ARAS - Asociația Română Anti-SIDA
Budget
€2,191,378
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
4
1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
ARAS – the Romanian Association Against AIDS was founded in 1992, in Bucharest, as one of the first Romanian nongovernmental organizations to fight AIDS and to support people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. ARAS mission: to prevent the infections with HIV, hepatitis B and C and all other sexually transmitted infections (STI); to promote the non-discrimination of the persons living with HIV and of the ones living with a risk of infection; to reduce the psychological, medical and social impact of infections with HIV, hepatitis B and C and all other sexually transmitted infections; to increase the capacity of institutions, professionals, associations for HIV /AIDS affected persons, of the civil society, etc. to adequately answer the specific issue of HIV infection and other STIs. ARAS implements its mission through the following main activities: public advocacy and information on the HIV/AIDS infection, on the danger represented by it, as well as on the prevention means (...)
EU Legislative Interests
- universal access to medical and social services - universal access to treatment for HIV, TB, Hepatitis C - improved access to opioid substitution treatment for people who use drugs - improvement of the legislation regarding drug use/possession for personal use - universal health coverage - local/national funding for social/medical services for vulnerable persons (including migrants) - drugs policy - health policy - social issues and social policy - migration issues and migration policy
Communication Activities
Our Vision for a Europe of Health (European Platform of Coalition Plus) Democracy in Health (European Platform of Coalition Plus) Ending the War on Drugs in Europe and in the World - Our Vision of a Europe for Health (European Platform of Coalition Plus) Harm Reduction Works! (Correlation Network)
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Romanian Harm Reduction Network (www.rhrn.ro) Coalition PLUS (http://www.coalitionplus.org/#&panel1-1) Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (http://harmreductioneurasia.org/) AIDS ACTION EUROPE (http://www.aidsactioneurope.org/en) Civil Society Forum on Drugs Civil Society Forum on HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and TB CORRELATION (https://correlation-net.org/) TAMPEP Drug Policy Network South East Europe (http://dpnsee.org/)
Organisation Members
N/A
Additional Information
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Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.