A New Non-commercial Partnership, ‘Russian Harm Reduction Network’, Created in Moscow (Monday 22 December 2003)
Currently, the Russian Harm Reduction Network consists of nine Harm Reduction (HR) regional projects, the non-governmental organisation Kolodets, and seven individuals – including two AFEW employees....
AFEW Wins All-Russia Bid 'HIV/AIDS – Learn to Live!', Organised by the Ministry of Health (Thursday 18 December 2003)
AIDS Foundation East-West’s comic book ‘HIV and AIDS’, developed specially for drug users, won the All-Russia competition ‘HIV/AIDS – Learn to Live’, organised by the Ministry of Health, in the...
AFEW Receives Grant to Implement Activities on PMTCT of HIV in the Russian Federation (Wednesday 17 December 2003)
AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) received a grant to implement its activities on Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in the Russian Federation. The grant was awarded by MATRA...
Anti-AIDS Blues Festival in ‘JVL Art Club’, Moscow (Saturday 29 November 2003)
A youth event, the ‘Anti-AIDS Festival’, will take place on Saturday 29 November 2003 at 9pm in ‘JVL Art Club’ nightclub to raise public awareness about World AIDS Day. The event has been organised...
Knowledge for Health - Easily Accessible Information on HIV/AIDS (Monday 24 November 2003)
As World AIDS Day (1 December) approaches, AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) is proud to announce its new bilingual website, which provides up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS in the Newly Independent...
Intensive Five-day Training Course about 'Peer Education on Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS and Family Planning' (Sunday 02 November 2003)
Specialists from the ''Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV' Project of AFEW, including specialists in immunology, gynecology, psychology, as well as an outreach worker and a specialist...
AFEW Participates in the 9th European AIDS Conference (EACS), Warsaw, Poland (Saturday 25 October 2003)
The 9th European AIDS Conference (EACS) is organised to help create closer links between Western and Eastern European countries in order to make the fight against HIV/AIDS more effective. This year...
Ukrainian Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS and UNDP Rated AFEW's Info Materials the Best (Wednesday 22 October 2003)
The Ukrainian Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS and UNDP invited eight of Ukraine’s most active anti-HIV/AIDS NGOs, including the Ukrainian Representative Office of AFEW, to participate in a selection board for...
AFEW Participates in ‘Meeting of Strategic Approaches to Targeted HIV Prevention’, Brighton, UK (Wednesday 22 October 2003)
Co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNAIDS and International HIV/AIDS Alliance, this meeting focuses on reviewing experiences providing prevention to populations most vulnerable to...
Russian Federation Receives US$89 Million to Fight AIDS (Friday 17 October 2003)
On 17 October 2003 the board of directors of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) approved the five-year US $89 million application by the NGO Consortium for the Russian...
27 Dutch Students from Groningen Visit the Moscow Office of AFEW (Friday 03 October 2003)
The Dutch Student Association, ‘SIB’, organised a site visit to the Russian Federation for a group of 27 Dutch students. They spent 10 days in Moscow and St. Petersburg visiting various...
'Prevention of HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases in the Penal System' Training (Monday 15 September 2003)
A training specifically designed for prison system specialists, harm reduction project co-ordinators, and other professionals from 38 regions of the Russian Federation has been organised by AFEW's...
Launch of the ‘Safer Sex – The Only Choice’ Campaign (Friday 27 June 2003)
27 June 2003 - Kyiv, Ukraine - International Youth Day - AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) and the All Ukrainian Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), in collaboration with the Ukrainian...
Extension of HIV/AIDS Projects in Ukraine and the Russian Federation (Tuesday 03 June 2003)
Two million Euro earmarked from the Dutch National Postal Code Lottery for AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) and Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland (MSF)Amsterdam, Moscow, Kyiv, 3 June 2003Médecins Sans...
International and Mongolian NGOs Launch Media Campaign to Promote Safe Sex and Prevent HIV/AIDS (Monday 19 May 2003)
May 19, 2003. AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) and Mongolian NGO Focus in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Mongolia, is launching a follow-up to their successful media campaign titled...
Launch of a Russian Language Manual on HIV/AIDS for Prison Health Staff (Thursday 17 April 2003)
More than 37 240 inmates currently live with HIV/AIDS in the Russian Federation alone as a result of a massive epidemic that is raging in the former Soviet Union. In response, an HIV/AIDS reference...