From November 20 to 26, 2023, the member and partner organizations of the Lusophone Network are joining the initiative promoted by Coalition PLUS and organizing the fourth edition of International Testing Week in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe, with the availability of rapid testing for HIV, hepatitis B/C and syphilis.

MAKING SCREENING AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY

Community screening is an approach that empowers people belonging to the groups these services are aimed at to receive training and apply the screening to their peers. This strategy helps to eliminate the barriers of stigma and discrimination and to get closer to the most marginalized groups that are at the heart of the dynamics of these epidemics.

Coalition PLUS calls for the national and international implementation of community-based screening, i.e. the implementation of a service provided to and from the communities most vulnerable to these epidemics.

International Testing Week 2022 report

Global goals in the fight against HIV and AIDS
Under the aegis of the United Nations, the global fight against HIV and AIDS has set targets to be achieved with the aim of eradicating the epidemic by 2030:
● 95% of people living with HIV know their positive HIV status;
● 95% of people living with HIV are on antiretroviral treatment;
● 95% of people on antiretroviral treatment have an undetectable viral load.
Source: www.unaids.org/en/resources/909090

About Coalition PLUS: An international union of community-based organizations in the fight against AIDS and Viral Hepatitis, founded in 2008, Coalition PLUS operates in 52 countries and has around 100 civil society organizations. Based on the principle of shared governance, our union is made up of 16 associations, from north to south, in the decision-making process. It is currently chaired by Professor Hakima Himmich.