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AFEW International
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AFEW International is a Dutch non-governmental humanitarian public health organisation dedicated to giving support and a strong international voice on rights and on health access to underserved populations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Since 2001 AFEW International has been working for all people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia region who face barriers in accessing health, justice, and social participation. At risk and underserved communities face significant barriers to accessing essential health and social services while experiencing high burden of disease and ill health, and are especially affected by HIV, TB and HCV, diseases of poverty, stigma, exclusion and ignorance. What we do?
- Advocating for human rights for key populations and upholding their rights to health.
- Engaging communities in developing participatory approaches.
- Countering stigma associated with HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and TB by providing information to community leaders and creating a supportive environment.
- Developing and support health services for key populations.
- Utilizing innovative strategies to promote healthy behaviours.
- Presenting the EECA HIV health/rights context at the global level – with international fora, networks and experts.
- Linking West and East, and facilitate dialogues at regional and country level. AFEW has evolved over 20 years to form a partnership of independent local organisations working in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Currently, the AFEW Partnership consists of five members operating in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine. Box 75752
1070 AT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Website: www.afew.org
Chamber of Commerce registration no. 34148682 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
The theme for the 2026 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) will be “At the heart of democracy”! 17 may.
🥁 The theme for the 2026 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) will be “At the heart of democracy”!
No matter where we live, who we are, or the faiths that drive us, most people want to nurture neighbourhoods and communities where every life can flourish. But today, reactionary governments worldwide are poisoning our gardens with the invasive weeds of their authoritarian policies and exclusionary legislations.
Time and again, LGBTQIA+ people have resisted these pests, rolled up their sleeves together with all the good people caring about their communities, and sowed the seeds of change. On IDAHOBIT 2026, and every day, you are invited to join in — at the heart of democracy: together, we can prepare the ground for a better future for everyone.
IDAHOBIT is a worldwide celebration of all s*xual and gender diverisities. Head to may17.org and find out more about how you can get involved!
18/02/2026
The World TB Day 2026 Campaign Toolkit is now available!
The Stop TB Partnership is proud to launch this year’s campaign theme:
“Yes! We Can End TB. Led by […]. Powered by […].”
Building on the global rallying cry of the past three years, the 2026 theme highlights what truly drives progress: country leadership and the power of people.
Countries are not just participants in the fight against TB — they are leading it. And progress is powered every day by communities, TB survivors, health workers, advocates, innovators, and partners who refuse to accept TB as inevitable.
The toolkit provides adaptable, multilingual resources to help countries and partners engage around World TB Day, including:
- Editable slogan “Yes! We Can End TB. Led by […]. Powered by […].”, so that you can create your custom World TB Day slogan
- A set of pre-prepared slogans examples
- Social media frame
- Conference call background
This flexible, modular theme invites you to define leadership and action in your own context — reinforcing ownership, accountability, and people-centred progress toward ending TB by 2030.
Let’s unite under a shared global message — and make it our own.
17/02/2026
Save the Date!
📢📢 Zero Discrimination Day is our call to . 📢📢
PLHIV leaders will gather for a convening grounded in evidence from the Global PLHIV Stigma Index to confront stigma and discrimination and build stronger HIV responses.
We will share strategies, build our leadership, and turn evidence into action as we work toward a future rooted in dignity and respect.
Date: 26 February 2026,
Time: 12.00nn CET / 02.00pm EAT / 06.00pm ICT
🌍 WE HAVE LIVED IT. WE WILL CHANGE IT. PLHIV Leadership in Creating a Discrimination-Free Future
Внимание! ЕКОМ при поддержке фонда Дрейлинден объявляет конкурс экстренных малых грантов для ЛГБТ-организаций и инициатив в Центральной Азии.
ЕКОМ при поддержке фонда Дрейлинден объявляет конкурс экстренных малых грантов для ЛГБТ-организаций и инициатив в Центральной Азии.
Мы запускаем Фонд экстренной поддержки, чтобы помочь активистам и организациям, которые сталкиваются с репрессиями, угрозами, кризисами безопасности и резким сужением гражданского пространства.
🔹 5 грантов по 10 000 евро
🔹 Поддержка в сфере безопасности, адвокации, устойчивости и благополучия команд
🔹 Для зарегистрированных НПО и инициативных групп
WEBINAR 📢This Thursday, join ASLM’s LabCoP and ITPC Global for a powerful ECHO session on how communities are protecting HIV diagnostic services in times of crisis.
