Non-Governmental Organisations

www.cindi.org.za
Children in Distress - Networking for children affected by HIV/AIDS. Supported by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Welfare & Population and the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.

www.aidsactiongroup.org
AIDS Action Group is a South African NGO committed to assisting people with HIV/AIDS.

www.thandanani.org.za
Thandanani Association - a non-governmental organisation working in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Thandanani's mission is to motivate for the care and assistance of children in distress in the greater Pietermaritzburg / Msunduzi area by working with the community, child care professionals and state authorities.

www.lhr.org.za
Lawyers for Human Rights is a non-governmental organisation that strives to promote, uphold and strengthen human rights. One of its projects is the HIV/Aids project - which is based in the Pietermaritzburg office.

www.lovelife.org.za/llwebsite/
loveLife is a new lifestyle brand for young South Africans promoting healthy living and positive sexuality. Organised under the auspices of Mrs Zanele Mbeki and other leading South Africans, loveLife combines high-powered media with nationwide adolescent sexual health services, outreach and support programmes.

www.rehoboth.org.za
Rehoboth - a Christian foster-care village for orphaned babies and toddlers with HIV/AIDS - located in KwaZulu-Natal some 20 km from Port Shepstone.

www.childrenfirst.org.za
Children First exists to promote and protect the rights and wellbeing of children - and is committed to presenting African perspectives on the situation of children in South Africa and Africa.

www.hbc.dfl.org.za
Doctors for Life (DFL) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation of approximately 700 doctors, specialists, and medical professors involved for many years in AIDS education, as well as many other issues. This site contains information on their Living Safely AIDS program.

www.kenosiscommunity.org.za
Kenosis Community trains and equips women to serve and to care for the community in very diverse areas of need.

www.projectgateway.co.za
Duduza Home, Project Gateway - a church-based, non-profit organisation, located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. They aim to equip and empower local people through their Enterprise, Education and Care activities. They also have a Community Care Project which focuses particularly on caring for, assisting and equipping those affected by HIV/AIDS, especially children and care-givers.

www.survivors.org.za
The KwaZulu-Natal Programme for Survivors of Violence aims to assist the individuals, families and communities of KZN through the prevention of all forms of violence and through rendering services which are both healing and empowering.

www.clrdc.org.za
The Community Law & Rural Development Centre (CLRDC) is a non-partisan, non-profit organisation. Its mission is to play a pivotal role in the sustenance of a human rights culture through its multi-pronged education and training programmes. Its projects include HIV/AIDS, democracy and good governance, access to justice, community structures, capacity building and gender awareness.

www.hospice.co.za
Highway Hospice Association - evolves from the vision that every person with a terminal illness deserves quality of life during the time that is left to him or her and that a dignified death is the right of every human being.

www.projinf.org/
Project Inform is a national non-profit, community-based organisation working to end the AIDS epidemic. Their mission is to provide vital information on the diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS and to advocate for enlightened regulatory, research, and funding policies.

www.youthkzn.co.za
Youth for Christ - based in Pietermaritzburg - has an HIV/AIDS co-ordinator who is developing training, education and an AIDS centre for people who are affected by or living with HIV/AIDS. Volunteers could get involved in education, training, and counselling for youth affected by HIV/AIDS.

www.medadvocates.org
Medical Advocates for Social Justice (MASJ) is an Illinois-based not-for-profit professional association. It advocates for and facilitates access to timely and appropriate healthcare for all who have or are at risk of life-threatening endemic and epidemic infectious disease, and who are disenfranchised from such access because of poverty and/or discrimination; (referred to as the "disenfranchised" in MASJ documents).

www.starfishcharity.org
The Starfish Charity Organisation's website.

www.aidslink.org.za
AIDSLINK's projects focus on providing a safe and caring environment for destitute HIV positive individuals and training these individuals that enables them to produce articles and thus, generate income.

www.ydn.org.za
The Youth Development Network (YDN) contains a profile of the organisation and useful tools and resources for youth development practitioners.

www.siyazamaproject.co.za
The project shows how the power of design can help bring social change. As the expert rural craftswomen apply their skills they discuss HIV/AIDS with their children, peers and partners, sharing vital knowledge and raising awareness about the disease, its causes and its consequences. The project provides a fascinating model for the ways in which design might
be used as part of HIV/AIDS awareness programmes.

