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Foundation in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Fundación Huésped
The logo of Fundación Huésped, which includes a red ribbon and the motto "prevención, ciencia, derechos"
Formation1989; 35 years ago (1989)
FounderPedro Cahn, Kurt Frieder
TypeNonprofit foundation
Location
Websitehttps://www.huesped.org.ar/

Fundación Huésped is a nonprofit foundation in Argentina. It was created in 1989 for the purpose of fighting HIV/AIDS, with a specific focus on creating a social environment that would allow the disease to be overcome. Since October 2015, the foundation has maintained a free testing center which allows rapid diagnosis of HIV/AIDS.

History

The first General Coordinator of Fundación Huésped was Roberto Jáuregui, who was one of the first people in Argentina to contract HIV and the first to make the diagnosis public. Jáuregui died in 1994.

Activity

In December 2016, Fundación Huésped recorded a television program titled Sutiles Diferencias ("Subtle Differences"). The program, which was broadcast on the network El Trece, explored the stigma around HIV/AIDS in Argentina. It was the ninth year in a row that El Trece showed a special program produced by the foundation.

In September 2020, the foundation began recruiting volunteers to test a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Sinopharm Group.

On December 30, 2020, the foundation's headquarters was vandalized with the word asesinos, meaning murderers. The vandalism took place during a vote to legalize abortion in the National Congress of Argentina. The foundation's Scientific Director Pedro Cahn had previously advocated for legalization of abortion in Argentina.

References

  1. "Nuestra Historia" [Our History]. Fundación Huésped (in Spanish). Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. "La Fundación Huésped abrirá un centro gratuito de testeo rápido de VIH" [The Fundación Huésped will open a free HIV rapid testing center]. Télam (in Spanish). January 10, 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  3. Chavez, Valeria (March 9, 2019). "La historia del VIH, en una línea de tiempo: 18 hitos que marcaron la evolución de la enfermedad". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  4. "Arrancó la filmación de "Sutiles diferencias", el especial de Fundación Huésped y El Trece" [Commencing the filming of "Subtle differences", the special from Fundación Huésped and El Trece]. Clarín (in Spanish). Grupo Clarín. 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  5. Romero, Nicolás (September 9, 2020). "Coronavirus: Fundación Huésped busca 3000 voluntarios para probar la vacuna china" [Coronavirus: Fundación Huésped seeks 3,000 volunteers to test Chinese vaccine]. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  6. "Video: vandalizaron la sede de la Fundación Huésped en la noche en la que se votaba la ley del aborto legal" [Video: they vandalized the headquarters of the Fundación Huésped on the night of the vote for legal abortion]. Clarín (in Spanish). Grupo Clarín. 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2021-02-01.

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