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Study on the access of trans people to medical services, including HIV prevention and treatment services and hormone replacement therapy in countries of the EECA region
Theme:
Strategic Information
Year:
2024
Language:
ENG
Publication prepared by:
Researcher: Egor Burtsev
The region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) is a complex and diverse region in relation to the realization of the rights of transgender people. Transgender people are in part characterized by their prioritization of health and medical services,...
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Regional Analysis Services Cascade on HIV for MSM
Theme:
Strategic Information
Year:
2023
In 2021, the global targets in the response to the HIV epidemic were updated. UN Member States adopted a set of ambitious new targets as part of the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS in order to end AIDS as...
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Assessment of the needs of trans people in accessing health and rights in Ukraine: Research Report
Theme:
Strategic Information
Year:
2023
According to the International Charitable Foundation «Alliance for Public Health», as of 2020, the estimated number of trans people in Ukraine was 9,9631. In recent years, through the joint efforts of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations, it has been...
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Needs assessment of ECOM members and partners in relation to access to health and rights in Ukraine: Research Report
Theme:
Strategic Information
Year:
2022
Publication prepared by:
Oksana Kovtun, Yuri Yoursky
The HIV epidemic in Ukraine remains concentrated among key communities, including men who have sex with men (MSM) and trans people. Since February 24, 2022, when the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the needs and demands of...
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Studt of Internalized Transphobia
Theme:
Strategic Information
Year:
2021
THE GOAL of the study was to assess the level of internalized transphobia in the EECA region as well as its impact on health and access to health services, including HIV services, to allow implementing community-led efforts in order to...
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Risk Behavior and Adversity of Male PrEP Users in Ukraine during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Pre-War Needs Assessment
Theme:
Strategic Information
Year:
2022
Publication prepared by:
Nikolay Lunchenkov, Prof. Dr. Janina Isabel Steinert
The study’s original aim was to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affected mental health, substance use and intimate partner violence among gay men who take pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in Ukraine. We identified a high rate of depression...
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Internalized transphobia and opportunities for mobilizing communities of transgender and gender non-conforming people
Theme:
Strategic Information
Year:
2021
This report describes the results of a study on internalized transphobia and opportunities for mobilizing communities of transgender and gender non-conforming people, conducted as part of the regional “Right to Health” program supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,...
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Analysis of data from cascades of HIV services for MSM in the EECA region
Theme:
Strategic Information
Year:
2020
The analysis used data from national cascades of the following countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (Moscow region), and Ukraine, conducted in 2020 by partner organizations and ECOM members: NGO “Gender and Development”, Azerbaijan; Humanitarian NGO “New Generation”, Armenia;...
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Study Report: Immigrants in Estonia: a risk assessment to involve the key group into HIV and co-infections services”
Theme:
Strategic Information
Year:
2021
Language:
ENG
Migration affects the epidemiology of infectious diseases, including HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and viral hepatitis. For example, 44% of those diagnosed with HIV in the European Union/European Economic Area in 2019 were migrants. Migrants face barriers to accessing and adhering to...
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