NGO “Baltic HIV Association’s” Checkpoint takes part in the training within World Health Organization’s project!

On 10th – 11th June colleagues from the Centre for Epidemiological Studies of Sexually Transmitted Disease and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT) were in Latvia to train Checkpoint staff for World Health Organization’s study “Utility evaluation of Point-of-Care Tests in Non-Clinical Settings for the Screening of HIV and Syphilis in MSM ‘.

In this study innovative dual HIV/syphilis rapid tests will be used and compared with routine rapid tests that we use in Checkpoint. We are going to recruit 150 MSM participants till April 2019, that will let us evaluate new tests as well as follow HIV and syphilis prevalence within MSM. 

Hepatitis week in Checkpoint came to its conclusion. Despite the fact there was extra attention brought to media and social networks about the diagnostics of Hepatitis C, only 10 persons used the chance get tested.

Checkpoint reminds:

Everyone is welcome to get a confidential and free rapid test in Stabu Street 19 every Tuesday and Wednesday from 18.00 till 20.30.

BaltHIV and Checkpoint want to say thank you to C hepatīta pacientu apvienība (Hepatitis C patient Union), who shared with us special Hepatitis week badges. Come and get tested for hepatitis C and get one for free!

NGO ”Baltic HIV Association”  took part in the HERMETIC project research, where an innovative, oral fluid rapid test to detect HIV was used and compared with routine capillary blood HIV test. Research was aimed at men who have sex with men (MSM), as well as exploring their attitude towards the new testing method.

Results were presented by Anda Ķīvīte, the RSU project manager and a member of NGO ”Baltic HIV Association”, at the  22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018), hosted in Amsterdam, Netherlands from the 23rd-27th July 2018. Inga Upmace, Indra Liniņa and Ruta Kaupe, co-authors of research, also took part in this conference.

The HERMETIC project researchers want to express gratitude to Checkpoint team for taking part in the study as well as participants for their time and trust!

Konferences dalībnieču (A.Ķīvīte, I.Liniņa, I.Upmace un R. Kaupe) kopfoto pie HERMETIC konferences postera (26.07.2018.)

Due to World Hepatitis day on July 28th, everyone are welcome to make an anonymous and free of charge exprestests for Hepatitis B and C in 14 places all around Latvia. Checkpoint invites You to the Stabu Street 19-II (down the half / basement stairs). No need to make an appointment.

You are welcome to visit:
24.07. (Tuesday): 18.00-20.30
25.07. (Wednesday): 18.00-20.30
26.07. (Thursday): 10.00-14.00

The 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 23 – 27 July 2018. BaltHIV will take a part in this conference along with Riga Stradins University as part of common project.

The International AIDS Conference is the largest conference on any global health or development issue in the world. First convened during the peak of the AIDS epidemic in 1985, it continues to provide a unique forum for the intersection of science, advocacy, and human rights. Each conference is an opportunity to strengthen policies and programmes that ensure an evidence-based response to the epidemic.