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Integrated Model of HIV/HCV and COVID-19 Testing and Linkage to Care for “Hard-to-Reach” Groups
Fondazione Villa Maraini is committed to HIV prevention and dissemination of information on HIV infection and Viral Hepatitis, while trying to reach and support HIV-positive people not included in a healthcare network and living a condition of social marginality (Hard to Reach). This program focuses on scaling up the model of combined testing in non-clinical settings for vulnerable populations – integrating HIV, HCV and COVID-19 screening.
Open Group
Outreach After COVID-19: Health is the First Eye to Meet
This program aims to reach key populations including migrants, individuals without housing and people who use drugs, with the goal of decreasing the incidence of HIV, HCV and COVID-19 in these target populations. This project focuses on putting the person in the center of their work by respecting diversity, amplifying available education, counseling, testing and surveying key population groups.
Anlaids Onlus
Prevention Among Migrant People: Target Population (PAMP2)
Anlaids Onlus, the first Italian association created to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, developed Prevention Among Migrant People: Target Population (PAMP2), a program focusing on addressing the needs of specific groups disproportionately impacted by HIV by providing educational and training activities as well as interventions. This program offers informative services on HIV and STIs for operators working with migrants in reception facilities, and addresses prevention and screening for female survivors of trafficking and young adults between the ages of 18 and 25.
Don Giuseppe Monticelli Società Cooperativa Sociale
Bergamo Leaves No One Behind: Close to Vulnerable Populations
Don Giuseppe Monticelli Società Cooperativa Sociale, a national association of cooperatives committed to building a more just and supportive society, is implementing Bergamo Leaves No One Behind, a project that aims to significantly increase availability of HIV tests among communities most affected by HIV, as well as support recently diagnosed people living with HIV. The program, which is multilingual, provides information on where to find rapid, anonymous and free HIV tests.
ARCIGAY – Associazione LGBTQIA+ Italiana
Networking Outreach, Scaling Up a Comprehensive HIV/STI Response: A Strategic, Community-Based, Peer-Led and Advocacy-Oriented Initiative to Deal with MSM/LGBTQIA+ Sexual Health Needs in 20 Cities
ARCIGAY is an Italian LGBTQIA+ not-for-profit organization — the largest in terms of number of volunteers and activists throughout Italy. Formally, it is an association for social promotion (ASP) registered into the relative national register with number 115 (Law 383/2000). The program aims to scale up ARCIGAY’s national HIV/STI prevention and sexual health awareness efforts among men who have sex with men and the LGBTQIA+ community across 20 Italian cities. This expansion is based on four pillars: 1) increasing community information and awareness; 2) increasing community-based testing; 3) increasing public health service accessibility; and 4) reducing HIV stigma. Activities to achieve these goals include national networking, peer education training, online and offline outreach, sexual health institutional advocacy and HIV/syphilis counseling and testing.
