A training “On the front page of epidemic: HIV/AIDS coverage” took place at Safar Hotel in Kazan yesterday. The special meeting for virologists and journalists was organized on the initiative of the International Organization “Transatlantic partners against AIDS” through the intermediary of the Republican center of AIDS and infectious diseases.
Notable international specialists in the field of HIV/AIDS, journalists from Moscow, Kazan and other cities of the Republic of Tatarstan took part in the meeting: chief producer of the Independent Broadcasting Fund Gennady Syrkov, collaborator of tuberculosis program of the World Health Organization in the RF Olga Oleynik, informational coordinator of the Central and Eastern Europe Harm Reduction Network Gennady Roshupkin, head of subdepartment of medical psychology of Kazan State Medical University, expert of the World Health Organization, epidemiologist of the Republican center of AIDS and infectious diseases Elena Toukhvatullina were among the guests of the training.
The specialists informed journalists about spread and development of HIV-infection in Russia, Tatarstan and in the world. The ways of fighting against HIV/AIDS were also discussed.
