A qualitative study “Family members of the people who inject drugs should promote the positive image of harm reduction services” was made by the graduate student of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Sandra Hagoort, and AFEW in Ukraine.
City Health 2016 is the fifth edition of the conference. The conference is returning to the venue where City Health International was launched in 2012, the historic Guildhall, at the heart of the City of London.
AFEW is joining the celebration of the First European Hepatitis Awareness Week on 25 – 29 July, the week of World Hepatitis Day, falling on 28 July this year.
Towards the end of 2016, AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) will release a call for proposals for community-based organizations to conduct research to benefit key populations living in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA).
AFEW booth is situated in the European Networking Zone that is hosted by The European AIDS Treatment Group, AIDS Action Europe and ECUO. ENZ is part of the Global Village, a space where activists and researchers from the community in Europe will present their work and projects.
We would like to share the results of our work in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and also invite them to come to the next conference in Amsterdam. AFEW is asked to engage EECA in the AIDS 2018 conference, and for us it is very important that many people from the region will be present to show their key activities there.
Self-help group for HIV-positive women in Kyiv, Ukraine “Kyianka+” (transl. as “Kyiv city woman”) has got additional funding from Gilead Sciences Europe Ltd.
Participants of the Consultation will consider and endorse principles to guide the greater participation of vulnerable populations in building safe, secure and healthy communities in partnerships with police.
The report highlights AFEW’s key activities in the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). AFEW will continue providing technical assistance to national governments and improving the capacity of local civil society organisations.
AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) is deeply concerned about the failure of the United Nations member states to explicitly address the HIV epidemic among key populations, especially among the people who use drugs, in their Political Declaration adopted on June 8 at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS.
