Community Involvement

Key Population

Community Health Workers

Sex Work

Trans and non-binary Communities

Women

LGBTIQ+

Documents

A Guide to Do it Better in Our CBVCT Centres.pdf

Description

"The implementation and improvement of community-based voluntary counselling and testing
(CBVCT) services is a means of offering these so-called hard-to-reach or more-at-risk populations an
opportunity to know their HIV status, receiving information and counselling, being linked to the
health system if necessary and being treated in a non-judgmental way. The community-based
approach will be the leitmotiv of this document, since CBVCT services target one or more
communities and include community members in at least one part of the implementation process
of the service.
The CBVCT approach can break down many barriers to HIV testing among most-at-risk populations
through the social proximity of the staff to the target community. Promotion of quality
implementation of CBVCT is necessary to guarantee and extend the valuable characteristics of the
community-based approach." (p. 4)

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CORE WP7 Policy Paper

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:49:37 +0000

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Topics

Stigma and Discrimination

CORE

Barriers

Policy & Advocacy

Key Population

Community Health Workers

Sex Work

Trans and non-binary Communities

Documents

01_Deliverable_WP7 Policy Paper_final.pdf

Description

Project CORE aims to reduce health inequalities in the EU by supporting inclusive, community-driven approaches. WP7 focused on identifying legal, regulatory, and structural barriers that hinder CL/CB service delivery for HIV, viral hepatitis, STIs, and TB.
This brief draws on data from 27 EU countries collected in 2022–2023 through a standardised questionnaire and desk research reflecting the state of affairs. It offers a concise overview of key challenges and proposes actionable policy reforms.

CORE Project: https://core-action.eu/core-home

Teaser

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Good Practice Guide for Employing People who use Drugs

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:30:41 +0000

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Topics

Barriers

Key Population

Documents

Employment Guide.pdf

Description

"PWUD have insights and expertise that can help inform the planning, delivery
and review of harm reduction and HIV services. When we involve PWUD in the
design and delivery of services, our work becomes more relevant, targeted and
accessible.
Working in partnership with PWUD helps our services to reach and connect with
other PWUD more effectively, and to understand and meet their needs. A really
powerful way of involving PWUD is to employ them as staff.
Employing PWUD sends out a clear message that they are valued partners and
are welcome at all levels of service delivery. It also has a very practical set of
benefits, helping services to better understand the needs and lived experience
of PWUD.
PWUD have the right to be employed. Policies that routinely exclude PWUD
from the workplace are discriminatory." (p. 6)

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HCV Testing Starter Kit – HCV Testing in the Community by the Community

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 07:41:50 +0000

HCV Testing Starter Kit – HCV Testing in the Community by the Community chris.spurgat@… Fri, 08/01/2025 - 07:41

Topics

HCV

Key Population

HCV Testing in the Community by the Community.pdf

Documents

Description

"The following information provides guidance to establish peer-delivered viral hepatitis C (HCV) community testing services for people who use drugs. The information contained in this HCV Community Testing Starter Kit is based upon the experiences of drug user organisations currently providing HCV community testing in European countries." https://www.hcvcommunitytesting.info/hcvstarterkit/

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Positive Health, Dignity, and Prevention for Women and their Babies. A Treatment Literacy Guide for Pregnant Women and Mothers living with HIV

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 07:19:20 +0000

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Topics

Positive Health, Dignity, and Prevention for Women and their Babies..pdf

Key Population

Women

Documents

Description

"Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention for
Women and their Babies: A treatment literacy
guide for pregnant women and mothers living
with HIV is intended for use by networks of
women living with HIV, women’s groups, peer
educators and others wishing to help guide
women living with HIV through the decisions
they will need to take before, during and
after their pregnancy. It is not intended as a
substitute for going to a health facility and
seeking information from a healthcare worker." (p. 2)

This guide was developed by members of the Community Engagement
Working Group (CEWG) of the Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) for Prevention
and Treatment of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women, Mother and Children,
a group committed to strengthening global, regional and national partnerships
and programs that address the survival of pregnant women, mothers and children living with HIV (https://gnpplus.net/resource/positive-health-dignity-and-prevention-for-women-and-their-babies/).

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Implementing Comprehensive HIV/STI Programmes with Sex Workers - Practical Approaches from Collaborative Interventions

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 07:01:41 +0000

Implementing Comprehensive HIV/STI Programmes with Sex Workers - Practical Approaches from Collaborative Interventions chris.spurgat@… Fri, 08/01/2025 - 07:01

Topics

Implementing Comprehensive HIV STI Programmes with Sex Workers.pdf

Key Population

Sex Work

Documents

Description

Practical approaches from collaborative interventions,
aligned with the 2012 Recommendations,
based on a global consultation with sex workers.

World Health Organization, United Nations Population Fund, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Global Network
of Sex Work Projects, The World Bank. Implementing comprehensive HIV/STI programmes with sex workers: practical
approaches from collaborative interventions. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2013.

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Framing Equality Toolkit

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:52:21 +0000

Framing Equality Toolkit chris.spurgat@… Wed, 07/30/2025 - 13:52

Topics

Intersectionality

Framing Equality Toolkit.pdf

Key Population

LGBTIQ+

Documents

Description

"This toolkit is a short guide to strategic communications, based on extensive research and building on the experience of activists and communicators from around the globe.

It aims to provide a framework rather than a blueprint; helping you to ask the right questions rather than giving you the right answers. It’s designed to be helpful for anyone who communicates as part of their voluntary or paid work. It’s written with a focus on European LGBTI activists, but we hope it will be useful to others with a similar vision." (https://www.ilga-europe.org/report/framing-equality-toolkit/)

Download it here: https://www.ilga-europe.org/report/framing-equality-toolkit/

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Migrant Health Advocacy Toolkit Module 8 Migrant-led Advocacy

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:03:32 +0000

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Topics

Policy & Advocacy

Key Population

Achieving Patient Empowerment Through Advocacy.pdf

Documents

Successful Community-led Initiatives.pdf

Description

Module 8: This module covers community-led initiatives and migrant patient empowerment.

Materials on community-led initiatives are accurate as of 2021 and materials on patient empowerment are accurate as of 2022.

"This toolkit offers resources and practical information for migrant health advocates working to improve the HIV-related health outcomes of migrants in precarious circumstances across the European region. These materials can be used when working directly with migrants or when engaging in HIV-, healthcare- and/or immigration-related advocacy. This toolkit draws on content from AAF and Mi-Health Europe’s annual training programme for migrant health advocates, Mi-Care.

HIV, migrant health, and immigration and healthcare policy are complex, evolving topics. Though these materials are accurate as of the dates below, this is not an exhaustive resource." (https://mihealtheurope.org/migrant-health-training-toolkit/)

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Mi-Care Toolkit

chris.spurgat@dah.aidshilfe.de — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 08:41:34 +0000

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Topics

Policy & Advocacy

Key Population