CURRENT projects

This page lists the current outsourced projects (tenders and grants) for the Programme on Sexually Transmitted Infections, including HIV/AIDS and blood-borne viruses; ordered by start date.

1. Regional sub-analysis of EMIS MSM internet study for the EU-Northern Dimension Partnership in Health and Social Wellbeing
2. Framework for a prevalence database for communicable diseases in Europe
3. Monitoring the implementation of the EU Commission Communication on HIV/AIDS in the EU & neighbouring countries 2009-2013 (Lot 1 and Lot 2) and monitoring the HIV response in the EU/EFTA Member States (Lot 3 and Lot 4)
4. Support for the implementation of behavioural surveillance related to HIV and STI in Europe
5. HIV/STI and prevention interventions for men who have sex with men
6. Prevention of Infectious Diseases among IDU in the EU/EEA region
7. Improving tools to estimate HIV prevalence in European Union and EEA/EFTA countries
8. Epidemiological framework for HIV incidence studies
9. Support and follow-up of HIV/STI country visits
10. European Network for STI Microbiology, with emphasis on Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility Surveillance

1. Regional sub-analysis of EMIS MSM internet study for the EU-Northern Dimension Partnership in Health and Social Wellbeing
Objectives: to conduct a regional sub-analysis and report of the European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS) data for a selected country group of the EU Northern Dimension Partnership in Health and Social Wellbeing (EU-NDPHS).
Project manager: Mika Salminen
Contractor: Minna Helena Nikula
Dates: December 2010 – August 2011
Call for tender

2. Framework for a prevalence database for communicable diseases in Europe
Objectives: to develop a general framework for the collection and dissemination of prevalence data to complement case-reporting systems for specific communicable diseases with asymptomatic and chronic nature (especially Hepatitis B and C, but also HIV and Chlamydia).
Project manager: Marita van de Laar
Contractor: Municipal Health Service Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Dates: December 2010 – August 2011
Synopsis of the project
Call for tender

3. Monitoring the implementation of the EU Commission Communication on HIV/AIDS in the EU & neighbouring countries 2009-2013 (Lot 1 and Lot 2) and monitoring the HIV response in the EU/EFTA Member States (Lot 3 and Lot 4)
Objectives: to monitor the response to HIV in Europe by monitoring the implementation of the EU Commission Communication on HIV/AIDS 2009-2013 and the Dublin Declaration.
Project manager: Teymur Noori
Contractor: R S Drew Ltd, United Kingdom
Dates: December 2010 – November 2012
Synopsis of the project
Call for tender

4. Support for the implementation of behavioural surveillance related to HIV and STI in Europe
Objectives: to support ECDC in its work with EU Member States who are interested in implementing behavioural surveillance by developing and providing technical guidance and to suggest a mechanism for implementing a general framework and coordination at EU level.
Project manager: Marita van de Laar
Contractor: Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive Lausanne, Switzerland
Dates: November 2010 – November 2012
Synopsis of the project
Call for tender

5. HIV/STI and prevention interventions for men who have sex with men
Objectives: to review the current status with respect to increased trends and outbreaks of STI and HIV in men who sex with men (MSM) and to assess the prevention interventions targeted at MSM, to update the current knowledge and identify knowledge gaps in order to initiate future activities.
Project manager: Marita van de Laar
Contractor: Consultants for Health and Development, the Netherlands
Dates: November 2010 – September 2011
Synopsis of the project
Call for tender

6. Prevention of Infectious Diseases among IDU in the EU/EEA region
Objectives: to provide a comprehensive overview of the application and coverage of direct prevention and intervention measures for the reduction of infectious disease among injecting drug users in Europe, as well as an assessment and grading of evidence of the impact of different components of the measures.
Project manager: Mika Salminen
Contractor: Health Protection Scotland, United Kingdom
Dates: August 2010 – June 2011
Synopsis of the project
Call for tender

7. Improving tools to estimate HIV prevalence in European Union and EEA/EFTA countries
Objectives: to review existing models to estimate HIV prevalence and provide input how to improve these.
Project manager: Tommi Asikainen
Contractor: Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Dates: June 2010 – June 2014
Synopsis of the project
Call for grant

8. Epidemiological framework for HIV incidence studies
Epidemiological framework for HIV incidence studies
Objectives: to strengthen the surveillance of HIV/AIDS with respect to the surveillance of recent HIV infection in EU/EFTA and candidate countries.
Project manager: Giedrius Likatavicius
Contractor: Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom
Dates: November 2009 – November 2012
Synopsis of the project
Call for tender

9. Support and follow-up of HIV/STI country visits
Objectives: to support ECDC in carrying out HIV/STI country visits and plan and support the follow-up visits as part of the plan for action agreed between ECDC and the country under the guidance of and in agreement with the coordinator of the programme on STI, including HIV and blood borne viruses.
Project manager: Marita van de Laar
Contractor: Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom
Dates: November 2009 – November 2011
Call for tender

10. European Network for STI Microbiology, with emphasis on Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility Surveillance
Project manager: Marita van de Laar
Contractor: Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom
Dates: August 2009 - August 2012
Link to call for tender
Synopsis of the project

 ARCHIVED projects

Evidence synthesis and guidance development to increase the effectiveness of HIV testing
Objectives: to update and synthesise the available evidence for interventions and activities aiming to improve access, offer, uptake and effectiveness of HIV testing and counselling and to develop a draft guidance document targeted at the European Union.
Project manager: Johann Fontaine
Contractor: Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom
Dates: December 2009 – December 2010
Synopsis of the project
Technical report: “Evidence synthesis for Guidance on HIV testing”
ECDC Guidance: “HIV testing: increasing uptake and effectiveness in the European Union”

Development of Framework to Monitor the EU Action Plan to Combat HIV-AIDS in the EU & Neighbouring Countries 2009-2013 (lot 1 and Guidance Document for Regionalisation of UNGASS Reporting (lot 2)
Objectives (lot 1): to facilitate, through the development of an M&E framework, the implementation of the actions as outlined in the Commission Communication on combating HIV/AIDS within the European Union and in the neighbouring countries 2009-2013 (COM (2009) 569) and its accompanying action plan and assess the overall impact of the Commission Communication and the action plan. Objectives (lot 2): to develop a guidance document that will be used to push for regionalisation of UNGASS monitoring.
Project manager: Teymur Noori
Contractor: R S Drew Ltd, United Kingdom
Dates: June 2010 – November 2010
Synopsis of the project
Call for tender
Special report: “Implementing the Dublin Declaration on Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia: 2010 Progress Report”

Public Health value of HIV ARV resistance monitoring within the EU/EEA
Objective: to provide to ECDC an assessment of the EU added value of systematic monitoring of antiretroviral (ARV) drug resistance among newly diagnosed individuals with HIV-infection in the EU/EEA countries, and the additional value of using the genetic sequence data collected as part of the ARV resistance monitoring for enhancing epidemiological resolution on an EU/EEA level.
Project manager: Mika Salminen
Contractor: Robert Koch Institut, Germany
Dates: May 2010 – November 2010
Synopsis of the project
Call for tender