International Condom Day 2023: A fight to avoid 200,000 STIs and 6,000 adolescent pregnancies every day in Latin America and the Caribbean
In this 2023, AHF celebrates the 15th anniversary of International Condom Day and invites people in Latin America and the Caribbean to join this "latex party" and share the message of self-care and self-love. Because using a condom is a fun way to take care
AHF: Monkeypox Vaccines for All Nations
Associated Press reports that while “… countries including Britain, Canada, Germany and the U.S. have ordered millions of (monkeypox) vaccine doses, none has gone to Africa.”
After more than two years and major mishandling of the COVID-19 response, the world was once again caught unprepared for
Monkeypox Emergency Declaration a Step in Right Direction
While long overdue, AIDS Healthcare Foundation acknowledged the World Health Organization’s decision yesterday to declare the global monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
Make Pandemic Preparedness a Top Priority at Americas Summit
Leaders from the Americas are gathering at their Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week, after COVID-19 devastated a significant portion of the region.
AHF Swiftly Brings Aid to Recife, Brazil
In the northeast state of Pernambuco, over 100 people have died due to torrential rains and flooding
AHF Brazil, which provides HIV/AIDS care in 25 clinics in the country—including 3 clinics in Pernambuco and 5 in Recife —is delivering humanitarian aid to help over 600 individuals
In Latin America, 2 out of 5 girls miss school during their menstrual period
AHF commemorates Menstrual Health Day in Latin America and the Caribbean and joins the voice of millions of menstruating people: #NoMásEstigma
On WORLD AIDS DAY, AHF Urges Everyone to Keep Fighting “The Other Pandemic”
While COVID-19 has devastated communities worldwide and remained in the spotlight since last year, the world must keep fighting to protect the gains made against HIV/AIDS—a pandemic that has been raging for over 30 years and remains a global public health crisis.
Ahead of the Dec.
Death is in Mourning: a street performance to urge G20 leaders to take decisive actions to end the COVID-19 pandemic
AHF actinists carried out “Death is in Mourning” a street performance in Mexico City to urge G20 leaders to ensure global COVID-19 vaccine access by pushing vaccine makers to share know-how to boost worldwide production
Inequity is alarming: Nearly 50% of the world population has received
October 11 is International Girl’s Day
AHF urges governments and society to amplify the voices of girls and adolescents, as a means to empower them and together create more conducive conditions for their physical and emotional development.
This October 11, AHF joins the International Day of the Girl Child, to seek and
G20 Manifesto
COVID-19 poses an existential threat to global stability, health, and development. This is not an exaggeration, but a fact reflected in startling numbers: Nearly 5 million people dead and counting, more than 235 million infected, and less than 35% of the global population are fully
AHF: Six Reasons Why WHO Chief Should Go
June 23, 2021 12:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As the process to appoint a new Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) gets underway, United Nations Member States must consider a change in leadership at the WHO, according to AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the
SOS: the World Calls to Suspend #COVID19 Vaccine Patents to Save Millions of Lives
G7 countries hoard enough vaccines to immunize their populations multiple times over, limiting vaccine access for low-income countries.Many countries, including Nigeria, Zambia, and Nicaragua, have only immunized a small fraction of their populations. Countries like Haiti, Syria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo do
Vaccinate Our World!’ to Protect All Humanity!
Global leaders, the scientific community and citizens around the world call on governments, vaccine manufacturers and public health organizations to guarantee equal access to COVID-19 vaccines around the world.Low-income countries have only received less than 1% of the total 950 million doses that have been administered worldwide.
Health Must Come First in Brazil!
With 10.5 million cases and almost 260 thousand deaths, the crisis in Brazil due to COVID-19 is aggravated by political decisions and denial of the problem by the authorities.New variants of the virus, due to the uncontrolled increase in infections and the slow vaccination process,
It’s Time to Declare War on COVID-19, Says AHF
In response to a fractured global response to COVID-19 as humanity’s greatest existential threat, AIDS Healthcare Foundation calls for what amounts to a declaration of war on the novel coronavirus and future pandemics
LOS ANGELES.- A year into the COVID-19 pandemic with 2.4 million people dead, the
AHF: 100% Transparency on COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Is Essential to Public Trust
WASHINGTON.-AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, today sharply criticized drug companies working on COVID-19 vaccines over a near total lack of transparency on the companies’ respective trials, including setbacks with AstraZeneca’s vaccine trial that briefly forced its suspension last week as well
AHF: Regional Unity Needed to Stop COVID-19 in Latin America
AHF urges Latin American countries to take unified measures and actions to stop the COVID-19 pandemic
LOS ANGELES.-Latin America and the Caribbean region remains an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic with 4,364,705 confirmed cases and 183,481 deaths as of July 26. It is already the second
AHF Labels Gilead ‘War Profiteer’ and ‘Greedy Bastards!’ after Company Sets COVID Drug Price at $2K to $3K
In May, AIDS Healthcare Foundation demanded that the drug company price remdesivir, the newly approved drug for treating COVID-19—which Gilead had developed years earlier with $70M in government funding as a possible Ebola treatment—be priced at one-dollar per day per patient
AIDS group warns that company’s
Tedros Has Failed Us on COVID-19: AHF Calls for His Resignation within 72 Hours
AHF calls for WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to resign within 72 hours following his gross mishandling of the COVID-19 outbreak.May 04, 2020 09:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time
LOS ANGELES.-Due to his gross mishandling of the COVID-19 outbreak, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) calls on Dr. Tedros Adhanom
AHF Signs On to Open Letter to Gilead Urging Access to Remdesivir as COVID-19 Treatment
Mr Daniel O’DayChief Executive Officer Gilead Science, Inc.
Dear Mr O’Day,
Open letter to Gilead concerning ensuring access to remdesivir
We write to request that Gilead take immediate actions to ensure rapid availability, affordability, and accessibility of its experimental therapy remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19, pending the
AHF Calls on G20 to Commit to Global Public Health Security
The largest global AIDS organization urges world leaders to prioritize health at the next G20 summit by mandating a completely new Global Public Health Convention.
LOS ANGELES–Following the postponement of the in-person meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia of the Civil 20 (C20) group—which represents civil society
Coronavirus IS a Pandemic — WHO, Declare It Now!
LOS ANGELES.-Since AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) released a statement this past Tuesday calling for World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to declare the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic – cases have soared in Italy, Iran and South Korea, and the deadly virus has also spread to Mexico and Nigeria. WHO must