Lella Cosmaro has been working in the HIV field since 1993 in an Italian NGO, LILA – the Italian League for Fighting AIDS – one of the leading national organizations.
Over the years, LILA has become more and more involved in European policies and networks: Lella is Italian member of the EU HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and Tuberculosis Civil Society Forum, which she co-chaired for the period 2012-2015 an is vice-chair of the WHO Regional Coordinating Committee for Tuberculosis, HIV and viral Hepatitis.
She is a Steering Committee member of the COBATEST network, has been a Steering Committee member of AIDS Action Europe from 2011 thru 2016, is one of the Italian Focal Points for the Correlation European HR Network, has been the civil society expert in a number of WHO missions in the European Region and involved in some of the ECDC advisory groups.
LILA has been/is partner in many European projects and Joint Actions and is deeply involved in Italian projects, advocacy and policy issues.
6 May 2021 ABSTRACT DRIVEN SESSION 1: The use of new technologies to increase testing coverage:
AS1/01 RiskRadar: the 1st integrated ICT tool on combination prevention for hepatitis/HIV/TB/STI
6 May 2021 EU Health Project Symposium: lessons learned from the INTEGRATE Joint Action: Panellist
7 May 2021 ABSTRACT DRIVEN SESSION 2: Models of testing and linkage to care for PWID and PWUD: Moderator