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Albania

Science, policy and communities: Towards a sustainable HIV response in the Balkans

Post-IAS 2025 workshop
20-21 November 2025

Science, policy and communities: Towards a sustainable HIV response in the Balkans

Partner: Albanian Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (AAPLWHA)

Focus:

  • Key messages from IAS 2025
  • The HIV response in the Balkans
  • Reaching people earlier: Innovations and policies to reduce late HIV diagnosis
  • Prevention in focus: Scaling up PrEP, harm reduction, and STI services
  • Sustaining the response: Political will, domestic financing and long-term sustainability

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Meeting material

Workshop Programme
Key messages from IAS 2025 - Andriy Klepikov
Transition from donor funding - Iva Jovovic
Self testing case study - Magdalena Ankiersztejn-Bartczak
Innovative testing approaches - Nino Tsereteli
Integrated HIV/STI prevention models - Andrej Senih
Harm Reduction and Drug Policy - Milutin Milosevic
From donor dependence to sustainability - Sergii Filippovych

Quick links to our activities

Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) Differentiated Service Delivery IAS Educational Fund HIV Vaccine Research Network IAS+ Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) Mark Wainberg Fellowship Programme Me and My Healthcare Provider Person-Centred Care IAS Prevention Initiative Towards an HIV Cure Youth Hub

Conferences

International AIDS Conference IAS Conference on HIV Science HIV Research for Prevention Conference

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