www.knysna-aids.org.za
The Knysna AIDS Council is an NGO which focuses on HIV/AIDS Counselling, information dissemination and raising awareness within its wider community.

www.hopeforafricanchildren.org
The Hope for African Children Initiative is a community-based, pan-African effort created to address the challenges faced by orphans of HIV/AIDS and children whose parents are sick or dying of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses.

www.itacoalition.org
This site encompasses a number of NGOS, advocacy groups, people living with HIV/AIDS and foundations aiming to expand access to HIV/AIDS treatment to low and middle-income countries, through the dissemination and sharing of information.

www.pwn.org.za
The Positive Women's Network website aims to share information about the organisation's services and activities.

www.cabsa.co.za
The Christian AIDS Bureau website, which includes a resource service and information on the programmes the organisation offers.

www.sacbc.org.za
The South African Catholics Bishops Conference focuses on HIV/AIDS services and programmes within a faith-based framework.

www.icw.org
ICW was formed by a group of women living with HIV from many different countries attending the 8th international conference on AIDS held in Amsterdam in July of 1992. It is an international network which strives to share with the global community the experiences, views and contributions of 19 million women worldwide, who are HIV positive.

www.cmsr.org.za
Christian Medical Services and Relief (CMSR) provides comprehensive support to destitute people, especially those infected or affected by HIV/AIDS.

www.morningstar.org.za
Morning Star Children’s Centre main objectives are to provide children infected with HIV/AIDS, with the opportunity to reach a measure of their potential before their untimely deaths.  Support is also given to their families in terms of creating income-generating projects for their mothers/carers.

www.idasa.org.za
The IDASA Governance and AIDS Programme investigates the potential impact of HIV and AIDS on democratic governance. Activities include research, institution building, advocacy and training.

www.aidsforaids.org
AID FOR AIDS (AFA) International is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization committed to improving the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) in developing countries and who are immigrants to the United States of America. We work to empower PLWHAs, their caregivers, and the community at large by providing access to medications, health education, HIV prevention strategies and advocacy and by promoting leadership and capacity building for individuals and organizations.

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HIV/AIDS News & Resources

www.health-e.org.za
Health E-News is a South African health-care news agency - which contains up-to-date news stories - many of which are HIV/AIDS-related.

www.hst.org.za
Health Systems Trust - HIV/AIDS news and archive site.

www.hri.ca/partners/alp/
The AIDS Law Project uses legal action to rectify human rights abuses against people with HIV. It offers free legal advice that will empower people living with HIV/AIDS.

www.allafrica.com/aids/
AllAfrica.com:AIDS is a news site covering HIV/AIDS articles updated daily with information gathered from African correspondents and 60 national news agencies.

www.aidsconsortium.org.za
The AIDS Consortium runs an Information Resource Centre, a network that supports people dealing with HIV/AIDS issues, and undertakes advocacy and lobbying on key HIV/AIDS issues.

www.aegis.com
AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGiS) is an extensive HIV/AIDS database. It also contains news articles.

www.medguide.org.zm/
University of Zambia Medical Library - a comprehensive guide to of HIV/AIDS resources on the Internet.

www.rho.org/html/hiv_aids_links.htm
Reproductive Health Outlook - this page provides useful HIV/AIDS links and website resources related to caring and supporting people with HIV/AIDS in low-resource settings

www.aids.org.za
AIDS Foundation of South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal - this website aims to provide general information about HIV/AIDS in a South African context and keep interested parties informed of the AIDS Foundation's activities.

www.womensnet.org.za/hivaids/aids.htm
Women'sNet's HIV/AIDS pages contain research, news and resource links about HIV/AIDS.

www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/homepage
AIDS Treatment News - this internationally recognised treatment newsletter is an excellent resource for persons living with HIV/AIDS who are looking for information on new therapies.

www.speakout.org.za
Speakout is a South African site with information on rape and post-exposure HIV prophylaxis (PEP)

www.msf.org/
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 80 countries.

www.panos.org.uk
The Panos Institute has recently published an informative booklet on HIV/AIDS called "Beyond Our Means".

www.cadre.org.za
The Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) website provides access to a wide range of downloadable reports relating to HIV/AIDS behavioural, social and communication research. The site also includes searchable bibliographies and an extensive links section.

