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MONTREAL — AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will host a live and virtual press conference in the AHF booth #1024 in the 2022 International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2022) on Friday July 29 at 11:00 am EDT in Montreal, Canada at Conference Center Montrisin the convention center and virtually through Zoom. Preparations for AIDS 2022 have been mired in controversy because many prominent public health experts and advocates did not receive Canadian visas or their application process took too long to arrive in Canada in time for the conference. During the press conference, public health experts will discuss how global health equity is undermined through visa restrictions that preclude a free and valuable exchange of ideas, and more generally through rich countries’ hoarding of vaccines and their reluctance to share vital important biomedical expertise with developing countries. In the world of emerging epidemics and pandemics, an effective response is not possible without equity, accountability and transparency. WHAT: AHF for hosting LIVE and VIRTUAL PRESS INTERVIEW during the International AIDS Society AIDS 2022 conference. NEVER: FRIDAY JULY 29, 11:00 AM EDT Montreal, Quebec, Canada WHERE: AHF AIDS 2022 BOOTH #1024 at the Palais des congres de Montreal convention center and VIRTUALLY THROUGH ZOOM. WHO: Public health experts and advocates:

Terry FordChief of Global Advocacy & Policy, AHF Dr. Adele Schwartz BenzakenSenior Global Medical Director, AHF Ray Mwareyafellow of the World Ethical Data Foundation and journalist for Al Jazeera and Reuters Oluwakemi GbadmosiDirector of Advocacy, Policy & Marketing, AHF Africa Bureau Dr. V. Sam PrasadCountry Program Manager, AHF India Cares Dr. Jorge SaavedraExecutive Director, AHF Global Public Health Institute at the University of Miami

NEWS DEPARTMENT NOTE & B-ROLL VISUALS The press conference will be streamed live on Facebook from the AHF AIDS 2022 conference booth #1024. Visit it AHF FACEBOOK page the ZOOM LINK let me see. CONTACT ME: Denys Nazarov, Director of Global Policy & Communications, AHF, +1.323.308.1829, [email protected] “With COVID-19 stealing the spotlight from many other pressing global public health issues – it is vital to maintain attention on HIV/AIDS and other aspects of health equity that affect millions of people around the world,” he said the head of AHF Global Advocacy. and Politics Terri Ford. “For example, this conference, which was supposed to bring together the most experienced and passionate HIV/AIDS activists representing countries with the worst burden of disease, could not even enter the country [Canada]. These advocates are fighting for our most vulnerable populations and the voiceless. The stark contrast in how people are treated in the Global North compared to the Global South is unacceptable and a major detriment to the world’s ability to end the ‘other’ HIV/AIDS pandemic.”

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Other topics of discussion will include the inadequate global response to the global monkeypox outbreak, which was recently, albeit sadly belatedly, declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization.  Advocates will also highlight the fact that HIV/AIDS remains a major global public health crisis – responsible for 650,000 deaths each year worldwide – and requires a serious commitment from rich countries to ensure a successful, rapid approach Seven Replenishment of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. 
According to UNAIDS, there were over 38 million people living with HIV in 2021, including 1.5 million people who newly acquired the virus.  Since the AIDS epidemic/pandemic began, more than 40 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses.

AIDS Health Foundation (AHF) is a global not-for-profit organization that provides cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to over 1.5 million people in 45 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, Asia/Pacific and Europe. We are currently the largest non-profit provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the world. To learn more about AHF, visit our website: www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare and Instagram: @aidshealthcare See the original version on businesswire.com:
Contacts Denys Nazarov, Director of Global Policy & Communications, AHF, +1.323.308.1829, [email protected] #distribution