aidsfocus.ch conferences

Young people as actors in sexual health

Love matters – We matter

08/05/2019, 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 ... continue

Gender-Based Violence: Approaches and Challenges at Community and Advocacy Level

MMS/aidsfocus.ch conference 2018

02/05/2018, 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 ... continue

Conférence de MMS/aidsfocus.ch en 2017: test et traitement du VIH: les cibles 90 - 90 - 90 fixées pour 2020 seront-elles atteignables?

10/05/2017, Hotel Kreuz, Bern | Faites-vous dépister! Connaissez votre statut sérologique! « Know your HIV Status ! ». Ce sont des slogans que nous entendons souvent et qui émanent de la cible ambitieuse de traitement «90-90-90» introduite par l'ONUSIDA en 2014. Cela signifie que ... continue

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

04/05/2016, 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 ... continue

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

07/05/2015, Hotel Kreuz, Bern | This year’s annual aidsfocus conference focused on vulnerable groups such as Sex workers, injecting drug users, migrants and prisoners. continue

Conference 2014: Addressing Sexual Violence and HIV

10/04/2014, 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. continue

Conference 2013: A future without AIDS - Approaching a vision

11/04/2013, 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 ... continue

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

17/04/2012, 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 ... continue

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

07/04/2011, 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. ... continue

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

14/04/2010, 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 ... continue

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

06/05/2009, 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 ... continue

Forum: HIV treatment for all - a realistic project

30/09/2008, 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 ... continue

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

10/04/2008, 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, ... continue

"Die Zukunft ist grau". Alte Menschen in der HIV/Aids-Krise: Opfer und Hoffnungstr–gerInnen

23/10/2007, Bern | Forum von aidsfocus.ch und Kwa Wazee im Rahmen der Ausstellung "Afrikas Grossmütter im Kampf gegen HIV/Aids", Kornhausforum Bern. continue

Conference 2007: Positive Motherhood

26/04/2007, 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 ... continue

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

21/04/2006, 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 ... continue

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

12/04/2005, Bern | Memory Work: Coping Strategies in the Face of AIDS. continue

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

20/04/2004, 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 ... continue