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AHF Men's Central Asia Cup
AHF may refer to: * Asian Handball Federation, a Continental Sports Federation of handball *Asian Hockey Federation The Asian Hockey Federation is the governing body for the sport of field hockey in Asia. It now has 31 member associations. It is affiliated to the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The current president is Fumio Ogura and the patron is Abd ..., a Continental Sports Federation of field hockey * AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a nonprofit provider of HIV prevention services, testing, and healthcare for HIV patients * Allgermanische Heidnische Front, an international neo-Nazi organisation, active during the late 1990s and early 2000s * American Himalayan Foundation, a US nonprofit organization that helps improve the ecology and living conditions in the Himalayas * Argentine hemorrhagic fever or ''mal de los rastrojos'', an infectious disease occurring in Argentina * Atomic Heritage Foundation, a US nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Handball Federation
The Asian Handball Federation (AHF) (Arabic: الاتحاد الآسيوي لكرة اليد) is the governing body of handball and beach handball in Asia. It has 44 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent, but excludes the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia – Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation and Turkey – which are instead members of European Handball Federation (EHF). Three other states located along the western fringe of Asia – Cyprus, Armenia and Israel – are also EHF members. Hong Kong China and Macau, although not independent countries (both are Special regions of China), are also members of the AHF. One of IHF's six continental confederations, the AHF was formed officially on 26 August 1974 in Tehran (Imperial State of Iran), on the sidelines of the 7th Asian Games 1974. The AHF headquarters is located in Kuwait City (Kuwait). Its current President is Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah from Kuwait who is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Hockey Federation
The Asian Hockey Federation is the governing body for the sport of field hockey in Asia. It now has 31 member associations. It is affiliated to the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The current president is Fumio Ogura and the patron is Abdullah of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah. Member associations * National Hockey Association of Afghanistan, Afghanistan * Bangladesh Hockey Federation, Bangladesh * Brunei Darussalam Hockey Association, Brunei * Cambodian Hockey Association, Cambodia * Chinese Hockey Association, China * Chinese Taipei Hockey Association, Chinese Taipei * Hong Kong Hockey Association, Hong Kong * Hockey India, India * Indonesian Hockey Association, Indonesia * Iran Hockey Federation, Iran * Japan Hockey Association, Japan * Kazakhstan Hockey Federation, Kazakhstan * Korea Hockey Association, Korea * Hockey Association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Korea (DPR) * Macau Hockey Association, Macau * Malaysian Hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a Los Angeles-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing medicine and health care to individuals living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. As of 2020, it operates about 400 clinics, 64 outpatient healthcare centers, 48 pharmacies, and 20 Out of the Closet thrift stores across 15 US states and 38 countries, with more than 5,000 employees. Under the leadership of founder and president Michael Weinstein, AHF has since 2012 become highly active in sponsoring and exclusively financing multiple high profile ballot initiatives in two states, starting with a successful Los Angeles County initiative to require condoms in adult films (Measure B), and then a similar statewide initiative which failed ( 2016 California Proposition 60). They also ran two measures seeking to cap prescription drug prices (California Proposition 61 (2016) and Ohio Issue 2 (2017)), both of which failed. Since 2017, the organization has shifted its political focus to attemptin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heathen Front
The Allgermanische Heidnische Front (AHF) was an international neo-Nazi organisation, active during the late 1990s and early 2000s, that espoused a form of racial Germanic Neopaganism. It grew from the Norsk Hedensk Front (NHF), which was claimed to be led and founded by the musician Varg Vikernes in 1993, although he and the organisation denied it. The program was based on his first book, '' Vargsmål'' (1994), published shortly after he was convicted for church arson and the murder of fellow musician Euronymous. Formation and Vikernes association ''Norsk Hedensk Front'' (Norwegian Heathen Front) was founded in 1993. Its program was based on ''Vargsmål'' (1994), a book by Norwegian black metal musician Varg Vikernes. It was written shortly after he was convicted for church arson and the murder of Euronymous as a rebuttal to the media. Swedish scholar Matthias Gardell states in his 2003 book ''Gods of the Blood'' that Vikernes launched the Heathen Front through which he advocated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Himalayan Foundation
The American Himalayan Foundation (AHF) is a non-profit organization in the United States that helps Tibetans, Sherpas, and Nepalis living throughout the Himalayas. AHF builds schools, plants trees, trains doctors, funds hospitals, takes care of children and the elderly, and restores sacred sites. The San Francisco-based organization also helps Tibetans rebuild and maintain their culture both in exile and inside Tibet. It was founded by Richard C. Blum. The late Sir Edmund Hillary was a Director of the foundation for more than 20 years. Overview The American Himalayan Foundation was established by San Francisco financier Richard Blum after his first trip through the mountains of Nepal in 1968. During this trip he developed an interest in the local people and the poverty in which they lived. Blum started helping Sherpa children informally, and in 1980 he set up the American Himalayan Foundation (AHF). Because many people in Nepal and Tibet live without healthcare, education, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever
Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF) or O'Higgins disease, also known in Argentina as ''mal de los rastrojos'' (stubble disease) is a hemorrhagic fever and zoonotic infectious disease occurring in Argentina. It is caused by the '' Junín virus'' (an arenavirus, closely related to the ''Machupo virus'', causative agent of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever). Its vector is the drylands vesper mouse, a rodent found in Argentina and Paraguay. Epidemiology The disease was first reported in the town of in Buenos Aires province, Argentina in 1958, giving it one of the names by which it is known. Various theories about its nature were proposed: it was Weil's disease, leptospirosis, caused by chemical pollution. It was associated with fields containing stubble after the harvest, giving it another of its names. The endemic area of AHF covers approximately 150,000 km2, compromising the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe and La Pampa, with an estimated risk population of 5 million. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
