We are thrilled to have celebrated our 3rd annual Medicine Recycling Drive in partnership with NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson and his team. At the symbolic NYC AIDS Memorial Park, right across where the iconic St. Vincent’s Hospital used to be, our team and members from the Council Speaker’s office were joined by dozens of…
Every June, social networks, media and other platforms join the crusade in defense of equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community around the world, celebrating and recognizing diversity. In the Dominican Republic, although each year more allies and people join the movement willing to support freedom of self-expression; in reality, openly expressing a sexual orientation or…
This year, AID FOR AIDS is commemorating PRIDE month with «I’m just like you», a social media campaign aimed at reducing stigma and discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community and people with HIV. Created by Taller 5 and Versagil, the campaign is also sponsored by Colombia’s GSK and ViiV Laboratory. You can see the campaign on our social…
AID FOR AIDS is thrilled to present its most recent project in Latin America: El Observatorio Migrante (The Migrant’s Observatory), an initiative born out of the need to inform, monitor and influence change in all matters related to the current migration crisis in Latin America. The Observatorio Migrante, inspired in the well-known Observatorio Latino…
As UNAIDS points out, the lack of gender equality could be considered one of the main causes of HIV infections, as a consequence of the lack of information and sex education, mainly in continents such as Africa and Asia. This is also a reality in Latin America, and especially in Venezuela, where despite numerous campaigns…
What do you do with the medicine that you no longer need? Do you even remember if you have unopened medicine bottles at home? What happens to the medicines that relatives no longer use? In 2015, as much as $5 billion worth of unexpired and unused prescription drugs in unopened packs, bottles, and vials…
Since its inception in 1996, AID FOR AIDS (AFA) has been characterized by having an innovative and inclusive vision, developing scalable solutions to complex social problems. What began 25 years ago as a medicine redistribution program, now has turned into two international organizations with 8 offices combined around the world and more than 7 programs…
