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European Testing Week Newsletter

• November 2023 •

European Testing Week will take place 20-27 November 2023. Have you signed up yet? It’s not too late. Show your support and help raise awareness about testing for HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs in any way you can.

10th anniversary of ETW!

This European Testing Week marks the 10th anniversary of the campaign. Since the campaign was launched in 2013, around 750 organisations across Europe have participated. We have developed a special anniversary logo (only available in English) and encourage you to use it for your ETW activities.

You can also download the usual logo for November. If you want it translated to your language, and it is not already available on the website, just send us an email.

Join our ETW meeting at the European Parliament

To mark the 10th anniversary of European Testing Week, we have organized a meeting at the European Parliament, which will take place on 29 November. 10:00-11:30 CET. The meeting will provide an update from ECDC about the current status and gaps for HIV and hepatitis testing in Europe, and an overview of how European Testing Week has contributed to increasing testing. Also, selected members of the European Parliament will participate in a roundtable discussion about policy issues related to testing.

The event will also be streamed online, and you are invited to participate! Just send us an email latest 20 November, so we can provide you with the link to access.

Theme statement

As usual, we have produced a theme statement to guide your activities, which you can chose to adapt to your local context, depending on what you prefer to focus on for this ETW.  For this November ETW, the statement focuses on stigma and discrimination related to HIV and viral hepatitis, and what can be done to address this barrier to testing. You can download the statement from our website here. The theme statement includes a number of resources on stigma in relation to testing.

Campaign materials

If you want to produce your own t-shirts, tote bags or other materials for your ETW activities, you can download a print file here. 

You can download our web banners here (available in 3 different formats) and display it on your website leading up to and during ETW.

ETW on social media

Don’t forget to share your ETW activities on social media, and make sure to tag us @EuroTestWeek, so we can display all the great activities around Europe.

ETW at the HepHIV2023 conference 13-15 November in Madrid

Next week, the biannual HepHIV conference, organized by EuroTEST, will take place in Madrid. There will be a number of ETW activities taking place.