ECOM focuses on the following areas
Conducting scientific research to obtain qualitative and quantitative data that communities can use to develop evidence-based recommendations and advocate for health services implementation and improvement of their quality
Integrating international best practices into national service systems through effective collaboration with government structures; this includes pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV, support for people practicing chemsex, programs to reduce stigma and discrimination
Training community activists, as well as representatives of professional groups, including doctors, mid-level and junior medical personnel, psychologists, social workers, on the specifics of working and providing services for MSM and trans people, creating and distributing courses on the ECOM training platform, as well as conducting training sessions
Standardizing services for MSM and trans people, based on best practices and leading international guidelines
We believe that health is one of the highest values, so health services must be of the highest quality, based on the collaboration between communities and medical structures and financed from state budgets. Only with the active participation of all stakeholders will it be possible to stop the HIV epidemic.
News
May 23, 2024
ECOM Signs International Memorandum of Cooperation
ECOM signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation with the School of Social Sciences and Technology of the Technical University...
April 8, 2024
ECOM Joins Task Force Partnership Aimed at Achieving 10-10-10 Targets
On March 28, the first Task Force meeting was held with the participation of experts from ECOM. The Task Force...
February 5, 2024
Russia suspends implementation of ICD-11: a threat to healthcare and the rights of the trans community
On January 30, the government of the Russian Federation issued a decree suspending the implementation of the International Classification of...
December 14, 2023
Results of the 1st (Sub) Regional Consultation on PrEP among MSM and Trans People in Central Asia
On November 21–22, the 1st (Sub) Regional Consultation on PrEP among MSM and trans people in Central Asia was held...
October 26, 2023
ECOM Presents First Results of Chemsex Study at 19th European AIDS Conference
The 19th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2023), organized by the European AIDS Clinical Society, took place from 18 to 21...
June 19, 2023
ECOM delegation participated in the Forum on Sustainable Healthcare Development
On June 8 and 9, the Forum on Sustainable Healthcare Development was held in Warsaw. Vitaly Djuma, ECOM’s Executive Director,...
June 5, 2023
ECOM presents the results of the first analysis of PrEP protocols in the EECA Region
LGBT Health Coordinator Nikolay Lunchenkov and Health Officer Uluk Batyrgaliev took part in an educational workshop on the provision of...
May 8, 2023
ECOM Presented a Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on the LGBT Community in the EECA Region
The 27th International Harm Reduction Conference HR23 has ended in Melbourne, Australia. The event takes place every two years and...
May 8, 2023
ECOM and the Estonian Institute for Health Development Updated the Estimated Number of MSM in Estonia
ECOM systematically analyzes the changes in the size of the LGBT community in the EECA region. Together with the Estonian...
May 5, 2023
The Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Kyrgyzstan was dissolved
On April 28, at a meeting of the “Ata-Zhurt Kyrgyzstan” faction and the “Mekenchil” deputy group, Edil Baisalov, Deputy Head...
March 10, 2023
ECOM Took Part in Analysis of Moldova's Drug Policy
On February 27, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova held public hearings during which a report was presented on...
March 6, 2023
Nikolay Lunchenkov Took Part in Roundtable Discussion on PrEP Implementation in Tajikistan
At the end of February, a round table was held on the implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV (PrEP) in...
February 7, 2023
ECOM Conducts Analysis of National Legislation of Uzbekistan Related to LGBT Rights and HIV
Uzbekistan, while internationally declaring its openness and accessibility to information, including on human rights, remains one of the most closed...
December 6, 2022
37 ECOM cases published in Annual OSCE Report on Hate Crimes
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has published data on hate crimes for 2021. The 2021...
October 24, 2022
Survival During War: How to Sustain Fight Against HIV Epidemic
In the summer, a meeting of regional networks was held in Vilnius entitled “During and after the war: rethinking the...
September 16, 2022
Blogger QUEERathon Brings Together Queer Youth in the EECA Region
The academic year began for young activists from the EECA region with a welcome from ECOM. The “Blogger QUEERathon” for...
August 3, 2022
AIDS 2022: Major Events at the Conference
International AIDS Conference AIDS 2022 was held in Montreal from July 29 to August 2. All important HIV-related studies were...
July 25, 2022
WHO declares monkeypox outbreak an international emergency
On July 21, a meeting of the International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee was held. As a result of this...
July 25, 2022
ECOM continues to inform LGBT communities about monkeypox and to fight stigma and discrimination
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an official statement that the monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency of...
July 13, 2022
The First PrEP Resource Center in Central Asia: Advantages and Principles of Work
In April this year, in Almaty was launched the Resource Center (RC) for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV (PrEP), which is...
June 20, 2022
Monkeypox in EECA: What the LGBT Community Needs to Know
Despite the fact that cases of monkeypox (MPX) in the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) are still...
April 18, 2022
ECOM launches PrEP Resource Center in Central Asia
ECOM is strengthening advocacy for access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services in Central Asia. In April, a resource center...
August 27, 2020
ECOM and Equality Movement applied to UN HRCtee and claimed Georgia to ensure equal access to medical services for LGBT
In October 2020 within 130th Session UN Human Rights Committee will formulate List of Issues for Georgia to report on...
July 3, 2019
Officials continue to use their power to discriminate against LGBT people
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) publishes the “Regional report on violations of the right to health of gay...
