"Mind the Gap" Migration and HIV Summit

Africa Advocacy Foundation (AAF), AIDS Action Europe (AAE) and which is a collective of frontline civil society organisation working with Migrants  at least 10 high HIV prevalence countries in the WHO European Region in in collaboration with UNAIDS is organising “Mind the Gap” HIV and Migration Summit, which will take place on 2-3 November 2022 at the Renaissance Brussels Hotel, Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium.Mi-Health HIV Partnership

Our work with migrants from across the world now residing or in transit in the WHO European region over the past 5 years has shown us that there is a need for a more comprehensive approach to addressing the health needs of migrants and in particular the existing caps in the HIV cascade of care.

ECDC data has consistently shown disproportionate burden of HIV amongst migrants as well as several barriers across the cascade of care. For example, a recent UNAIDS…