www.synergyaids.org
Synergy Project - aim is to provide useful HIV/AIDS resources on program management and policy development at many levels.

ww2.aegis.org/pubs/rita/2002/RI020102.html
Research information on recognising and diagnosing primary HIV infection

www.ama-assn.org/special/hiv/
The JAMA HIV/AIDS Resource Center is designed as a resource for physicians and other health professionals.

www.reproline.jhu.edu/english/4morerh/4hivaid/hivreal.htm
HIV/AIDS tutorials released by the Johns Hopkins University's ReproLine. New topics include HIV and Pregnancy, HIV and Breastfeeding, and HIV and Nutrition. You need Real Player to view them.

www.advocacy.org.za
This site focusses on social justice advocacy and aims to help you participate in the political and legislative processes of South Africa so that your voice may also be heard.

www.childtrendsdatabank.org
The Child Trends DataBank bills itself as a one-stop-shop for the latest national trends and research on over 70 key indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month.

www.mrc.ac.za/researchdevelopment/resdev.htm
This section of the Medical Research Council's website provides guidelines for writing a Research Grant Proposal.

www.redribbon.co.za
This website contains a portal on HIV/AIDS sponsored and created by Metropolitan. It provides a substantial amount of information and resources and covers all topics and issues surrounding HIV/AIDS.

www.socdev.gov.za
This is the official website for the Department of Social Development (formerly the Department of Welfare) in South Africa. This website provides information about social grants and social welfare services in South Africa, alongwith contact details for the Departments in each province.

www.aidsmap.com
This website, produced by NAM Publications; the British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, contains much important information. There is vast information on treatment and various factsheets. News and resources are included, alongwith discussion boards and forums.

www.thebody.com
This site is a vital AIDS and HIV resource. The Body provides a rich assortment of news on HIV prevention, treatment and quality of life issues.

www.id21.org/zinter/id21zinter.exe?a=l&w=b5
This site contains a vast amount of research information relating to HIV/AIDS.

www.irinnews.org/AIDSFP.ASP
PlusNews is a news and analysis service of the UN's Integration Regional Information Network (IRIN). PlusNews was developed to provide a comprehensive, professionally produced, one-stop service for HIV/AIDS information and advocacy in Africa.

www.thusanang.org.za
This site, launched by SANGONeT, is a South African development funding information portal and includes information on fundraising events; news and case studies.

www.rhgateway.org
Relevant, reliable information for reproductive health professionals. Search through specifically selected websites. Your queries are answered with links straight to the information you seek.

www.aidsalliance.org/ngosupport
The HIV/AIDS NGO/CBO Support Toolkit is a website and CD-RM with over 500 downloadable resources and supporting information.The publication can also be ordered by emailing publications@aidsalliance.org

www.who.int/hiv
The Department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organisation (WHO) hosts this site which contains various important documents related to HIV/AIDS.

www.aidsjourneys.org
An online HIV/AIDS resource that offers confidential email support groups on a number of topics for those who are diagnosed HIV-positive. A public discussion board and up-to-date news is also available.

www.nisc.co.za
This is a unique collection of indexed references with abstracts. There are over half a million references and each relates to health issues of Africa. Databases from Africa, Europe and the USA have been integrated to provide a unique information resource relevant and appropriate to Africa.

www.phishare.org
Population and Health InfoShare have launched a tool for organizations to share information on reproductive and child health, HIV/AIDS, and population with audiences worldwide. InfoShare is an electronic library of material contributed by partner organizations with information relevant to less developed countries. InfoShare provides users with easy access to population and health research
findings.

www.who.int/macrohealth/en/
The WHO Macroeconomics and Health website provides detailed information on WHO macroeconomics and health work, the latest action in countries, news and links to related sites.

www.eldis.org/gender/dossiers
The gender and HIV/AIDS dossier provides a structured route through many issues as well as direct links to topical issues - such as sex workers' rights, men's involvement in family planning and ask why HIV/AIDS prevalence is rising so fast among young women. The site includes narrative and commentary (produced in association with IDS BRIDGE programme where noted) as well as links to many online documents, websites, events, discussion lists and other resources.

www.genderandAIDS.org
Developed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), in collaboration with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the portal is a one-stop online resource center on the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

www.amanitare.org/newsletter.html
Amanitare Voices, the bi-annual newsletter of Amanitare, The African Partnership for the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls, offers articles and analyses on key issues around sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as news regarding Amanitare activities.

