News of ECOM
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 31, 2022
ECOM Presented Achievements of the EECA Region Regarding Online HIV Prevention at AIDS 2022
Elena German, Capacity Building Coordinator at ECOM, spoke at the webinar Safe Digital Assistance: How to Organize Effective and Safe Online HIV Services for Key Populations during the International AIDS...
July 28, 2022
A Study Among Transgender Individuals Held in Kyrgyzstan — The First of Its Kind in Central Asia
The Republican AIDS Center of the Kyrgyz Republic published the results of a formative assessment conducted among transgender people. ECOM actively supported and was involved in the study as part...
July 27, 2022
COVID-19 and the War: ECOM Research on the impact of war on PrEP users in Ukraine
ECOM presented the results of the study titled “COVID-19, sexual behavior and intimate partner violence among PrEP users in Ukraine,” which was conducted jointly with the Alliance for Public Health...
July 26, 2022
ECOM Conducts the First Study in the EECA Region on the Level of Internalized Transphobia
Internalized transphobia still remains a “gray area” for research in the post-Soviet space. In 2021, ECOM conducted the first study in the EECA region on the level of internalized transphobia...
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 20, 2022
ECOM Conducted a Training Session on Monitoring and Documenting Human Rights Violations
At the end of June, a training session was held on monitoring and documenting human rights violations of LGBT people. ECOM was able to train 18 activists from 5 countries...
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...
July 11, 2022
ECOM Updated Chatbot that Helps LGBT Ukrainians
At the very beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, ECOM created a chatbot to help LGBT Ukrainians and their loved ones, which can be found on Telegram under the...
