350,000-patient benchmark also represents one-third of AHF’s own commitment to caring for one million patients by 2020 as part of the 20X20 Campaign—a worldwide effort to provide AIDS care to …
AHF CONDEMNS WHO DECISION TO DENY LIFESAVING EVACUATION TO SIERRA LEONE DOCTOR
(Kampala, Uganda) – The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) reacted harshly today to news of the World Health Organisation’s refusal to evacuate a Sierra Leonean Doctor, Dr Olivet Buck, almost certainly …
AHF PROPOSES STRATEGIC ACTION TO COMBAT EBOLA EPIDEMIC
To coincide with the emergency meeting of the African Union (AU) Executive Council, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) sent out an urgent call for action, urging the AU to develop …
AHF joins IAPAC, UNAIDS sponsoring London Conference on Antiretrovirals, Sept. 18 & 19
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, UNAIDS, and Public Health England have signed on as sponsors for a global HIV/AIDS conference hosted by the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC) which …
Group Challenges Lax Global Response to Ebola
Following the death last week from Ebola of Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, the physician who had lead Sierra Leone’s response to that country’s outbreak and who had also been serving …
AHF Lauds South Africa’s Move to Expand HIV Treatment
Minister of Health’s action will bring South Africa in line with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for starting antiretroviral treatment (ART) for patients with a CD4 count of less than …
AHF Mourns Loss of Sierra Leone’s Dr. Khan; criticizes Lax Global Response to Ebola Outbreak
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Medical Officer Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan (ON FAR LEFT, White Shirt & Khakis), who died at 39 of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) July 29, 2014 in …
Joseph Sonnabend, MD: The WHO’s Unwise Recommendation for Gay Men
By Joseph Sonnabend, MD Originally published on July 15, 2014 5:25 PM on Poz Blogs Image courtesy of Kevin Thomas/Dallas Voice PrEP is now being recommended by the WHO for, it seems all, …
AHF remembers those lost on MH17
When hundreds of lives, including six HIV/AIDS advocates and scientists, were needlessly ended by an unthinkable act of violence on July 17, the ripple effect of the loss was felt …
