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aidsfocus Conferences

  • Young people as actors in sexual health

    Young people as actors in sexual health

    Love matters – We matter

    May 08, 2019, Hotel Kreuz, Bern | MMS/aidsfocus.ch conference 8 May 2019 - We are still biting our teeth out at the realization of sexual rights! Actually it should be self-evident that you can choose your sexual partner freely, that your bodily integrity is respected, that you can ... moremore

  • Gender Based Violence: Approaches and challenges at community and advocacy level

    Gender Based Violence: Approaches and challenges at community and advocacy level

    MMS/aidsfocus.ch conference 2018

    May 02, 2018, Hotel Kreuz, Bern | Gender-based Violence (GBV), a generic term for “violence against women”, “sexual violence” or “intimate partner violence”, is a worldwide public health concern. GBV is monstrous, completely unacceptable, and must be stopped. Intimate partner ... moremore

  • MMS/aidsfocus.ch conference 2017: HIV Test and Treat: Are the 90 - 90 - 90 targets set for 2020 within reach?

    MMS/aidsfocus.ch conference 2017: HIV Test and Treat: Are the 90 - 90 - 90 targets set for 2020 within reach?

    May 10, 2017, Hotel Kreuz, Bern | Get Tested! Know your HIV Status! Slogans we hear a lot from the ambitious treatment target “90-90-90” introduced by UNAIDS in 2014. It means 90% of people who are HIV infected will be diagnosed, 90% of people who are diagnosed will be on ... moremore

  • Conference 2016: Applying Human Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health - A reality for all?

    Conference 2016: Applying Human Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health - A reality for all?

    May 04, 2016, Hotel Kreuz, Bern | At this year’s MMS/aidsfocus.ch conference we will be addressing the issues of Human Rights to sexual and reproductive health, how a human rights based approach to programming can be applied, how to address gender inequalities which infringe human ... moremore

  • Conference 2015: HIV/AIDS and vulnerable groups - No one left behind

    Conference 2015: HIV/AIDS and vulnerable groups - No one left behind

    May 07, 2015, Hotel Kreuz, Bern | This year’s annual aidsfocus conference focused on vulnerable groups such as Sex workers, injecting drug users, migrants and prisoners. moremore

  • Conference 2014: Addressing Sexual Violence and HIV

    Conference 2014: Addressing Sexual Violence and HIV

    Apr 10, 2014, Berne | Sexual violence is a fundamental violation of human rights and has a direct impact on the health and wellbeing of people, especially women. Research shows that violence is a major cause of HIV transmission, but also a consequence of HIV infection. moremore

  • Conference 2013: A future without AIDS - Approaching a vision

    Conference 2013: A future without AIDS - Approaching a vision

    Apr 11, 2013, Berne | A world without AIDS is feasible. This conviction is shared by many people and NGOs in the Global North, South and East as well as multilateral organizations such as UNAIDS and the Global Fund. An end to the AIDS epidemic is in sight, mainly due to ... moremore

  • HIV, AIDS and Advocacy. Bringing about change in policies and practice

    HIV, AIDS and Advocacy. Bringing about change in policies and practice

    Apr 17, 2012, Berne | Support groups of people living with HIV turn more and more into advocacy groups to stand up for their interests and their rights. In Zimbabwe, young people living with HIV who were trained in leadership and advocacy by BHASO (FEPA partner) now ... moremore

  • Conference 2011: HIV, Sexuality and youth. Linking HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights

    Conference 2011: HIV, Sexuality and youth. Linking HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights

    Apr 07, 2011, Bern | A young girl might want to prevent a pregnancy and protect herself from HIV. A woman living with HIV might be pregnant and at risk of dying during childbirth, she may have HIV and can't get contraception, and her child may die of HIV or malaria. ... moremore

