At the seminar AFEW will introduce a small grants programme to which organisations and/or individuals with interesting and unique research proposal can apply. The grant programme is available in the framework of preparations for the XXII International AIDS Conference in 2018 in the Netherlands.
Europe’s leading experts, medical specialists and patient advocacy groups on hepatitis announced their intention to work towards the elimination of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Europe by 2030.
The purpose of this contest is to identify innovative examples of delivering hepatitis B and C testing that will be highlighted within the 2016 WHO Hepatitis Testing Guidelines.
The core value of the family group conferences is that all issues are solved by negotiations and compromises. The notion of a family in this sense is very broad.
AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) is pleased to welcome Prof. Vladimir Mendelevich and Hernán L. Fuenzalida-Puelma as new members of its Board. They joined the Board on January 1, 2016.
UN special rapporteur Dainius Pūras says in letter that repressive narcotic controls stop people seeking help and lead to violence.
The testing week was held in the framework of UNODC-funded project and was focused mainly on people who use drugs and prisoners. The goal of the project was to increase the number of people that are aware of their HIV status, decrease cases of late diagnosis and contribute to timely prescription of treatment.
Tens of young people performed a dance show to draw the public’s attention to HIV in Kyrgyzstan and to call for solidarity with people living with HIV. Stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV and other key populations like people who use drugs, sex workers and men who have sex with men, is still high among the general population.
The prize of $65,000 will allow Dr. Vezhnina to create a local NGO to combat a deadly emergence of drug-resistant TB and HIV in Kemerovo, Siberia. AFEW sincerely congratulates Dr. Vezhnina with this big achievement and wishes her every success in her work combating tuberculosis in Russia.
AIDS Foundation East-West continues to implement vital projects in harm reduction, client management, care and support for people affected by HIV. In Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Ukraine, we are promoting the exchange of experience at all levels and developing reforms in the health system and prisons.
