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AFEW International co-signed the letter to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte. This letter is a request to lead Dutch delegation at the UN High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis that will take place in New York on 26 September 2018.

This workshop, organized by AFEW Network, will offer a unique opportunity to not just talk about migration, HIV and Key Populations but also to hear a real-life experience about migration. We will discuss the general situation on access to health for migrants and the political commitment within Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), the essential package for migrant health for EECA and the situation of migrant’s access to TB/ HIV programs specifically in Tajikistan.

AFEW International releases its 2017 Annual Report ‘Building Bridges Between East and West.’ The report highlights AFEW Network’s key activities in the

Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) remains the only region in the world where new HIV cases and AIDS deaths continue to grow rapidly. Therefore we, the team of regional community networks*, are joining forces in the campaign at AIDS 2018. Our slogan – Chase the virus, not people!

Sex-workers are one of the groups that are vulnerable to HIV. There are no government programs aimed at working with this category in Russia. According to Russian Federal Consumer Rights Protection and Human Health Control Service, over the past two years the way of sexual transmission of HIV has become more prominent: in 50.3% of instances, the positive status was received during heterosexual contacts.