Dear Honourable Minister and Deputy Minister,

Dear Partners, HIV Programme Managers, Dear Colleagues,

Thank you once again for your attendance and participation during the Ministerial policy dialogue on HIV and related co-morbidities in eastern Europe and central Asia.

Please find attached the meeting report in both English and Russian: Your feedback and input on the report is welcomed. Please submit by no later than Monday September 10.

Due to the closed door nature of the meeting, a report without specific country names is summarized in accordance with the strategic directions of the Action plan for the health sector response to HIV in the WHO European Region. The final version of the report will be sent officially by the Regional Director to all Ministers and Deputy Ministers.

The WHO Regional Office for Europe is also delighted to present the first Compendium of good practices in the health sector response to HIV in the WHO European Region which was launched by the RD during the meeting. This work is the first of its kind to consolidate good HIV practices in our Region. Please share this publication with your professional networks, colleagues, and friends as a tool to help scale-up these and other good practices. The compendium is undergoing Russian translation and will be available for mailing if a hard copy is requested.

All the best,

Masoud

Dr Masoud Dara

Coordinator, Communicable Diseases

Division of Health Emergencies & Communicable Diseases

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

UN City, Marmorvej 51, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Tel: +4545337063 | Fax: +4545337001 | Email: daram@who.int | Website: www.euro.who.int