The goal of education was to increase the availability and quality of services in health care, by improving general and specific knowledge of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among health care workers, primarily on the territory of the Sandzak region and to train young activists from at least three different NGOs on HIV and other STD infections, the risk …

Short project description: Overall project objective is to contribute to eradication of torture and impunity in Serbian society by preventing torture in places of detention. Specific objective is to improve the efficiency of monitoring, documentation and reporting of torture in places of detention by the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM). Expected results: Capacity building and stronger involvement of Serbian civil society …

The project contributes to eradicating torture and impunity in Serbia and the Balkan region through provision of comprehensive rehabilitation for victims and building capacities of stakeholders to prevent and report on torture (Ombudsman office, associations of people from marginalized groups) as well as campaigning against torture and culture of violence. Results: First year of the project implementation was marked with …

Project is based on the yearlong work of IAN and the identified needs of people who have been using the services of IAN centre for rehabilitation of Torture Victims (CRTV) since 2001. The CRTV provides free psychological, psychiatric, medical and legal assistance as well as the education to all victims of torture, among whom the most numerous are victims of …

The project goal was to create a functional regional network of accessible community mental health and social care services in the community of southern Serbia, as a model for the rest of the country, which supports the integration of people with mental illness into society and increases the involvement of users of mental health services and their relatives in the …

“HIV/AIDS and mental health in South-Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia” is the project carried out in cooperation with GIP Global Initiative in Psychiatry (2007-2010). The project aimed at raising awareness and knowledge among professional and general public on frequently neglected connection between mental health and HIV. Our section became a part of the Expert centres network in this part …

Within the project Comprehensive support program for people affected by HIV (2007-2009) supported by CAFOD, IAN supported development of eight PLHIV associations (associations of people living with HIV), that are active in Serbia (Aid +, ŽENA+, following Q-club , ALEXO, Stav plus , UPSZ, Sunce i SPAIDS). The support consisted of delivering great number of training programs specifically designed according …

From 2004 to 2014, IAN section for HIV and mental health has been conducting numerous educational programs jointly with other country relevant institutions and organizations in the field of HIV response. One of our most important partners was Ministry of Health which was the primary recipient of Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria donation in SerbiaDonator. In 2008 …

Voluntary confidential counselling and HIV testing (VCCT) (2004-2007) was the first section project aimed at HIV prevention improvement, supported by CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development). The project activities were conducted in partnership with Student’s Health Clinic and CAFOD section for technical support. Alongside cooperation with Student’s Health Clinic in Belgrade and VCCT development in field, we organized numerous training …