International partner organizations of AIDS LIFE
Besides Austrian projects, AIDS LIFE also supports respected international AIDS relief organizations with the net profits of the Life Ball 2012. The biggest ones are:
amfAR – The Foundation for AIDS Research
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF)
Further international partners and projects
In addition to the four biggest partner organizations, the following international partners and projects have been funded by AIDS LIFE (in alphabetic order up to 2012):
German Foundation for World Population
In many non-industrialized countries AIDS is the leading cause of death among those aged 15-59 and among women of reproductive age.
In Russia, India, and China we are at the beginning of another huge wave of infections with HIV.
Whereever…
…educating children is problematic, there will be AIDS. Wherever basic social needs are not met, there will be AIDS. Wherever there is violence and rape, there will be AIDS. That is why there must be an in-depth approach to prevention.
Haiti’s First Lady, Sophia Martelly, at the World AIDS Day ceremony 2012