The overall purpose of the project is to generate operational knowledge to better understand the role and impact of Community Based Voluntary Counselling and Testing services (CBVCTs) across Europe, as well as to study the use of innovative strategies based on new technologies and social networks, to increase early HIV/STI diagnosis and treatment among the most vulnerable groups.
Six specific Objectives have been defined: 1)To monitor and evaluate CBVCT services in Europe; 2) To identify determinants for HIV test seeking behaviour and sexual risk behaviour among MSM in Europe; 3) To describe and improve approaches of linkage to health services for HIV/STI among MSM in Europe; 4) To improve the implementation of CBVCT services specifically addressed to MSM in Europe; 5) To describe HIV testing patterns and identify barriers to testing and care among migrant populations in Europe; 6) To assess acceptability and feasibility of innovative strategies and interventions aimed at increasing HIV counselling and testing.
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The general objective of this action is to strengthen an integrated strategy and sustainable mechanisms at EU level for safeguarding the health of travelers and crew of passenger and cargo ships and preventing the cross-border spread of diseases, improving citizens` health security. Actions will focus on prevention, identification, assessment and link with existing mechanisms for response coordination to serious cross border threats to health caused by CBRN agents. Actions will facilitate the implementation of EU legislation: a) Decisions 2119/98/EC, 2000/57/EC, linking SHIPSAN communication platform with existing systems, b) Directive 2010/65/EU, by supporting EMSA to implement MDH, c) Directive 2009/13/EC, by developing an outline of a risk assessment tool for occupational health on ships, d) the IHR, by supporting core capacities Annex 1b by training, inspections, contingency planning guidance and IHR provisions for conveyances and conveyance operators including Ship Sanitation Certificates.
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The project will promote exchange of expertise, information and good practices on healthcare for migrants and minority populations. The project will act as a catalyst in the formation of scientific and professional communities in each country concerned with migrant and minority health.
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The major objective of the project is to ensure an efficient, multi-sector, multi-stakeholder, coherent response at the EU-level to public health threats (PHT) in air transport (nota bene: PHT is defined as threats from communicable and non-communicable diseases as well as from physical, chemical and biological sources and deliberate release acts):

(1) by creating a functioning AIRSAN NETWORK of national public health (PHA) and civil aviation authorities (CAA), local PHA at location of airports, airport management responsible for public health events and airlines across EU Member States (MS)
(around 10 airports and a minimum of 8 major European airlines across at least 8 MS)
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(2) by reviewing existing, developing and testing new standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines on control of PHT in air transport to be implemented across the AIRSAN NETWORK. An AIRSAN WEBSITE linked to an AIRSAN COMMUNICATION PLATFORM will serve for information gathering and information exchange. An AIRSAN TRAINING TOOL will be developed to support countries with implementation of SOPs and IHR.
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This project will contribute to increasing the public health safety of all EU member states and help provide appropriate healthcare to migrants entering the European Union border area as a fundamental human right. The project will target the eastern external border of the enlarged EU where the implementation of the Schengen criteria is an ongoing process (Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). In support of the increased general security provided by Schengen II, the project aims to develop a public health and border management module (PHBMM) as well as a proposal for structural changes in the public health services of targeted border sectors.
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