News of ECOM
April 2, 2018
The Endeavor to Improve the Life of Others: Paata Sabelashvili on Drugs & the LGBT Community
Politicians, journalists, and civil society observers covering the theme of drug use, in conjunction with the LGBT community in Georgia, are very familiar with the ‘White Noise Movement,’ which stems...
March 29, 2018
The Second European Chemsex Forum raised the issues of chemsex use problematic among MSM
The second European Chemsex forum has taken place in Berlin and was attended by 242 participants from 32 countries including several participants from EECA region, including several Board member of...
March 23, 2018
Chemsex become popular among MSM in Ukraine
In EECA countries, chemsex is a rather new concept gaining popularity. According to research findings, up to 8% of MSM in Ukraine and Russia practice this kind of sex. Many...
March 22, 2018
A 5.5-fold increase of HIV cases among MSM in Kazakhstan
According to the results of studies conducted by the Kazakhstan National AIDS Center, the HIV detection rate among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kazakhstan grew by 5.5...
March 15, 2018
The impact of MSM and trans people on HIV decisions remains low
Involvement of communities in the decision-making processes in the field of HIV prevention among key populations remains low in Central, Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA). It is both because...
March 12, 2018
HIV prevention among MSM in Estonia in focus of Ministry of Health and Labour
During the meeting of Eugene Osinovsky, the Minister of Health and Labour of Estonia, and the representatives of non-governmental organizations, they discussed the issues of state-level support of HIV prevention...
February 21, 2018
Second expert meeting on men’s health in the WHO European Region is taking place in Almaty
Second expert meeting on men’s health in the WHO European Region is taking place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 20-21 February 2018. Within meeting over 25 experts from Europe and Central...
February 13, 2018
International Condom Day: 1½ grams changed the world
In 1931 US Army made condom a part of standard soldier equipment. At the same time the venereal diseases incidence among the stuff went down. Of course, these facts weren’t...
February 9, 2018
PReP in Europe Summit has kicked off in Amsterdam
PReP in Europe Summit has kicked off in Amsterdam today. It addresses enormous gap in provision of PReP in European countries. Summit brings together civil society activists from 33 European...
February 1, 2018
Transitioning on agenda of EuroPride 2018
This year’s EuroPride-2018 will take place in Stockholm and Gothenburg. A transgender man named Alex filmed a video in honor of this momentous occasion and in his address he tells...
