November 17, 2009
Actor Blair Underwood has been spotted all over Hollywood these days and not just on the red carpet. The longtime AIDS activist can be seen at intersections all over the city—or his likeness can, anyway—praising the quality of the care found at all twelve AHF Healthcare Centers in the greater Los Angeles area. Read More...
November 12, 2009
Never look a bull in the eye. That’s lifesaving advice if you are toreador in the ring at Seville. But if you are a driver in Los Angeles, looking into a bull’s eye just might be the thing that saves your life—or the life of someone you love. Read More...
November 10, 2009
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has filed a federal lawsuit against David Maxwell-Jolly, Director of the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) seeking an injunction to prevent implementation of a new state law singling out nonprofit safety net providers—including AHF—forcing drastic Medi-Cal (Medicaid) reimbursements cuts for drugs purchased by AHF clinics and other safety net providers while favoring giant national for-profit pharmacy chains including Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens and others. The lawsuit was filed yesterday, Monday November 9th, in United States District Court, Central District of California, Western Division (Case number CV-09-08199-R-PLAx). Read More...
November 4, 2009
AHF has worked in Ukraine since 2004, when it began a preceptorship training project funded by the Global Fund. In collaboration with Samara and Saratov Health Care Administrations and American International Health Alliance, AHF formed the Volga River Alliance Project. In November 2008, AHF established an outpatient clinic in Odessa, a seaport city with one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in Ukraine. The clinic currently cares for more than 500 clients.
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November 2, 2009
Recent Washington Post Articles Detail Widespread Mismanagement and Corruption in District of Columbia Health Department's HIV/AIDS Administration; Millions May Have Been Misspent and Remain Unaccounted For as the District Copes with Highest AIDS Rate in the Nation Read More...
October 30, 2009
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today lauded President Barack Obama for lifting a 22 year-old ban prohibiting HIV-positive foreigners from traveling to the US. The US was one of only twelve countries with such a travel ban. Read More...
October 30, 2009
As part of an ambitious global effort to test several million people for HIV in observance of the Testing Millions World AIDS Day 2009 campaign, AHF/Cambodia CARES will launch its inaugural testing effort during the annual Water Festival, which marks the end of the rainy season and is the largest festival in the Cambodian calendar. Read More...
October 29, 2009
AIDS Healthcare Foundation will present a poster at this year’s U.S. Conference on AIDS in San Francisco this weekend—October 29-31. One Million Tests: 2008 World AIDS Day Global Campaign—Revamping the VCT Model to Streamlined Rapid Testing demonstrates the results of AHF’s large-scale global HIV testing campaign in which more than 1. 6 million people in 27 countries were tested for HIV in the months leading up to World AIDS Day 2008. Read More...
October 27, 2009
Партнерство между ФМП, Санкт-Петербургским Государственным Учреждением здравоохранения «Центр по профилактике и борьбе с инфекционными заболеваниями»; Региональной общественной организацией «СПИД, статистика, здоровье» и Санкт-Петербургским Государственным Учреждением здравоохранения поликлиникой № 109 обеспечит доступ к услугам тестирования и консультирования на ВИЧ, лечения и ухода при ВИЧ/СПИДе, включая антиретровирусную терапию, опираясь на подход, ориентированный на нужды пациента в новом отделении диспансеризации и лечения во Фрунзенском районе Санкт-Петербурга. Read More...
October 26, 2009
Saint-Petersburg Government Healthcare Institution’s Center for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases; AIDS, Statistics, Health, a respected regional non-governmental organization (NGO); and Saint-Petersburg Government Healthcare Institution’s Policlinic N109 are honored to announce that they are forming an innovative new partnership to provide free HIV testing and prevention services and HIV/AIDS medical care in Saint-Petersburg, Russia’s second largest city. Medical care will include the provision of lifesaving antiretroviral treatment (ART) to people living with HIV/AIDS via a newly established outpatient HIV unit created by the partnership and located at the City Policlinic 109 in Frunzensky District, Saint-Petersburg. Read More...
