AHF holds World AIDS Day events nationwide and around the world every year. These events help us raise awareness on a worldwide scale and rally the global community to take action on HIV and AIDS. On November 29th at the Bomb Factory in Dallas, AHF hosted it’s highest-profile World AIDS Day concert of the year. The theme of this year’s …
OTC Celebrates Move with Black Friday Event
Out of the Closet, Hollywood has been planning a move down Sunset to a brand new retail and office space. They successfully moved to their brand new location at the end of November. The new space is larger than the old site and will also be home to internal AHF offices. While it’s bittersweet to see the closing of the …
Diana Ross Wows at World AIDS Day Dallas
On November 29th at the Bomb Factory in Dallas, AHF hosted it’s highest-profile World AIDS Day concert of the year. The theme of this year’s event was “Our Champions,” honoring both local and historic HIV and AIDS advocates. In keeping with the theme, AHF awarded American physician and diplomat Deborah L. Birx with the AHF Lifetime Achievement award. Television personality …
Girls Act! Campaign Kicks-off in Cambodia
In a first for Asia, AHF Cambodia and partners took a big step towards helping young women and girls build better lives for themselves by officially launching the first-ever AHF Girls Act program on the continent last month. Every week, nearly 7,000 young women ages 15-24 become infected with HIV around the world, and approximately 44 girls ages 10-19 died …
AHF Launches New Syphlilis Awareness Billboards
AHF launched a new billboard campaign aimed at raising awareness about the negative health outcomes associated with leaving syphilis untreated during pregnancy. The statistics are alarming. If a woman has syphilis while she’s pregnant and doesn’t get treated right away, she can pass the infection on to the baby. Up to 2 in 5 babies (40 percent) born to women …
October 2019 AHF KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Month-over-month changes—AHF clients & staff— September – October, 2019: AHF Clients: As of the November 1, 2019 Global Patient Report, AHF now has 1,310,575 total clients in care. This represents an INCREASE of 2,755 AHF clients or patients worldwide, month-to-month (as of the September 27, 2019 Global Patient Report, up from 1,307,820 in the last ‘Facts’ covering September 2019). This represents an average …
Follow AHF on Medium!
Have you ever heard of medium.com? It’s an online publication for writers all over the world to post articles, blog posts, short stories, you name it. It’s an excellent platform for AHF to share our stance on advocacy issues, public health and housing initiatives, HIV and AIDS stigma, and more. We’re excited to announce the launch of our AIDS Healthcare …
What Exactly is the Rental Affordability Act?
You may have heard that AHF is sponsoring a new ballot measure in California, the Rental Affordability Act. Even if you don’t live in California, we want employees to be in the loop and understand why AHF is taking on high profile advocacy initiatives. The Rental Affordability Act is a California proposition that would expand rent control throughout the state. …
Don’t Forget Your Ticket!
World AIDS Day is fast approaching, and we’re selling out of tickets! We want to make sure all employees can go to a World AIDS Day event in their area. Make sure to get your tickets today. Even though the events are free, you still have to have a ticket to get into AHF events across the country. We’re hosting …
September 2019 AHF KEY HIGHLIGHTS
SEPTEMBER 2019 AHF Facts at a Glance– Key Highlights: Month-over-month changes—AHF clients & staff— August – September 2019: AHF Clients: As of the September 27, 2019 Global Patient Report, AHF now has 1,307,820 total clients in care. This represents an INCREASE of 24,610 AHF clients or patients worldwide, month-to-month (as of the August 30, 2019 Global Patient Report, up from …
