Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Organization | Country | Work |
Albanian Association of PLWHA (AAP) | Albania | reaches out and provides support to key populations at higher risk such as women in prison and children living with or affected by HIV. In addition AAP also targets health-care and education-system staff to advocate for targeted services. |
International Treatment Preparedness Coalition in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ITPCru) | Russia | mobilises and trains people living with HIV to advocate for their inclusion in local, regional and international decision-making mechanisms, and facilitates information exchange, distributing crucial information through its innovative web and media campaigns. |
Penitentiary Initiative | Ukraine | developed an effective model of integrated services for inmates living with HIV in six under-resourced prisons |
SPIN Plus | Tajikstan | a pioneer and leader in community-based organising, providing innovative and peer-based services in to drug users and people living with HIV. |
Svitanok Club | Ukraine | first organization in the country created and managed by people living with HIV and drug users, becoming a catalyst in the creation of other organisations serving this population. |
Timur Islamov Charitable Foundation | Russia | has built a strong relationship with local authorities and public health centres, facilitating its provision of services such as HIV testing, referrals, and support programmes for drug users. |
Latin America and the Caribbean
Organization | Country | Work |
Asociación Comité Contra El Sida Cabañas – CoCoSI | El Salvador | has improved awareness of HIV prevention, stigma and discrimination by providing education on reproductive health rights, HIV and STIs, gender, sexuality, domestic violence, and gender-based violence. |
Asociación de Mujeres Meretrices de la Argentina (AMMAR) | Argentina | a network of 15,000 sex workers that has successfully advocated for the adoption of municipal codes and ordinances that protect and promote the rights of sex workers. |
Colectivo SerGay de Aguascalientes | Mexico | works to expose injustice and document human rights violations towards sexual minorities and marginalized groups and provides those populations with a community centre that is a safe space for medical, therapeutic and psychological support. |
Productive Organisation for Women in Action – POWA | Belize |
uses a mobile information booth, featuring live music and dancing, to attract a wide range of community members and educate them about HIV, gender-based violence, condom use, and HIV testing and referral services. <<<Previous |