The final project report documents the achievements of the AIDS&Mobility Europe project 2008–2011. It also highlights the experience and learning the A&M project partners 2008–2011 have accumulated during the pilot implementation of the A&M transcultural mediator model in HIV prevention with migrants, ethnic minorities and mobile populations across six European project sites.
The AIDS&Mobility Future Development Report has been developed to complement and operationalize the Recommendations on policy and practice on HIV/AIDS prevention in Europe emerging from the Conference “With Migrants for Migrants: HIV Prevention for All” (30th November 2010, European Parliament), the major policy event of the EC cofunded AIDS&Mobility (A&M) 2008–2011 Europe project, organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Marking World AIDS Day (December 1st 2010), the AIDS&Mobility (A&M) Europe 2008–2011 project held the seminar “With Migrants for Migrants: Improving HIV Prevention for All” on 30th November 2010. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) organized this event at the European Parliament in Brussels to mobilize European stakeholders, practitioners and policy makers at EU and national levels for HIV, mobility and migrant empowering strategies. The results of this event are elaborated on in this report.
This report describes the core functions in order to sustain the project achievements beyond the end of the project. The A&M sustainability plan builds an important foundation for any future HIV prevention activities directed at migrant and mobile populations, using the transcultural mediator approach piloted in this project.
This report documents the achievements of the AIDS&Mobility Europe project 2008–2011. It also highlights the experience and learning the A&M project partners 2008–2011 have accumulated during the pilot implementation of the A&M transcultural mediator model in HIV prevention with migrants, ethnic minorities and mobile populations across six European project sites.
A&M Report on Systematic Review of Scientific Literature
The review concerns educational programs on HIV prevention for migrants. Different strategies were adopted: street outreach services, educational materials, counselling, voluntary peer education, and community events. Interventions included education training, information activities, and developing educational materials to train volunteer or mediators. Socio-economic status regarding racial ethnic and national minorities has been defined one of barriers to access to testing. “Social accounting” is poorly practised. The focus on HIV/AIDS prevention for migrants revealed obstacles to access of public services related to stigma and discriminations. Solutions could be in multilevel approaches, including transcultural mediators, on health education.