Press releases
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...Read on...
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...Read on...
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...Read on...
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....Read on...
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...Read on...
Influential Forum Calls for Reform of Penal Systems across Central Asia (Thursday 11 December 2008)
AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW), a non-governmental, public health organisation working to reduce the impact of HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, announces the results of the 2nd Central Asian...Read on...
AFEW’s New Web Resource www.socburo.ru Goes Live for World AIDS Day! (Monday 01 December 2008)
AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW), a Dutch, non-governmental, public health organisation working to reduce the impact of HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), today launches a new website...Read on...