Italian AfGH partners have been hitting the campaign trail to promote Health Heroes, together with a wide coalition of partners. Earlier this month, we held a Health Heroes exhibition at Rome’s Auditorium Parco della Musica, which opened on 13 July to coincide with a concert by Elton John, a well known and active supporter of [...]

More than 5,000 AIDS researchers, scientists, clinicians, community leaders and policy experts gathered in Rome for the opening (17th of July) of the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011). Treatment as prevention has become the leit motif of this conference since the opening: both the IAS 2011 International Chair and [...]

With preparations for the Busan forum intensifying over the coming months, AfGH has launched its most recent report on the meaningful participation of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the health sector. The report is based on case studies carried out in three countries – El Salvador, Mozambique and Nepal – where AfGH assessed the level [...]

There were some lively discussions at the second AfGH roundtable on EU health aid effectiveness, “Preparing the way to Busan”, which took place in Brussels last week. The event brought together civil society from north and south with development partners for two days of talks on what more needs to be done to ensure aid [...]

After three days of debates and workshops on CSO effectiveness, the CSO open forum closed its second global assembly (30 June). While the opening day was dedicated to an overview of the process, during the second day participants worked in regional and thematic working groups to finalise the International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness, the political [...]