Vision and Mission

Launch of our Call to Action

HIV Outcomes launched its Call to Action urging the European Union to prioritise efforts in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3.3 of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

Roundtable on stigma and discrimination in Madrid

HIV Outcomes organised a roundtable event on HIV stigma and discrimination within the wider SEISIDA scientific meeting “Hacer VIHsible lo invisible” with the aim to share evidence-based policy recommendations and in-country best practices, while highlighting the need for coordinated action at EU level to fight HIV stigma.

Policy asks and a new ambassador

HIV Outcomes welcomed Vytenis Andriukaitis, former European Commissioner for Health & Food Safety and WHO Special Envoy for the European region, as Ambassador of the initiative. This year also saw the launch of the HIV Outcomes policy asks and recommendations at a high-level event for World AIDS Day in the European Parliament.

Launch of UNAIDS Global AIDS Strategy

HIV Outcomes contributed to the development of the Global AIDS Strategy for 2021-2026 led by UNAIDS and a virtual Focus Group Discussion was held alongside UNAIDS under the title ‘How to define Health-Related Quality of Life of people living with HIV?’ .

COVID-19 and mental health

COVID-19 created new challenges for people living with HIV due to health isolation, drug shortages and increasing mental health problems. On World AIDS Day 2020, HIV Outcomes organised an online conference entitled ‘Delivering Good Mental Health for People Living with HIV’.

The Lancet and a conference showcase

HIV Outcomes Co-Chairs Jeffrey Lazarus and Jane Anderson led and published ‘The Lancet HIV Series on HIV Outcomes: Beyond Viral Suppression’ on the topic of health systems unpreparedness to meet the needs of growing numbers of ageing people living with HIV. Additionally, HIV Outcomes showcased at the International Conference on Integrated Care 2019 in San Sebastian.

Good Practices Compendium and HIV Drug Therapy Conference

HIV Outcomes hosted a workshop in Amsterdam during the AIDS 2018 conference to present the initiative’s ‘Good Practice Compendium’. That same year, Steering group Co-Chair Professor Jane Anderson presented the findings from HIV Outcomes’ assessment on how effectively health systems are monitoring HIV-associated comorbidities at the 2018 HIV Drug Therapy Conference in Glasgow.

Launch of our Policy Recommendations

HIV Outcomes launched at an event in the European Parliament its recommendations on the long-term health, well-being and chronic care of people living with HIV, receiving cross-party support from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Socialists and Democrats (S&D), as well as from the former European Commissioner for Health, Dr. Vytenis Andriukaitis.

HIV Outcomes at IAS 2017

HIV Outcomes steering group Co-Chair Prof. Jane Anderson presented an abstract of the initiative’s work at the 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Sciencein Paris on 23-26 July, 2017. Under the title ‘Are health systems addressing comorbidities in people living with HIV?’, the abstract assesses key European HIV guidelines and monitoring mechanisms to determine if health systems have sufficient information on comorbidities or if they are effectively monitoring related service delivery issues.

HIV Outcomes is formally launched

HIV Outcomes began its journey with an event at the European Parliament, by bringing together patient organisations, medical professionals, academics, public institutions and the private sector to align on a new policy and clinical agenda that addresses the crucial unmet needs of people living with HIV, and to ensure that they can live longer in good health, and participate fully in society.