AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today objected to efforts by the World Health Organization (WHO) to rein in Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) autonomy in declaring regional health …
AHF Africa Applauds South Africa’s Approval of HIV Preventative Vaginal Ring
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Africa Bureau welcomed today South Africa’s approval of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for use by women ages 18 and older as a step in the right …
Africa Leadership on a New Global Public Health Convention
COVID-19 has demonstrated that African leaders must take charge of responding to pandemics on the continent, because support from the Global North can be unreliable and slow during global health …
With Paint and Purpose, Girls Turn Shipping Containers into a Safe Space
South Africa has been hit exceedingly hard by COVID-19, which intensified an already difficult and dangerous situation for girls and young women living in the country’s populous informal townships. Due …
International Condom Day 2021
COVID-19 has impacted many aspects of our lives, and access to condoms was not spared from the effects of the pandemic. But that didn’t stop AHF from hosting our ever-popular …
12,000 Food Parcels Reach AHF Africa Clients
AHF teams across Africa have been busy over the last few months distributing over 12,000 food parcels throughout 11 countries. Nationwide lockdowns left thousands of people living with HIV wondering …
Flagship Clinic Adapts During Crisis
Physical distance protocols have required massive adjustments to the way organizations operate—if they are able to remain open at all. But in South Africa, which has the most people living …
Girls’ Lives Matter at the Ntethelelo Foundation!
People worldwide have been ordered to shelter in place as the COVID-19 pandemic rages across communities everywhere – but in the townships of South Africa where a community organization called …
Help Combat COVID-19 Stigma!
Stigma regrettably follows many diseases – and since COVID-19 is no different – it’s important that people create more inclusive communities by taking the necessary steps to negate harmful attitudes …
Deafening Silence Speaks Loudly for Victims
AIDS remains a crisis worldwide, but in a country with 7.7 million people living with HIV, South Africa’s epidemic is made even worse by sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)—an unfortunate component …