  • Conference 2010: The future of the global AIDS response: Implications for NGOs

    Conference 2010: The future of the global AIDS response: Implications for NGOs

    Apr 14, 2010, Bern | The global economic crisis has induced cutbacks in the spending of Government and international donors. This also threatens efforts for an effective response to HIV and AIDS. In addition, a "backlash" against disease-specific initiatives can be ... moremore

  • Conference 2009: Culture and condoms - Integrating approaches to HIV and AIDS

    Conference 2009: Culture and condoms - Integrating approaches to HIV and AIDS

    May 06, 2009, Bern | "Sometimes I get the feeling that I talk past people", says a disillusioned development officer involved in the international response to HIV and AIDS. He is not alone in the feeling expressed in this statement. Many actors in the international AIDS ... moremore

  • Forum: HIV treatment for all - a realistic project

    Forum: HIV treatment for all - a realistic project

    Sep 30, 2008, Bern | "When we first started the programme, there was little hope that people will recover…. But now, most of our clients have gone back to work", says Thikane Mkabhela, Head Nurse at the Sigonbemi Red Cross Clinic in Swaziland proudly. Within a period of ... moremore

  • Conference 2008: AIDS and Livelihoods – Securing property and inheritance rights

    Conference 2008: AIDS and Livelihoods – Securing property and inheritance rights

    Apr 10, 2008, Bern | Children who lose their parents, widows and grandmothers left to take care of children and grandchildren often face serious challenges in securing their livelihoods. The reasons for this have socio-economic and cultural dimensions, with traditional, ... moremore

  • aidsfocus.ch Annual Meeting 2007

    Oct 23, 2007, Bern | The annual meeting of aidsfocus.ch, the Swiss platform on HIV/AIDS and international cooperation, is an important forum for the sharing of information and experiences. Besides the annual report and accounts, there will be a window open for sharing ... moremore

  • –The future is grey–. Elderly people in the HIVAIDS crisis: victims and part of the solution

    –The future is grey–. Elderly people in the HIVAIDS crisis: victims and part of the solution

    Oct 23, 2007, Bern | The forum is jointly organized by aidsfocus.ch and Kwa Wazee in the context of the exhibition "Africa’s Grandmothers fighting against HIV/AIDS". It raises a number of issues on the impact of the HIV crisis on old people and opens the discussion on ... moremore

  • Conference 2007: Positive Motherhood

    Conference 2007: Positive Motherhood

    Apr 26, 2007, Bern | The aidsfocus.ch 2007 conference focuses on "Positive motherhood - Opportunities and challenges of HIV prevention, treatment and care". Worldwide, around 1 per cent of pregnant women are HIV-positive; 95 per cent live in developing countries. If an ... moremore

  • aidsfocus.ch: Annual meeting 2006

    Nov 15, 2006, Bern | The annual meeting of aidsfocus.ch, the Swiss platform on HIV/AIDS and international cooperation, is an important forum for the sharing of information and experiences. Besides the annual report and accounts, there will be an open space for sharing ... moremore

  • Conference 2006: The Right to Know and the Will to Act

    Conference 2006: The Right to Know and the Will to Act

    Apr 21, 2006, Bern | Youth and HIV/AIDS Prevention: The present and future of HIV/AIDS is shaped by the action of young people, women and men, girls and boys. Young people between the ages of 15 to 24 are at the same time the most threatened group – globally accounting ... moremore

  • Conference 2005: "... and one can dare to hope and dare to remember"

    Conference 2005: "... and one can dare to hope and dare to remember"

    Apr 12, 2005, Bern | Memory Work: Coping Strategies in the Face of AIDS. moremore

  • Conference 2004: Living with AIDS. Treatment and care for all

    Conference 2004: Living with AIDS. Treatment and care for all

    Apr 20, 2004, Bern | A second chance at life! This is the way people infected with HIV/AIDS experience the blessings of antiretroviral treatment. However, this is only true for those living in Northern countries, while the 6 million infected people in the South and the ... moremore