Source: NOS-Nieuwsuur 27-07-2018 (partly English spoken, no English subtitles) In search of the last 400 people in Amsterdam who have HIV (and don’t know it yet) In Amsterdam, approximately [...]

Amsterdam is at the international forefront when it comes to HIV control and HIV prevention. At AIDS2018, other cities are hoping to learn a few tricks on the way to an AIDS free world in 2030. [...]

From 23-27 July, Amsterdam will host the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) in the Amsterdam RAI. First convened during the peak of the AIDS epidemic in 1985, it is now the largest [...]

The Dutch government is going to distribute PrEP, a medicine which reduces the risk of HIV infection, to men in a ‘high risk group’ for a period of five years. This was announced on Tuesday by [...]

On Wednesday July 25th from 19.30 to 22.30h the DeLaMar Theater in Amsterdam hosts The Power of Love: an informative, inspiring and heartwarming event that is held every year for people with HIV [...]

At the end of July this year, Amsterdam AIDS 2018 will take place – the largest congress about HIV and AIDS in the world. That week also marks the 90th anniversary of the Olympic Games that were [...]

On Tuesday March 27, 2018 the Health Council of the Netherlands issued an advice on the use of PrEP for HIV prevention. PrEP is intended for people who don’t have an HIV infection but are [...]

The price of HIV prevention medicine PrEP has been drastically reduced as of January 1, 2018. A generic version is now available for €47,95 a month from all pharmacies in the Netherlands. Until [...]

The price of PrEP, the pill that can prevent new HIV infections, will decrease significantly. Plusapotheken, pharmacies that distribute the prevention pill, have made a deal with pharmacist [...]

Prevention is better than cure, especially with a deadly illness such as HIV. Luckily there is a pill that can prevent infection with the HIV virus: PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis). Together with [...]

Get yourself tested for HIV anonymously and for free during HIV Test Week in Amsterdam, from November 27 until December 1. You can get tested at many different locations: at 12 GP’s, 4 hospitals, [...]

HIV shouldn’t be a taboo anymore Having HIV is still taboo. This when nowadays, you can live a good and healthy life with HIV, provided you receive treatment. In fact, if successfully treated, [...]

Jealous looks from abroad: this is something we are doing right. In the latest UNAIDS report, covering the progress of the worldwide fight against HIV and AIDS, Amsterdam got a pat on the back. [...]

Faster HIV tests, treatment in an earlier stage of the infection and new campaigns. Amsterdam is on its way to wipe out the virus for good. The yearly number of new HIV diagnoses has halved in [...]

Amsterdam is one of the first European cities to call a halt to HIV and AIDS once and for all. According to the latest report published by UNAIDS on the eve of the international AIDS conference [...]

GGD Amsterdam is taking part in the DISCOVER study: an international medical-scientific study into the use of a new medicine as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention. PrEP is a [...]

HIV Test Week in Amsterdam November 28 – December 4 Get yourself tested for HIV anonymously and for free: it’s possible during HIV Test Week in Amsterdam from November 28 until December 4. You [...]

PrEP for a year Preventive HIV medication PrEP is currently only available in the Netherlands in the context of the Public Health Service Amsterdam (GGD Amsterdam) study into PrEP. There are 376 [...]

Over seventy per cent of all new HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) is caused by men who are unaware of their HIV infection. Call for alertness on acute HIV infection It is [...]