www.wsis-cs.org/africa
This website has been created to share and disseminate information around the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) and is especially of direct relevance to African civil society organisations. This website provides the user with the latest news and information including a list of civil society organisations active on the caucus.

www.africanmirror.com
The African Mirror is a beautiful publication, used extensively as a marketing tool for the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Tourism. Trade and Industry. It has a pronounced public sector focus on "African Pride", business and development partnerships. The publication regularly covers HIV/AIDS-related topics.

www.thepositiveconnection.co.za
The Positive Connection is an online dating and networking service for people living with HIV/AIDS. The website has been met with great acclaim by those infected with HIV/AIDS and spotlighted on SABC2's Morning Live show.

www.targetedaids.co.za
The Targeted AIDS Interventions (TAI) website.

www.ahila.org
The Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA) is a point of contact where a wide range of health professionals meet. It is primarily aimed at health care and biomedical librarians, documentalists, journalists and others involved in the management and dissemination of medical and health-related information.

www.info.sciencedirect.com/backfiles/collections/lancet/index.shtml
A historical archive of over 340,000 articles dating from The Lancet's inception in 1823. The Lancet Backfiles are now available on ScienceDirect as fully searchable PDFs, supported by citations, abstracts and references. The Lancet has published some of the first reports on such groundbreaking medical research as: The first caesarian performed under anaesthesia; Lister's antiseptic principle; The value of penicillin and HIV Transmission.

www.aidsmeds.com
This website provides complete information and lessons on treating HIV/AIDS.

www.planetwire.org
The reporter's guide to issues related to family planning, reproductive health, population and the environment.

www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/kff/15jan2004
An archived version of the press conference with media leaders and United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, concerning the Global Media AIDS Initiative is available here.

www.aidsalliance.org/ngosupport
The HIV/AIDS NGO/CBO Support Toolkit is a website and CD-Rom with over 500 downloadable resources and supporting information. The toolkit provides practical information, tools and example documents to help those establishing or aiming to improve NGO/CBO programmes, and describes key components of NGO/CBO support programming.

www.journ-aids.org/pdf/operational%20plan.pdf
The South African Government's Operational Plan for Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care, Management and Treatment can be downloaded here.

www.hopkins-aids.edu/hiv_lifecycle/hivcycle_flsh.html
This contains a graphic illustration of the lifecycle of the HI-virus.

www.womenchildrenhiv.org/
This site contains a library of practically applicable materials on mother and child HIV infection including preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT), infant feeding, clinical care of women and children living with HIV infection, and the support of orphans. The goal of this site is to contribute to an improvement in the scale and quality of international HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment programs for women and children by increasing access to authoritative HIV/AIDS information.

www.phishare.org
Population and Health InfoShare is an electronic library of material contributed by partner organisations with information relevant to less developed countries.

www.internet-health-directory.com
A Health and medicine website directory.

www.fao.org/FOCUS/E/aids/aids2-e.htm
This site by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation looks at the links between food security, poverty and HIV/AIDS, and the existing and
potential havoc this combination causes, especially in rural Africa. The disease, combined with poverty and food insecurity, compromises women in
particular and there are case studies from Ghana and Uganda, among others. Downloadable resources include the report: "HIV/AIDS and Nutrition: helping families and communities to cope".

www.youthandHIV.org/bangkok
A UNICEF-created section of the "youthandHIV" website, devoted to up-to-date news from the International AIDS Conference (2004) in Bangkok, Thailand, with a specific youth focus.

www.acloserwalk.org
A Closer Walk is a film about HIV/AIDS around the world, and the website is devoted to publicising the film and movement.

www.kff.org/hivaids/timeline/
A timeline of key milestones in the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.

www.synergyaids.com/resources.asp
The Synergy HIV/AIDS Online Resource Center contains more than 3,400 documents relevant to HIV/AIDS project management and research, and reproductive health. Global users can sign up to receive a monthly e-alert detailing new resources and/or search the collection by title, author, technical area or country.

http://atlas.globalhealth.org/
The Global Health Atlas is an interactive world map where you decide what indicators for a particular country you would like to display. For example, in the health category, you can find out the child mortality rate under five, condom use, HIV prevalence, the number of teenage pregnancies, how many doctors are in a country, number of malaria and tuberculosis cases and a variety of other indicators.

