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Evidence, communities and policy: The way forward for the HIV response and harm reduction in Armenia and Georgia

Post-IAS 2025 regional meeting
19-20 May 2026

Evidence, communities and policy: The way forward for the HIV response and harm reduction in Armenia and Georgia

Partners: Médecins du Monde – France, Real World, Real People, Network TBPeople (AAPLWHA)

Focus:

  • The HIV response in Armenia
  • The HIV response in Georgia
  • Advancing harm reduction for people who use drugs: Insights from Armenia, Georgia and the region
  • Breaking barriers: Advancing human rights and reducing HIV-related stigma
  • Preparing for transition: Securing sustainable financing for Armenia’s HIV response
  • Intellectual property, innovation, and access to HIV medicines

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Meeting material

Meeting programme
Changing financing landscape and transition risks - Hasmik Harutyunyan
Community led approaches to reducing HIV stigma - Ganna Dovbakh
Harm Reduction in EECA - Tetiana Deshko
HIV in Armenia - Vardan Arzakanyan
HR violations against PUD State policy on drug use - Vaghinak Ter-Hovhannisyan
Human-Rights Violations against people living with HIV - Zhenya Mayilyan
Innovative HIV medicines, long-acting therapies and emerging trends - Marie Levy
Intellectual property innovation and Access to Medicines - Mari Chokheli
Naloxone accessibility in Armenia - Violeta Zopunyan
Navigating post GF sustainability - OxanaBuzovici.pdf

Quick links to our activities

Closing scientific gaps

Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise Towards an HIV Cure

Disseminating the latest research

IAS Educational Fund Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS)

Improving health services

Community-Led Monitoring Differentiated Service Delivery Heart of Stigma Mark Wainberg Fellowship Programme Person-Centred Care Youth Hub

Conferences

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

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