1 December 2009: World AIDS Day (Tuesday 01 December 2009)
Netherlands National STI*HIV*Sex conference, Tuesday 1st December, Amsterdam RAI conference centre.
During the conference AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) will make an appeal for those people living...
Rapid Spread of HIV/AIDS Focus of Exhibition ‘The Neglected’ (Friday 13 November 2009)
From 20th November – 7th December 2009, AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) is holding a photo exhibition entitled ‘The Neglected’ / Беспризорники’ at Cultural Centre De Warande in Turnhout, Belgium....
Sign On to Save Harm Reduction Programmes in Russia from 'Official Neglect'! (Friday 06 November 2009)
"The prevention of HIV is not a priority in the Russian Federation at the moment," stated a speaker at the III. Eastern European and Central Asia Conference, held in Moscow, on October...
Dutch Parliament Must Stop AIDS Cutbacks (Monday 02 November 2009)
The Ministry of Development of the Netherlands is planning to slash its budget for humanitarian aid programmes, with 50% of the cutbacks targeting HIV/AIDS initiatives. Today, Dutch AIDS...
AFEW and EU HIV/AIDS Civil Society Forum welcome the new EU HIV/AIDS strategy 2009-2013 (Wednesday 28 October 2009)
AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) joins the statement of EU HIV/AIDS Civil Society Forum on the new European Commission HIV/AIDS policy 2010-2013. It especially endorses the leadership the Commission...
Declaration for Universal Healthcare Receives AFEW’s Backing (Wednesday 05 August 2009)
Today, Joost van der Meer, Executive Director of AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW), pledged his organisation’s support for the ‘Declaration of Solidarity for a Unified Movement for the Right to...
Global Steering Committee of the World AIDS Campaign Meets With UN Secretary General (Tuesday 16 June 2009)
Dear Secretary General, As we embark on our first meeting The World AIDS Campaign Global Steering Committee applauds your past calls for increased health and human rights protections for people...
Civil Society Calls for the Netherlands to Step up Contributions to the Global Fund (Wednesday 18 March 2009)
The Hague, March 12th 2009. Today, Dutch civil society organisations have called upon the Netherlands to continue and step up its financial commitments to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis...
Global Fund Appeal (Saturday 28 February 2009)
Created in 2001 by Kofi Annan, the Global Fund, according to many public health experts, is the most innovative, far-reaching, results- driven health financing mechanism in the world. Globally, it...
First Drop-in Centre for Street Children Opens in Ukrainian Capital Kiev (Tuesday 03 February 2009)
On 3 February 2009, the opening of the Kiev Drop-in Centre for Children was launched as part of a joint project by AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) and the Kiev Municipal Social Services for...
Candlelight vigil in Amsterdam on 28 January 2009 for HIV/AIDS victims in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Friday 23 January 2009)
In Eastern Europe and Central Asia the HIV/AIDS epidemic is spreading faster than anywhere else in the world. The main cause is the high rate of (experimental) injecting drug use among young people....
Debate on 27 January 2009 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: ”HIV-prevention: a matter of urgency for almost 16 million injecting drug users world wide!” (Thursday 15 January 2009)
AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW), a Dutch non-governmental humanitarian public health organisation, working to reduce the impact of HIV and AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia among vulnerable...