www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/en/
The World Health Organisation's HIV/AIDS Media Centre.

www.aidsHQ.com
A valuable HIV/AIDS directory and information resource.

www.aidsinfo.co.za
This website offers a list of resources available in South Africa around HIV/AIDS.

www.plusnews.org/aids/profiles.asp
The United Nations' HIV/AIDS News Service, Plus News, maintains country profiles which list organisations working in specific countries around HIV/AIDS.

www.aidsconsortium.org.uk/Education/Education%20downloads/life_skills_new_small_version.pdf
A new publication by the UK Working Group on Education and HIV/AIDS. This report brings together critical thinking from the fields of public health and education to understand some of the challenges in using life skills education for HIV prevention. Difficulties such as adapting participatory approaches to the classroom, cultural clashes, and a lack of pedagogy are explored.

www.iolhivaids.co.za
Launched on World AIDS Day 2005, Independent Online's HIV/AIDS Information portal brings together media commentary, research and official information sources on HIV/AIDS.

www.informerweb.co.za
Informer is South Africa's first and only monthly newspaper geared towards those affected by HIV/AIDS. The aim of the publication is to provide a practical guide to living with HIV/AIDS; to de-stigmatise the disease; to provide a “voice” for those living with HIV/AIDS and their families; and to educate and inform the general public about HIV/AIDS. Informer puts a human face to HIV/AIDS and is a powerful educational tool. Informer contains practical information on nutrition, treatment news, global happenings, cultural events and celebrations and much more.

www.aidsawareness.typepad.com
This news blog was created in order to raise the awareness and fight all ignorance and superstition related to HIV/AIDS.

www.humanrightsimpact.org
Human Rights Impact Resource Centre, launched by the Humanist Committee on Human Rights.

www.venusperez.com
I'm Still Here - Venus Perez - The History, Outcomes, Testimony and Strengths of people living with HIV/AIDS.

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HIV/AIDS Education

www.tree-ecd.co.za
TREE - Training and Resources in Early Education - is the largest of the Early Childhood Development Resource & Training Organisations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. TREE trains approximately 3000 women a year to implement quality early childhood development programmes for the young children in their communities, throughout KZN and adjacent Eastern Cape.

www.at.artslink.co.za/~arepp/intro.htm
AREPP Educational Trust is an educational theatre organisation founded in South Africa as a community based educational trust. It aims to use theatre and puppetry to provide alternative, supplementary social education. Their work is currently focused on addressing the issues of HIV/AIDS, sexuality, life skills, gender and all forms of abuse.

www.und.ac.za/und/dramaide
DramAidE is an exciting AIDS, life-skills and sexuality education programme that has been operating in KwaZulu-Natal since 1991.

www.soulcity.org.za
Soul City is a dynamic and innovative multi-media health project. Through drama and entertainment, Soul City reaches more than 12 million South Africans and many other people in the Southern African region.

www.unesco.org/iiep
The IIEP website offers information on educational planning and management, including their training programmes, latest activities and some 100 publications available on-line.

www.heaids.ac.za
The Higher Education HIV and AIDS (HEAIDS) programme has a website aimed at Universities and technikons, packed with training manuals and resources on how to combat HIV/AIDS. This website aims to promote the sharing of research, knowledge, training and best practice methods to stop HIV infection among young people and university staff.

www.nu.ac.za/aidsprogramme/
The AIDS Programme of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. This website contains information regarding the University's policies, procedures and mobilisation around HIV/AIDS.

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Research

www.und.ac.za/und/heard
The Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD) was established in 1998 as a research and teaching organisation to undertake academic and applied research into the economic, development and social impacts of HIV/AIDS among other things.

www.ipt.co.za
The Independent Project Trust is a facilitation, training and research consultancy which seeks to help organisations, both public and private, which are undergoing transformation due to political, social and economic changes. It has a focus on HIV/AIDS.

www.queensu.ca/sarc/Projects/AIDS/AIDS.htm
This site contains details on the Southern African Migration and HIV/AIDS Programme undertaken by the Southern African Research Centre.

www.jaids.com
The Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) provides information on AIDS and human retrovirology from all relevant clinical and basic sciences. The journal brings together peer-reviewed original articles, reviews of current research, results of clinical trials, well-documented case reports, and discussions of national policy issues.

