Episodes
On the surface, it’s one of the simplest and most straightforward tasks for our AHF team — testing patients for HIV and giving results. But on this week’s episode, we dive deep with two of our HIV testing counselors about their important, sometimes complicated role at AHF and how it goes far beyond that initial test.
Published 07/24/23
Published 07/24/23
What does it mean to be American? From our perspective, it means standing together as members of different backgrounds, ages, religious affiliations, sexual orientations, and more to say that America can become more than what it is today. This week, we explore how our We The People coalition is working to help create an America that’s truly free.
Published 06/19/23
Over the years since its founding, AHF has expanded to serve a wide range of people, goals, and global issues. But it is still, at its core, an organization centered around providing care, advocacy, and support for people with HIV and other medical needs. This week, we discuss that mission and how we apply it holistically to patient care.
Published 05/22/23
What does it mean to be an AHF mobilizer? On the first episode of season two AHFter Hours, we dive into what it means to be a mobilizer and what they’re doing on a daily basis to move AHF’s mission forward in amazing ways.
Published 04/17/23
AHF’s marketing, event planning, and communication efforts aren’t like the sales and marketing arms of businesses, which are geared toward increasing profits. At AHF, marketing is about spreading the word and saving lives. Today, we learn more about that process and its key voices.
Published 03/13/23
Sometimes AHF is about action. Others it’s about communication — meeting with marginalized communities, hearing what they have to say, and sharing sometimes difficult messages with the community. SOFA is one of the avenues through which AHF can do that, and this week we’re joined by some of its representatives and affiliated AHF leaders.
Published 02/13/23
The Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition, or BLACC, is an AHF affinity group dedicated to social justice work within Black communities across the country. On this week’s episode, we speak with the group’s national chair, Imara Canady, about its origins, mission, and the future of BLACC and other affinity groups at AHF.
Published 01/30/23
Food for Health is an AHF program dedicated to addressing food insecurity, or individuals’ and communities’ limited access to healthy food. This week, we speak with two of the program’s catalysts about what Food for Health is, does, and means to the people who benefit from it each day.
Published 01/17/23
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is not traditionally thought of as a women’s health organization, but the truth is that much of what we do is centered around providing care, advocacy, and support for women worldwide — including those who are not infected or at risk of AIDS or HIV. This week, we heard from some of the women leading two key affinity groups at AHF relating to serving women: Spark and Girls Act.
Published 01/03/23
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation began in the United States, but it’s now very much a global organization with operations in 45 countries. This week we heard from some of our leaders in Europe about how AHF is bringing the organization’s mission to European patients.
Published 12/19/22
This week on AHFter Hours, we hear from executive leadership about grant funding— getting it, using it, and why it’s so important for the long term success of AHF and its vital public health mission.
Published 12/05/22
Fatal drug overdoses nationwide topped 100,000 in 2021, and ¾ of them came from opioids. Find out how AHF is helping combat the opioid pandemic and what members of the community can do to keep themselves safe.
Published 11/21/22
The managed care line at AHF is responsible for finding ways to reduce the cost of providing health care to patients. This week, we speak to three of our managed care team members about what they do, how they do it, and why they’re passionate about their work and the AHF mission.
Published 11/07/22
AHF affiliates are some of our most important partners, working closely with AHF to deliver patient care, social justice, and more where it’s needed most. This week we spoke with two leaders at AID Atlanta and the AIDS Outreach Center in Fort Worth.
Published 10/24/22
The AHF Healthy Housing Foundation provides affordable housing to low-income individuals including families with children and those previously unsheltered or homeless. Learn about the foundation’s scope and meet some of the people who make it all work on this week’s episode. AHF’s Housing is a Human Right division carries out a multi-pronged, community-based approach: Protect tenants through rent control and other tenant protections; Preserve existing affordable housing, not demolish it to...
Published 10/10/22
With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the current climate has become more hostile toward women’s access to care and their right to make decisions about their own bodies. With that in mind, this week’s discussion is centered around Plan B — what it is, how it works, and its role in AHF’s mission.
Published 09/26/22
Join us this week as we take a look at the connections our senior leadership share with our mission, core values, and hot initiatives making waves at the world’s largest HIV-AIDS service organization.
Published 09/12/22
Pharmacy sales may not seem like the most thrilling topic of conversation. But when it comes to saving lives and connecting with the community, the ability of AHF pharmacies to connect directly with patients and providers transforms— and saves— countless lives.
Published 08/29/22
In an AHFter Hours first, we meet three AHF affiliates and get an in-depth look at how AHF works with like-minded individuals and organizations around the country. It’s all about enhancing capabilities and making change happen.
Published 08/15/22
AHF is driven by a focus on the future— creating a world that’s safer, more accepting, and more equitable. That future will be designed in part by the next generation of advocates, which is why emphasizing youth advocacy is so central to the AHF’s mission. This week, we hear from two more children of AHF team members and advocates in their own rights, as well as from their parents and other advocacy leaders at AHF.
Published 08/01/22
AHF is driven by a focus on the future— creating a world that’s safer, more accepting, and more equitable. That future will be designed in part by the next generation of advocates, which is why emphasizing youth advocacy is so central to the AHF’s mission. This week, we’ll hear from three AHF youth advocates about their unique and powerful perspectives.
Published 07/18/22
Over the course of its history, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation has continued to expand its scope and reach to become a true public health-centered organization. This week on the AHFter hours podcast, we speak with two vital members of the Public Health team about their mission.
Published 07/04/22
This week on AHF: Unfiltered, we hear from two of our Washington D.C. regional team members about how they came to join AHF, which projects they’re most passionate about, and how their work at AHF helps serve to combat the hate and injustice that sometimes runs rampant in the region and beyond.
Published 06/20/22
Today, AHF is every bit a global organization. One of the most exciting regions in which AHF has made an impact is India, where two of our team members are helping do incredible work, save lives, and advocate for the rights of underserved people who need them most.
Published 06/06/22