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Family Health International: HIV/AIDS (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish)
The site summarizes the HIV/AIDS prevention programs of the
Family Health International. It reviews numerous 'best
practices' that were pioneered by the organization and
includes several full text reports. The site is available in
French, English, Russian and Arabic and contains a keyword
search engine.
http://www.fhi.org/en/hivaids/index.htm
Global AIDS Alliance (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The Alliance is a nonprofit organization based in Washington,
DC that is dedicated to a collaborative, aggressive Campaign
to Stop Global AIDS through enhanced awareness, increased
funding, and improved policies. The site describes the
organization's activities and projects, and networking with
other advocacy groups. It includes current news releases.
http://www.globalaidsalliance.org/
Global AIDS Program (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The site describes the activities of the Global AIDS Program
(GAP), which aims to prevent HIV infection, improve care and
support, and build capacity to address the global HIV/AIDS
pandemic. GAP provides financial and technical assistance
through partnerships with organizations in developing
countries. GAP is funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/gap/
Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+)
The site
contains an overview of the GNP+’s projects,
mission, conferences and publications including a newsletter.
The organization has the goal of improving the quality of
life of people living with HIV/AIDS by building a global
network for lobbying, linking and sharing.
http://www.gnpplus.net/
Hope for African Children Initiative (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This initiative is a community-based, pan-African effort
created to address the challenges faced by children who have
been orphaned by the AIDS pandemic or whose parents are sick
or dying of AIDS-related illnesses. Established in the summer
of 2000, this is a partnership of five non-governmental
organizations: CARE, Plan International, World Conference on
Religion and Peace, Save the Children, and the Society of
Women and AIDS in Africa. The site contains press releases
and full-text reports on the impact of AIDS on children in
Africa.
http://www.hopeforafricanchildren.org/
International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site includes information about the organization
including membership, activites and how to join plus AIDS
related conferences and news releases.
http://www.iaen.org/
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The site contains an overview of AIDS vaccine science and research. It includes AIDS vaccine news and press releases plus the newsletter, IAVI Report.
http://www.iavi.org/Pages/home.aspx
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
The site contains information about the organization,
education and advocacy programmes, conference coverage and
publications. It also includes HIV clinical management
updates and public health policy information.
http://www.iapac.org/
International HIV/AIDS Alliance (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The International HIV/AIDS Alliance is an international
non-governmental organization that supports community action
on HIV/AIDS in developing countries. The site includes links
to relevant sites and full-text articles.
http://www.aidsalliance.org/sw1280.asp
National Center for HIV/AIDS/STD and TB Prevention, U.S.
The site contains information and reports on HIV/AIDS,
sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/nchstp.html
Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
RATN is a Network of training institutions in the Eastern and
Southern Africa (ESA) region. The network produces a
newsletter, assists in regional planning, conducts regional
surveys, maintains a regional course calendar and assists in
obtaining support for participation in these workshops.
http://www.ratn.org/
UNAIDS ((Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French)
UNAIDS is a joint United Nations, WHO and World Bank
programme on HIV/AIDS. The site contains information, press
releases and documents from numerous international and
non-governmental agencies. It also provides 23 full-text fact
sheets on current HIV/AIDS issues and international
activities - see
http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/Resources/PressCentre/FactSheets/.
The site also is available in French.
http://www.unaids.org/en/
UNESCO: Action Against AIDS (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The site describes UNESCO's strategy and programs for dealing
with the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It also contains summaries of the
organization's numerous AIDS related field projects. UNESCO
is a UNAIDS co-sponsor.
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=33437&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
WHO: HIV/AIDS Topics (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Russian)
This site contains comprehensive information on key topics
related to the work of the WHO HIV/AIDS Department. The topic
pages aim to provide access to all related resources on key
HIV/AIDS issues, including policy and advocacy documents,
technical guidelines, country and regional resources,
recommended readings and useful web links. Each topic
contains a summary of the subject plus links to the
WHO’s full-text, downloadable documents. Also of value
is the
HIV/AIDS
Guidelines resource that contains numerous documents in
chronological order.
http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/en/
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