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MEMBER AND PARTNER
VIRTUAL CONSULTATION 2020
AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO MEDICINES AND DIAGNOSTICS
Steering Committee of AIDS Action Europe identified affordability of health care with special focus on prices of medication and diagnostics as one of fields that have major impact on reaching the goals of reducing the number of undiagnosed HIV cases and reaching universal access to HIV treatment and care.
Affordability and accessibility to medicines and diagnostics: Services
ACTIVITIES
In 2015 Steering Committee decided to develop a training manual that is used as the basis of trainings for community members and activists that are already working or would like to work on the issue of affordability. The manual was updated and translated into Russian in 2017. Based on the training manual 6 regional trainings were conducted on the topic of affordability and pricing of medications in 2016 and in 2017.
In 2018 the manual was updated and extended with additional chapter on guidance for trainers.
Based on the manual 2 training for trainers were conducted in November 2018. All-in-all, 12 participants from 10 countries took part in the training for trainers. This was the first step on the way to conduct national trainings in national languages in 2020.
In 2019, AAE conducted 2 webinars on the issues of access and affordability. The first webinar took place in June 2019. The topic of the webinar was Global Intellectual Property Regimes and Schemes.
The second webinar tooks place in December 2019 and was focused on "Community and Civil society work in pricing and affordability of medication in EECA"
In 2020 AAE is woking on supporting national trainings on the topic of affordability of medication and diagnostics in 10 countries.
First training took place in Minsk, Belarus in February 2020.
Affordability and accessibility to medicines and diagnostics: What We Do
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