Articles & Press Releases

April 6th, 2021

Invitation to virtual side event – Rome Consensus 2.0

The ERNA network is glad to invite RCRC National Societies to a virtual Side Event scheduled on Friday the 16th of April, at 14.10 (CET), during the 64th session of the United Nations Commission on... Read More...

January 21st, 2021

ERNA-IFRC Regional Webinar

ERNA together with IFRC Regional Office for Europe organized the webinar entitled “Addressing to specific needs of people living with HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis and drug users in COVID-19 context”. The event featured presentations by Dr.... Read More...

January 20th, 2021

UNAIDS Global HIV & AIDS statistics — 2020 fact sheet

Global HIV & AIDS statistics — 2020 fact sheet full version GLOBAL HIV STATISTICS People living with HIV People living with HIV accessing antiretroviral therapy New HIV infections AIDS-related deaths Women 90–90–90 Key populations HIV/tuberculosis... Read More...

January 15th, 2021

TB report 2020

Please kindly find the annual WHO report on Tuberculosis for 2020

January 4th, 2021

Access to hepatitis C testing and treatment for people who inject drugs and people in prisons — a global perspective

Overview WHO estimates that 71 million people worldwide were chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 2017. Globally, 23% of new HCV infections and one in three HCV deaths are attributable to injecting drug...

October 12th, 2020

UNAIDS issues guidance on reducing stigma and discrimination during COVID-19 responses

GENEVA, 8 October 2020—Drawing on 40 years of experience from the AIDS response, UNAIDS is issuing new guidance on how to reduce stigma and discrimination in the context of COVID-19. The guidance is based on... Read More...

September 22nd, 2020

Policy strategy of the European Network of social activities (Red Europea de Actividades Sociales) on HIV and Drug Addiction

ERNA shares the policy strategy of the European Network of social activities (Red Europea de Actividades Sociales) on HIV and Drug Addiction, written in December 1996. This document has become the starting point that made...

September 4th, 2020

“Psychosocial support for people with TB, HIV and viral hepatitis in the continuum of care in the WHO European Region”

ERNA would like to share the Report “Psychosocial support for people with TB, HIV and viral hepatitis in the continuum of care in the WHO European Region” that was created together with IFRC ROE and ERNA...

September 2nd, 2020

Guidance to National Societies on the alarming resurgence of COVID-19 in Europe

What are National Societies required do to combat resurging COVID-19 and potential second waves? Maintaining public health epidemic control measures is essential Ongoing reductions in cases and transmission are achieved precisely because of effective epidemic... Read More...

September 2nd, 2020

A way to optimized HIV investments in the EECA region

As the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria—one of the main donors for the HIV response in the last 20 years in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA)—is moving away from funding the... Read More...

August 31st, 2020

Villa Maraini first in the world to send on the street non-medical personnel, saving over three thousand lives from overdose with Naloxone Massimo Barra’s pioneering intuition turns 40 years

[:en]Villa Maraini, Italian Red Cross National Agency for drug addiction and the training center of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Partnership on Substance Abuse, joins the International Awareness Overdose Day on 31st of August... Read More...

August 27th, 2020

“Do not guess, get tested” – Free testing for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C in Yerevan

In Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, all polyclinics are now providing free, anonymous, and fast testing for HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis B and C as part of the “Do not guess, get tested” campaign launched by... Read More...

July 30th, 2020

Message UNODC Executive Director on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

Every day, in every country in the world, human traffickers exploit people for profit. The poor and the vulnerable are most at risk. Over 70 per cent of detected trafficking victims are women and girls,... Read More...

July 15th, 2020

Setting the next generation of goals for the global AIDS response

Since the 2020 HIV targets are soon to elapse, UNAIDS is leading a three-year process to develop new targets for 2025 and to estimate the epidemiological impact and the resources needed for the HIV response from 2021... Read More...

July 10th, 2020

UNODC World Wildlife Crime Report 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that wildlife crime is a threat not only to the environment and biodiversity, but also to human health

Vienna (Austria), 10 July 2020 – The World Wildlife Crime Report 2020 launched today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) emphasizes the threat that wildlife trafficking poses to nature and the... Read More...

July 9th, 2020

Next global AIDS strategy: be part of making history

Opening a session at the 2020 International AIDS Conference on UNAIDS’ next global AIDS strategy, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima presented a bold plan to put the global response to HIV back on track. “Earlier this... Read More...

June 30th, 2020

International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking – Georgia Red Cross

Georgia Red Cross Society as a member of the ERNA and the Georgian Harm Reduction Network is organizing and actively participating in events dedicated to the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on... Read More...

June 25th, 2020

UNODC World Drug Report 2020: Global drug use rising; while COVID-19 has far reaching impact on global drug markets

VIENNA, 25 June 2020 – Around 269 million people used drugs worldwide in 2018, which is 30 per cent more than in 2009, while over 35 million people suffer from drug use disorders, according to... Read More...