Links

South Africa

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• AIDS Foundation South Africa:
  The AIDS Foundation of South Africa is a funding agency seeking to identify and develop initiatives which reduce the impact of AIDS in under-resourced communities.
• AIDSLINK:
  AIDSLINK is an organisation which aims at raising funds to support individuals with HIV and AIDS and organisations which provide appropriate care for people with AIDS. It also aims at creating awareness of the prevention of HIV and AIDS.

• Health Systems Trust:
  Health Systems Trust is a dynamic independent non-government organisation established in 1992 to support the transformation of the South African health system. HST supports the current and future development of a comprehensive health care system through strategies designed to promote equity and efficiency in health and health care delivery.

• KwaZulu-Natal HIV and AIDS Action Unit
  The mission of the KZN Provincial HIV and AIDS Action Unit is to implement programmes and disseminate information that will have a positive effect in changing people's lifestyle and perceptions on HIV and AIDS, thus reducing the incidence of the disease in KwaZulu-Natal.

• Medical Research Council of South Africa (MRC):
  The mission of the MRC is "to improve the health status and quality of life of the nation through excellence in scientific research." 

• National Institute for Virology (NIV):
  NIV functions as the national resource centre for viral diseases in South Africa. It is a public health institute within the Department of Health

• National Progressive Primary Health Care Network (NPPHCN):
  NPPHCN is a national non-government health advocacy organisation promoting collaboration, participatory research and policy formulation, appropriate training and organisational development. Membership of the Network is comprised of health and development programmes, projects, organisations and concerned individuals operating throughout South Africa.

• Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa (PPASA):
  PPASA is a dynamic national NGO committed to the principles enshrined in the South African constitution. It provides leadership in sexual and reproductive health and rights, recognising this as a keystone to gender equity and sustainable development.

• Reproductive Health Research Unit:
  The Reproductive Health Research Unit is a joint project of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Baragwanath Hospital and the University of the Witwatersrand, and the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council.

• South African Aids Directory
  The Overall purpose of this directory is to facilitate networking and referral as key components of the National response to HIV and AIDS

• The Centre for Health Policy (CHP):
  CHP does independent, multi-disciplinary health policy research and development. It is located within the Department of Community Health of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

• The Valley Trust:
  The mission of The Valley Trust is to offer quality education and training and associated resources in fields relating to comprehensive primary health care and sustainable development, to strengthen the capacity of individuals and communities to improve their own quality of life.

• Women alive: Living in South Africa with AIDS:
  A personal story of a South African woman with AIDS.

General information

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• EngenderHealth:
  EngenderHealth works worldwide to improve the lives of individuals by making reproductive health services safe, available, and sustainable.
• Family Health International (FHI):
  FHI is committed to helping women and men have access to safe, effective, acceptable and affordable family planning methods to ensure that they achieve their desired number and spacing of children; preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); and improving the health of women and children.
• Go ask Alice:
  Go Ask Alice! is an interactive question and answer service from Healthwise, the Health Education division of Columbia University Health Services.
• International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO):
  ICASO is the international network for community-based AIDS organizations (CBOs).
• International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF):
  The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) links national autonomous Family Planning Associations (FPAs) in over 150 countries worldwide.
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS
  As the main advocate for global action on HIV and AIDS, UNAIDS leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing the transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV and AIDS, and alleviating the impact of the epidemic.
• OneWorld:
  OneWorld Online is a partnership of over 100 organisations working for human rights and sustainable development, working together to broadcast an alternative world agenda, an agenda for a fairer world. Users can search through the sites of these organisations for relevant information.
• Roche-HIV.com:
  Good information on the disease and its treatment from one of the drug companies involved in treatment and research.
• The HIV and AIDS Ministries Network:
  The HIV and AIDS Ministries Network is a program of Health and Welfare Ministries, General Board of Global Ministries.
• Voluntary Service Organisation (VSO):
  Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) is a charity in the United Kingdom that sends aid to developing countries in the form of expert volunteers.

HIV and AIDS search

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• AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS)
• HIV and AIDS Treatment Information Network:
  A Canadian resource. Excellent and informative.
• The mining company — HIV and AIDS search:
  This service provider/search engine advertises itself as the one that helps you to `find intelligent life on the Web'. They say they have 500 `smart' human experts to help you find what you want.
• The OneWorld guide on HIV and AIDS:
  The HIV and AIDS guide looks at the current state of the epidemic, prevention strategies, awareness and information issues, and the state of the fight against HIV and AIDS, especially with respect to those in the corporate world who are making money out of the disease.

Europe

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• Africa AIDS education project booklet (BBC World Service):
  BBC World Service Education provides information and support online, by radio. and in information booklets.
• ArtAIDS:
  A creative website commemorating and celebrating the fight against AIDS.
• HIV.net:
  A comprehensive review of the European AIDS epidemic, literature screening, congress reports, a mailing list and and information exchange desk, although the mailing list seems to only be available in German.
• Panos London:
  Panos aims to stimulate debate on global environment and development issues.
• Radio against AIDS:
  Radio Against AIDS is a project to promote awareness and prevention of HIV and AIDS.

Asia-Pacific region

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• AIDSaction – international newsletter on AIDS prevention and care:
  The international newsletter on AIDS prevention and care is published quarterly in seven regional editions in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. This Asia-Pacific edition is produced by the Health Action Information Network (HAIN) in Quezon, the Philippines.
• Indigenous Health Network (Australia):
  The Indigenous Health Network is be a resource site for indigenous health workers and researchers, and a site for collaborative projects. Links to more than 200 web sites on Indigenous health & related topics (many Australian).

North America & Canada

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• AIDS in Africa:
  The purpose of this web page from the University of Texas in the United States is to make the world aware of the global epidemic AIDS.
• AIDS Quilt:
  The quilt is a memorial for those who have died of AIDS, and to help others understand the devastating impact of the virus. The Quilt, created in 1985, now stretches 16 football fields containing 43,000 panels.
• Center for AIDS Prevention Studies:
  The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) at the University of California San Francisco is committed to maintaining a focus on prevention of HIV, using the expertise of multiple disciplines, and an applied and community-based perspective within a university setting.
• Community AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE):
  CATIE provides information to help people living with HIV and AIDS and their caregivers make informed health care decisions.
• The Body — a multimedia AIDS and HIV information resource

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