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  • Title: Task force for the urgent response to the epidemics of sexually transmitted diseases in eastern Europe and central Asia.
    Author: Waugh MA.
    Journal: Int J STD AIDS; 1999 Jan; 10(1):60-2. PubMed ID: 10215134.
    Abstract:
    In summary, members of the TF/STD: share the common goal of reducing the STD burden and slowing the spread of HIV in the most affected and vulnerable countries in eastern Europe and central Asia. Contribute financially, technically or in-kind to the implementation of a joint strategy which aims: -- to create an enabling environment for STD prevention and control, and -- to strengthen the local capacity for STD prevention and care; engage in a continuous exchange of information, collaborative partnerships and coordination of activities at regional as well as country level through the TF/STD and in-country interagency working groups, respectively; concur with the priority areas for international support consisting of advocacy and policy, STD drugs, condoms, educational materials, training, applied research and surveillance; meet twice a year to review implementation progress and the need for additional assistance; as advocates of TF/STD, call on partners and other organizations to join in this important new initiative. The unprecedented rise in syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in large parts of eastern Europe and central Asia poses a significant threat of an immediate HIV epidemic in the region. Because of this problem, the WHO Europe and the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS created an international task force (TF) to mobilize an urgent and well-coordinated multiagency response to the crisis. The participating agencies during its first meeting came up with the TF mission and tasks. The mission of the TF includes 1) ensuring external support to the region in both timely and well coordinated manner; 2) ensuring mobilization of international and national resources; and 3) ensuring that the local capacity to respond to the STD epidemics is enhanced. Overall, the TF shall undergo activities that will help reduce the STD epidemics in the eastern Europe and central Asia.
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