We’ll explore how community-led monitoring is generating real evidence to safeguard access to essential HIV and TB services, especially amid funding disruptions and policy gaps.
Hear directly from community partners in Burkina Faso, DRC, and Sierra Leone, alongside global experts.
📌 Shrinking civic space threatens rights, health, and safety. Join us to explore its impacts on LGBTQI+, people living with HIV, people who use drugs, and s*x workers in EECA.
📌 Сужение гражданского пространства угрожает правам, здоровью и безопасности людей. Присоединяйтесь к нам, чтобы изучить его влияние на LGBTQI+, людей, живущих с ВИЧ, людей, употребляющих наркотики и секс-работников*иц в ВЕЦА.
The next HepHIV conference will take place in Dublin, Ireland, dates to be confirmed soon. Since 2007, the EuroTEST Initiative has organized biennial conferences on optimal testing and earlier care, focusing on both Hepatitis and HIV. The conferences bring together civil society, policymakers, healt...
02/02/2026
The Sustainable, Influential and Inclusive Civil Society project launches an open call for sub-grants to strengthen civil society organizations in Armenia as resilient, independent, and credible actors in democratic governance and community empowerment.
Կայուն, ազդեցիկ և ներառական քաղհասարակություն (ԿԱՆՔ)
02/02/2026
22/01/2026
⏰ Just 1 week remains to apply!
The clock is ticking on submissions for abstracts, Global Village activities, scholarships and workshops.
Bring your ideas, share your work and help drive the future of the global HIV response as we in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and virtually from 26–31 July.
🔗 Learn more and submit today: aids2026.org/submissions
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AFEW’s work in public health contributes to a healthy society with healthy individuals and specifically healthy key populations at risk for HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis and other public health concerns in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA.) A healthy society contributes to a strong and stable EECA and results in the region with economic growth, political stability, a higher quality of life and the right to health for everyone. By providing support and empowering the societies in EECA, we contribute to better chances for all, and we support the future of the region.
AFEW has the knowledge, expertise, network and experience because of working from within the region for more than 15 years. We increase access to prevention, treatment and care for the most vulnerable groups of the society. We are relevant, innovative, reliable, trustworthy and hardworking. We show this through our work, in the collaboration with international, national and local partners, and via our communication channels. We are the organization that makes a difference and delivers a good quality of work. We mobilize communities, assist them to become stronger and more active. We bring the best international practices and innovations to EECA in a practical applicable way.
AFEW International is having a unique position as a regional organisation in public health. We recognize diversity, strengthen regional solidarity, share our knowledge and mobilize communities to fulfil their rights.
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AFEW International gives you an opportunity to respond to our posts. We appreciate your opinion, but there are some rules. The administrators pay attention to respectful communication and the safety of the visitors. The Dutch law applies. Comments that do not comply with the guidelines, listed below, may be deleted by the administrators without giving the reasons. In extreme cases, people can also be banned from AFEW International’s page.
1. No discrimination. Discrimination because of religion, belief, political orientation, race, gender, orientation or whatever other reason is not allowed.
2. No violence and threats. Threatening or invoking violence is not permitted, also when it is meant as a joke. The cases when threats are expressed against a person or a group of people, will be reported.
3. No cursing and/or offence. One has to deal with others and others’ opinions. Therefore, we ask you not to curse, offend and/or defame.
4. Respect the third party’s copyright.
5. No spam or commercial messages. Besides, placing (or linking to) pornographic and/or offensive material is not allowed.
6. We see the denial of HIV/AIDS in its broad sense as an insult to people living with HIV and other people who are dealing with HIV and see the excessive reporting about this on AFEW’s page as spam.
We will try to deal with your comments as carefully as we can. Sometimes it can go wrong though. If you believe that your comment has been removed in error or that a response is wrong, please notify AFEW with a direct message to the page.
The comments of the visitors on this page represent the views and opinions of those visitors. The content of these responses is the responsibility of those who submit them. The third party responses do not imply that AFEW International shares or supports these responses. It is not possible for the administrators of this page to accept the truthfulness of the third party responses.
AFEW International can adjust these guidelines. Therefore, we advise you to read them from time to time.
