The 13th International Francophone AFRAVIH Conference took place in Lausanne from 4 to 7 May 2026. It brought together healthcare professionals, researchers, activists and people living with HIV.

• east Mpox and tuberculosis
• east Late diagnosis of HIV
• east Anal health and HPV
• east Health literacy
• east Trans people
• east HIV PrEP
• east Chemsex
• east New treatments
• east STIs

The second conference on LGBTIQ+ health took place in Brussels from 21 to 23 May 2025. The diverse conference brought together experts from Europe and Central Asia and presented innovative projects and the latest research findings.

• east Romania: PrEPpoint is coming!
• east Health research: putting communities at the centre
• east Rethinking health campaigns
• east Sustainable health strategies for trans people

The German-language conference on chemsex and sexualised substance use took place from 28-29 March 2025. The interdisciplinary conference offered a wide range of insights into a complex phenomenon.

• east Take Home Messages

EMIS is the largest European MSM online survey designed to better understand the health and experiences of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM), as well as trans and non-binary individuals.

• east To the report

Sexual health for trans people – Guidelines for HIV/STI professionals Guidelines for professionals on how to design more trans-friendly services in counselling, testing and prevention.

• east Guidelines for HIV/STI specialists (German)

Sexual health for sex workers: guidelines and position papers.

• east Prohibitions on sex work: a risk to public health (in German)
• east Recommendations on HIV PrEP, HIV PEP and DoxyPEP (in German)
• east Mandatory use of condoms for sex workers (in German)
• east Interacting with sex workers (in German)
• east APIS Minimal Standards

From November 10-13, 2024, the “HIV Drug Therapy” conference, which has been held for over thirty years, took place in Glasgow. The medically oriented conference offered various focal points.

• east HIV stigma: widespread ignorance
• east HIV therapy: new treatments and combinations
• east Growing older with HIV: the latest challenge
• east PrEP: no effect withouth access

The fifth edition of HIV4P was held in Lima (Peru) from 6 to 10 October 2024. This conference of the International Aids Society (IAS) encourages interdisciplinary exchanges on the vaccination, prevention, protection and treatment of HIV and other STIs.

• east Honest participation

The 25th International AIDS Conference, the world's most important meeting on HIV and AIDS, took place in Munich from 22 to 26 July 2024. The motto of the conference is ‘Put People First’ - putting people at the centre.

• east Influence of the colonial era on the fight against HIV
• east 40 years of community leadership
• east Colonial-era laws make the fight against HIV more difficult
• east Community-based research: Improving access to PrEP
• east Trans Men and HIV
• east Lenacapavir – Miracle Drug of the Future?
• east How can access to PEP and PrEP be improved in rural African areas?
• east Opportunities and risks in the digital age
• east HIV and mental health
• east Long-acting PrEP: what measures should be taken to encourage its implementation and access?

The Swiss AIDS Federation's Safer Sex Guide serves as an orientation aid for professionals in prevention counselling.

• east Safer Sex Guide (2025)

The Federal Commission for Sexually Transmitted Infections has issued guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis for bacterial STIs using the antibiotic doxycycline (DoxyPEP, DoxyPrEP).

• east DoxyPEP Guidelines (2026)

The guidelines describe the indication and application of HIV-PrEP.

• east PrEP guidelines (2025)

The FOPH guidelines describe the indication and use of HIV PEP. The supplementary document from Swiss AIDS Federation (SAF) provides practical information for specialist agencies and hospitals.

• east FOPH guidelines (german, 2025)
• east SAF recommendations (german, 2025)

Various guidelines provide information on treatment and living with HIV.

• east EACS Guidelines on Treatment (website)
• east Interaction Checker for HIV Medicines (website)
• east AHS Guidelines: Talking about HIV (2025)
• east EKSI recommendations for women and their children (2018)

The guidelines of the Swiss Society for Infectiology SSI provide specialist information on the clinic, diagnosis and treatment of syphilis.

• east SSI-Guidelines Syphilis
• east Recommendations for syphilis testing (in German)

The guidelines of the Swiss Society for Infectiology SSI provide specialist information on the clinic, diagnosis and treatment of gonorrhea.

• east SSI-Guidelines Gonnorhea (in French and German)
• east Working paper of the Swiss AIDS Federation (German and French)

The guidelines of the Swiss Society for Infectiology SSI provide specialist information on the clinic, diagnosis and treatment of chlamydia.

• east SSI-Guidelines Chlamydia (in French and German)
• east Working paper of the Swiss AIDS Federation (German and French)

The guidelines of the Swiss Society for Infectiology SSI provide specialist information on the clinic, diagnosis and treatment of Mycoplasma genitalium.

• east SSI-Guidelines Mycoplasma genitalium

The guidelines provide specialist information on the treatment of an Mpox infection.

• east SSI/EKSI recommendations for Mpox treatment

The guidelines and documents define the services of test offers in medical and non-medical practice.

• east VCT Guidelines
• east PICT Guidelines
• east HIV: Diagnostic window
• east HIV self-test

«Stop HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and sexually transmitted infections - National Program (NAPS)» is the name of the program with which Switzerland is pursuing an ambitious goal: By 2030, there should be no more transmissions of HIV and the hepatitis B and C viruses.

• east NAPS 2024

The Federal Office of Public Health publishes the most important statistics on sexually transmitted infections and hepatitis B/C every year.

• east Current HIV/STI statistics and analyses
• east Data on HIV and AIDS

From July 23 to 26, 2023, the International AIDS Society held its 12th conference on the scientific challenges related to HIV.

• east HIV elimination is possible

The «AIDSimpact» conference took place in Stockholm from June 12 to 14, 2023. The international symposium dealt with psychosocial and community-based topics on prevention and living with HIV.

• east Is AI replacing human HIV prevention?
• east HIV epidemic despite cure?
• east Access to information for migrants
• east Improving the quality of life of MmHIV
• east Ukrainian refugees with HIV

The 11th German-Austrian AIDS Congress (DÖAK) took place in Bonn from March 23-25, 2023. Under the motto «HIV and AIDS - (not) a generational issue», new scientific findings on HIV and ageing as well as the significance and impact of HIV across all generations were discussed.

• east Positive voices: Recommendations for action
• east Sex positivity or sex neutrality
• east Sexual health in trans and abinary communities

The world's largest conference on HIV/AIDS took place from July 29 to August 2, 2022 in Montréal. In the blog, we report on the most important results and insights for our work in Switzerland.

• east The criminalization of HIV
• east Chemsex Symposium: We are not there yet
• east Involvement means participation
• east HIV and NCD
• east Social cohesion in sex work

Checkpoint is a promise: the health of our communities is our top priority. We meet the diverse needs of gay, bisexual, lesbian, queer, trans and non-binary people in an uncomplicated and high-quality manner.

• east Checkpoint Minimal Standards (in French and German)