The first INTEGRATE regional workshop entitled “Testing in Community and in Healthcare Settings. Understanding needs and barriers for testing and linkage to care for people living with HIV, hepatitis and/or TB ” took place in Warsaw, Poland, 17-18 June 2019.
You can view the meeting's agenda here.
INTEGRATE has issued an open call to tender for experienced evaluation consultants to provide an independent evaluation of the work on the INTEGRATE joint action to date.
The 3-year joint action, which launched in September 2017, is seeking an evaluation on the process and progress toward meeting the overall aims and objectives. The purpose of the evaluation is to evaluate activities of the INTEGRATE project at the current state of development and to provide strategic recommendations for adjustments or improvements to optimise impact and sustainability in the final year and beyond.
The Terms of Reference give instructions and guidance to suppliers about how to submit a proposal through our services procurement procedure.
You can find the Terms of Reference here.
The publication has been posted on TED, European Unions' database for public procurement. The link can be found here.
Fondazione Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro l’AIDS (Italian League for Fighting AIDS) in Milan (LILA Milano) and Public Health England (PHE) in London are the INTEGRATE partners responsible for the related evaluation activities. LILA Milano and PHE are pleased to invite Suppliers to submit a proposal to the abovementioned contract.
Further details including specific tasks, minimum qualifications and what should be included in the proposal can be found in the Terms of Reference
Deadline for proposals: 24th June 2019
Value of contract: EUR 25.000 (including all taxes, travel expenses, and communication costs.)
Timeframe: approx. 4 months and est. 50 working days
How to apply: Qualified candidates are invited to submit a proposal of 6 pages maximum along with CVs to LILA Milano via Lella Cosmaro at l.cosmaro@lilamilano.it
Villa Maraini is hosting the meeting for Lila Milano, ARCIGAY, CRI, CHIP and PHE in Rome 20-21 May. The aim of the meeting is starting the planning of the upcoming Regional Workshop in Italy in November and discussing the Italian pilots in WP5 on self-testing and testing in community settings.
The joint Integrate/EuroTEST National Stakeholder meeting took place on 11-12 April, 2019, in Zagreb, Croatia.
The first day of the meeting brought together European, regional, national and local stakeholders including policy makers, healthcare providers and community counsellors, who are involved with testing policies, strategies and implementation, to discuss current testing strategies for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections in Croatia.
The second day was dedicated to the education and training of local healthcare providers and testing counsellors on how to overcome testing barriers and integrate STI screening and testing into their services.
Dr. Grecu Victor Ionel from CHIDPVB is presenting INTEGRATE at the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health that is taking place 24–27 October 2018 in The Haag (NL).
Are you going to the AIDS 2018 Conference? We are excited to invite you to the EU-co-financed Joint Action INTEGRATE Symposium to be held on July 25, 2018 at 18.30-20.30h, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention center, Room Forum.
The INTEGRATE Joint Action was presented by Jordi Cassabona (CEEISCAT) at a Conference entitled: "Screening and prevention of viral hepatitis and HIV in Central and Eastern Europe - Common Challenges, Joint Solutions", that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 28-29, 2018.
The agenda of the conference can be found here.
Shannon Glaspy (UCD) wrote an article entitled "The Need to Improve Partner Notification in Ireland" that was published in the 6th issue of Sexual Health News from Health Service Executive Ireland.
INTEGRATE's first newsletter has been released and is available here.
The ECDC/WHO European HIV Surveillance 2017- 2016 data report has just been published with an accompanying press release.