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| Formation | July 2016; 9 years ago (2016-07) |
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| Founder | Anton Krasovsky, Elena Orlova-Morozova |
| Type | nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | Moscow,Russia |
| Website | spid |
TheAIDS.Center Foundation (Russian:Фонд «СПИД.Центр», full name:the Foundation in support of people who live with HIV "AIDS.Center Foundation") is a non-profit organization established by a Russian journalist and TV presenterAnton Krasovsky and the head of the outpatient and outpatient department of the Moscow RegionalAIDS Center Elena Orlova-Morozova to help people living withHIV and to fight discrimination.
In 2014, the journalist Anton Krasovsky took part in the launch of the Moscow regional center campaign for prevention and control of AIDS and infectious diseasesNew Generation Without HIV, in which people were urged to get tested for HIV. TV presentersAndrey Malakhov andOksana Pushkina, actressesElizaveta Boyarskaya, Daria Melnikova,Polina Kutepova,Yuliya Snigir,Alisa Khazanova [ru], actorsArtur Smolyaninov,Anatoly Bely, and singerDmitry Bikbaev [ru] took part in the campaign.[1]
In February 2015, the sitespid.center was launched. Initially, it was to draw attention to the problems of the patients of the Moscow region AIDS Center, but later it became an independent awareness raising project on the HIV problem, aimed for a wide audience.[2][3]
The public educational campaignDon’t be afraid, we are with you, aiming to support people living with HIV, was launched in November 2015. It was promoted by the family of the singer and former member of the groupChay VdvoyomStanislav Kostyushkin [ru]. It was followed by theDo not be afraid project, which was launched on March 1, 2016, by AIDS.Center and theTV channel Dozhd.[4]
The Foundation in support of people who live with HIVAIDS.Center Foundation was established in July 2016 by Anton Krasovsky and the head of the outpatient department of the Moscow Regional AIDS Center Elena Orlova-Morozova. The Foundation's mission is to help HIV-positive people and inform the public about HIV and AIDS.[2] In September of the same year, AIDS.Center won the award "Made in Russia – 2016" ofSnob [ru] project in the nominationSocial Project.[5]
The collaboration between AIDS.Center and TV channelDozhd continued in September 2016 in theMy HIV-Story project – a series of videos in which HIV-positive people talked about the experience of accepting their diagnosis.[6] On December 1, 2016, the Moscow Regional AIDS Center launched an advertising campaignDo not be afraid to talk and to live, telling about the lives of people with HIV status. Videos for TV were created with the support of AIDS.Center.[7]
The fund opened an office inArtPlay space on Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya Street, 11, in February 2017. The office is also used as a public space and a venue for lectures, seminars on legal issues, discussion meetings, support groups and various events. For example, in 2017, a photo exhibitionthe Brave and a week of fast testing for HIV, coincided with theWorld AIDS Day, celebrated on December 1.[8][9][10][11]
In December 2017, Anton Krasovsky, in an interview withZag, told that he has lived with HIV since 2011.[12]
The Board of Directors of the Foundation includes four people:[13]
The Board of Trustees of the Foundation includes six people:[13]