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The HepHIV 2023 Madrid conference: A call to action for political leadership in...
Simões, D; Raben, D; Moran, AB; Imaz, A; Stengaard, AR; Raahauge, A; Sullivan, AK; Vaughan, E; Brännström, J; De Baetselier, I; Platteau, T; Casabona, JIntroduction and Objectives: The HepHIV 2023 Conference, held in Madrid in November 2023, highlighted how Europe is not on track to meet the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals and Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) targets. This article presents the outcomes of the conference, which focus on ways to improve testing and linkage to care for HIV, viral hepatitis, and other sexually transmitted ...
Incarceration history is associated with HIV infection among community-recruite...
Uusküla, A; Rannap, J; Weijler, L; Abagiu, A; Arendt, V; Barrio, G; Barros, H; Brummer-Korvenkontio, H; Casabona, J; Croes, E; Des Jarlais, DAimsWe measured the association between a history of incarceration and HIV positivity among people who inject drugs (PWID) across Europe. Design, Setting and ParticipantsThis was a cross-sectional, multi-site, multi-year propensity-score matched analysis conducted in Europe. Participants comprised community-recruited PWID who reported a recent injection (within the last 12 months). MeasurementsData on incarcera...
Latin American Internet Survey for Men who have Sex with Men (LAMIS-2018): Desi...
Reyes-Díaz, M; Celly, A; Folch, C; Lorente, N; Stuardo, V; Veras, MA; Barros, H; Meireles, P; Ramírez, D; Jonas, KJ; Marcus, U; Schmidt, AJ; Caceres, CFDespite men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) from Latin America (LA) are still a vulnerable population for known health-related conditions and social problems, availability of comparable data across LA countries for assessment and monitoring purposes is limited. The objective of this article is to present the study design and the questionnaire of LAMIS-2018 (Latin America MSM Internet Survey), its recruitment strate...
HIV seroprevalence in five key populations in Europe: a systematic literature r...
Stengaard, AR; Combs, L; Supervie, V; Croxford, S; Desai, S; Sullivan, AK; Jakobsen, SF; Santos, Q; Simões, D; Casabona, J; Lazarus, JV; de Wit, JBFBackground: In Europe, HIV disproportionately affects men who have sex with men (MSM), people who inject drugs (PWID), prisoners, sex workers, and transgender people. Epidemiological data are primarily available from national HIV case surveillance systems that rarely capture information on sex work, gender identity or imprisonment. Surveillance of HIV prevalence in key populations often occurs as independent st...
A call to action toward integrated testing and earlier care for viral hepatitis...
Raben, D; Hoekstra, M; Combs, L; Sullivan, AK; Lazarus, JV; Lambert, JS; Simões, D; Streinu-Cercel, A; Rockstroh, JK; Streinu-Cercel, A; Amato-Gauci, AObjectives. The objective of the paper is to present the outcomes of the HepHIV 2019 conference, held in Bucharest under the Romanian EU Presidency and focusing on challenges of timely and integrated testing and care. Methods. The conference programme was put together by the organizing committee. It consisted of invited talks and peer-reviewed abstracts. Results. In all, 65 abstracts from 20 countries were pres...
COBA-Cohort: a prospective cohort of HIV-negative men who have sex with men, at...
Lorente, N; Fernàndez-López, L; Fuertes, R; Rojas Castro, D; Pichon, F; Cigan, B; Chanos, S; Meireles, P; Lucas, R; Morel, S; Slaaen Kaye, P; Agustí, CIntroduction Community-based voluntary counselling and testing (CBVCT) services for men who have sex with men (MSM) can reach those most-at-risk and provide an environment for gay men that is likely to be non-stigmatising. Longitudinal data on the behaviour of HIV-negative MSM are scarce in Europe. The aim of this protocol, developed during the Euro HIV Early Diagnosis And Treatment (EDAT) project, is to implem...