief for country condom programme managers and experts provides a summary of relevant actions to sustain supplies of male condoms, female condoms and lubricants, and to adjust approaches for condom promotion during the time of COVID-19.
Emergency Support Fund for Key Populations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia supported the project “Prevention of HIV and COVID-19 among MSM sex workers” implemented by the Initiative MSM sex workers group #ChemBrothers with the technical assistance of HPLGBT.
Oleksandr Mohylka, Head of the Compass Day Center of the Kharkiv Charitable Foundation “Blago”, Coordinator of the project “Rights and Health of Vulnerable Groups: Bridging the Gaps” in Kharkiv, Ukraine about activities at COVID-19 time.
ECOM published the analysis of the cascade of continuous HIV care for MSM in five countries of the EECA region.
UNAIDS and Global HIV Prevention Coalition released a document “Maintaining and prioritizing HIV prevention services in the time of COVID-19”.
A modeling analysis released by the Stop TB Partnership shows that under a three-month lockdown and a protracted 10-month restoration of services, the world could see an additional 6.3 million cases of TB between 2020 and 2025 and an additional 1.4 million TB deaths during that same period.
