AFEW International initiates the Working Group (WG) on Public and Inclusive Health within the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum. AFEW felt the need of introducing a completely new topic to the Forum after participating in various General Assembly meetings of the Forum.
Last year, with the support of the Central Asia Drug Action Programme (CADAP), AFEW-Kyrgyzstan conducted a study on the prevalence of psychoactive substances usage among adolescents in Kyrgyzstan. The data obtained showed that it was time to begin working on prevention. Thus, a youth centre appeared.
AFEW International’s program manager Daria Alexeeva recently took part in the unofficial lunch with the mayor of the
Today flowers are in demand among the guests of a new beauty salon called Good Luck. They are doing their best to come in time for the opening ceremony. The salon is located in the city centre, surrounded by popular coffee houses, schools and apartment buildings.
24th of March marks World Tuberculosis day. The mortality rate of tuberculosis (TB) continues to decrease, but it is still one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. Within the European region, most new TB cases and deaths are found in the Eastern European and Central Asian (EECA) countries.
Videos from AIDS 2018 and IAS 2017 Now Available in Russian. The IAS Educational Fund provides educational and
The International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), a global network of more than 180 NGOs that come together to promote drug policies that are based on human rights, human security, social inclusion and public health, express our disappointment with, and concerns about, the Ministerial Declaration ‘Strengthening our actions at the national, regional and international levels to accelerate the implementation of our joint commitments to address and counter the world drug problem’, adopted today in Vienna by the United Nations.
Sergey Bessonov from Bishkek is the head of the organization that protects the rights of people who use drugs – “Harm Reduction Network Association”. Sergey himself used drugs in the past. However, he admits that everyone has the right to make his own choice whether to stop using drugs or not. Below are some of Sergey’s thoughts in direct speech.
The executive director of AFEW-Kyrgyzstan Natalya Shumskaya is talking about the successes and challenges of the organisation in 2018 and the new demands for 2019.
It is especially important to talk about stigma and discrimination today while observing Zero Discrimination Day. We, at AFEW Network are supporting UNAIDS in highlighting the urgent need to take action against discriminatory laws. Working in Eastern Europe and Central Asia for almost 20 years, we are taking actions from our side as well.
