Assessment of HIV testing in Europe: from policy to effectiveness
To identify practices and barriers with regard to HIV testing and counselling
To develop a theorethical framework and a model to improve the effectiveness of HIV testing and counselling
Questionnaire survey on the access to HIV testing (policy level)
Structured interviews on the provision of HIV testing services (health care provider level)
Semi-structured interviews on perceptions with regard to HIV testing & counselling (client level)
Applying the Piot-Fransen Model to HIV testing & counselling to specific populations/settings
Consensus development conference on specific recommendations
Expert meeting
Mapping HIV testing policies in EU
Survey on HIV testing practices and barriers
Development framework and model
Inventory of HIV testing policies EU
Survey
Framework
Funding agencies
Other
Team
Ms. Jessika Deblonde, Ms. Petra De Koker, Dr. Patricia Claeys, Prof. Dr. Marleen Temmerman, Dr. Tomasz Niemiec, Prof Dr. Elina Hemminki, Dr. Kristi Ruutel, Prof Dr. Henrique Barros
Partners
European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC, Sweden, Stockholm); Prof. Dr. Tomasz Niemiec (Reproductive Health Department of the Institute of Mother and Child, Poland, Professor at the Department of Sexual Health, University of Zielona Góra and WHO consultant on vertical transmission of HIV); Prof Dr. Elina Hemminki (University of Helsinki, Finland, Public Health Specialist and Professor Social and Health Policy); Dr. Kristi Ruutel (National Institute for Health Development, Estonia, HIV/AIDS Expert); Prof. Dr. Henrique Barros (Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Portugal, Epidemiologist, Head of the Department and National Coordinator of the HIV/AIDS Infection Program, Minstry of Health)