News of ECOM
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 the impact of drug policy on public health and the...
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 Tajikistan. Our LGBT health coordinator Nikolay Lunchenkov took part 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 countries in the world with an authoritarian government. And although...
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 data contain information provided by participating States, civil society and...
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 role of community networks of PLHIV and key groups and...
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 LGBT youth from Central Asia and Eastern Europe took place...
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 presented during the conference sessions. We have collected the key...
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 meeting, the WHO Director-General designated the monkeypox outbreak as a...
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 international concern. The announcement comes after cases have spread to...
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 a platform to exchange experience and transfer best practices between...
