AIDSFOCUS.CH SWISS PLATFORM ON HIV/AIDS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Dear partners of aidsfocus.ch, friends and colleagues,

I have the pleasure to invite you to the 10the jubilee of aidsfocus.ch, the Swiss platform on HIV/AIDS and international cooperation.

Helena Zweifel Coordinator of aidsfocus.ch Executive Director of Medicus Mundi Switzerland

Bern / Wabern | 10 years ago, aidsfocus.ch was initiated by members of the Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland who felt the need to share knowledge and experiences and to join forces in the AIDS response. We have come a long way, but AIDS is not over yet. We are convinced that getting to zero new infections, zero AIDS related deaths and zero stigmatisation is feasible, if the world community keeps up and renews its commitment. We take the occasion of the 10th jubilee of aidsfocus.ch as an opportunity for looking back and for energizing ourselves for the way forward towards an ADIS-free future.

aidsfocus.ch will celebrate the 10th jubilee with a get together with partners and friends, some speeches and music with the South African musician Evaron Orange and friends.

"In diesen zehn Jahren hat aidsfocus.ch enorm viel Verständnis für das Thema Aids in der Dritten Welt geweckt, wofür ich Ihnen und Ihrem Team meinen besten Dank aussprechen möchte." (Ruedy Lüthy, Harare)

Time and place: 17.30 – 20.30, Bernau - Kultur im Quartier, Dachstock, Seftingenstrasse 245, Wabern/ Bern, http://www.bernau.ch

Bern | The Annual Meeting 2013 of aidsfocus.ch will have a brief formal part with annual report and decision on the theme of the aidsfocus.ch conference 2014. This year, we also celebrate the 10 year jubilee of aidsfocus.ch, the most important Swiss platform on HIV/AIDS and international cooperation. The focus will be on sharing and discussion on issues that concerns all of us, looking back and moving forward.

Agenda

1. 00 – 17.00 1. Looking back – moving forward 2. Minutes of the annual meeting 2012 3. Annual report 2012/13 and accounts 2012 4. Activities planned for 2014 5. Theme of the aidsfocus.ch conference in spring 2014 6. Strategic orientation of aidsfocus.ch 7. Varia

10th jubilee of aidsfocus.ch 17.30 – 20.30

aidsfocus.ch welcomes to the Annual Meeting the partner organisations and all people interested in HIV, AIDS and international cooperation.

Venue: Bernau - Kultur im Quartier, Dachstock, Seftingenstrasse 245, Wabern/ Bern

Bern | Please safe the date!

Inputs of the aidsfocus.ch Conference 2013 and contributions by the speakers are published in the reader of the conference, the Bulletin 129 of Medicus Mundi Switzerland: Farai P. Mahaso, BHASO, “Support Groups belong to the Community and not to BHASO “, Sanghamitra Iyengar, Samraksha, “Communities make it possible“, Jochen Ehmer, SolidarMed, „Warum wir HIV anders und stärker bekämpfen sollten“, and a report from the conference by Helena Zweifel, aidsfocus.ch/ MMS (in German). Additional contributions are targeting the “critical enablers. The reader of the Conference is available in print (info@medicusmundi.ch) and accessible online.

http://www.medicusmundi.ch

Partners: Afro-European Medical and Research Network, AIDS & Child, Caritas Switzerland, CO-OPERAID, Déclaration de Berne, FEPA, Fédération Genevoise de Coopération, Gemeinschaft St. Anna-Schwestern, IAMANEH Switzerland, Kindernothilfe Schweiz, Kwa Wazee, medico international Switzerland, mediCuba-Suisse, missio, mission21, miva Switzerland, SolidarMed, Swiss Aids Care International, Swiss Aids Federation, Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund, Swiss Catholic Women's League, Swiss Red Cross, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Tear Fund, Terre des hommes Foundation, terre des hommes schweiz, and World Vision Switzerland.