www.iaen.org
This website is the official website for the International AIDS Economic Network which focuses on the economics of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment and provides tools, data and analysis for researchers and policymakers working to define and implement compassionate, effective HIV/AIDS policy.

www.caprisa.org
Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa.

www.saavi.org.za
The South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

www.popcouncil.org/horizons/horizons.html
Horizons is a global research project designed to identify components of effective HIV/AIDS programmes and policies, test potential solutions to problems in prevention, care, support and service delivery.

www.nu.ac.za/research/extra.asp?id=30&dept=RESEARCH
The University of KwaZulu-Natal's HIV/AIDS Research Overview 2002 and 2003.

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International Organisations

www.unaids.org
Joint United National Programme on HIV/AIDS

www.unaids.org/publications/documents/mtct/index.html
UNAIDS - PMTCT website

www.unicef.org
United Nations Childrens' Fund

www.who.org
World Health Organisation

www.undp.org/hiv
United Nations Development Programme

www.unfpa.org
United Nations Fund Populations Studies

www.worldbank.org
World Bank

www.unesco.org
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

www.fxb.org
Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Foundation

www.psiwash.org
Population Services International

www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/dstdp.html
US Centers for Disease Control

www.rho.org/html/hiv_aids.htm#
Reproductive Health Outlook (RHO)

www.clearinghouse.cpha.ca
Canadian HIV/AIDS Clearinghouse. The largest information centre on HIV/AIDS in Canada.

www.icaso.org/
ICASO is the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations, a global network of non-governmental and community-based organizations.

www.architectureforhumanity.org
This is a volunteer non profit organisation set up to promote architecture and design to seek solutions to global social and humanitarian crises, including HIV/AIDS.

www.icw.org
The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) is an international network run by and for HIV positive women. ICW acts as an information resource, challenges discrimination and stigm and encourages self-empowerment and human rights for women living with HIV/AIDS.

www.africaaction.org
Africa Action is an organisation involved in analysing American Policy with regards to HIV/AIDS in Africa. There are resources and policy analysis on a range of key issues and countries.

www.orphanseducation.org/
The AIDS Orphans Education Trust (AOET) in Uganda is an NGO which provides formal and/or vocational education to children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.

www.arsrc.org
The Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre Website.

www.fao.org
The website of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. Includes a myriad of downloadable resources, including, "HIV/AIDS and Nutrition: helping families and communities to cope".

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HIV/AIDS Information:

www.afroaidsinfo.org
Promoting thought leaders among researchers, health professionals, policy makers, educators and the public. Information on this portal is derived from scientific research with a southern African focus.

www.critpath.org/aric/library.htm -
AIDS Research Information Center: Medical Information Library - this site contains useful information on HIV infection and AIDS.

www.kznhealth.gov.za/
The official website of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health - with links to the Provincial AIDS Action Unit.

www.engenderhealth.org/about/index.html
EngenderHealth contains links to online, interactive courses in infection prevention, sexuality and sexual health, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS.

www.doh.gov.za
South African Department of Health - A useful site for information on the government's HIV/AIDS programme.

www.tac.org.za/
The site of the Treatment Action Campaign - a South African activist group which campaigns for greater access to treatment for all South Africans. It aims to raise public awareness and understanding about issues surrounding the availability, affordability and use of HIV treatments.

www.idsociety.org/HIV/CEN/PGindex_HIV.htm
Infectious Diseases Society of America - information on HIV/AIDS treatment guidelines.

www.gmhc.org/living/living.html
Living with HIV or AIDS - information on medical care and treatment, nutrition, mental health and other issues.

www.iwhc.org - The International Women's Health Coalition contains information, documents, analysis and links on HIV/AIDS.

http://hopkins-aids.edu/publications/book/book_toc.html
Johns Hopkins University's AIDS Service - contains the 2001-2002 edition of Medical Management of HIV Infection.

www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/AIDS/AIDS.html
Textbook of Aids Pathology - includes a general discussion of the pathophysiology of HIV infection, organ system pathology of AIDS, and descriptions of the opportunistic infections and neoplasms associated with AIDS, and a general discussion of issues, including safety and education, related to the AIDS epidemic. Also, you can download chapters with Acrobat Reader.

www.paho.org/English/HCP/HCA/pmtct.htm
PAHO's site (in English & Spanish) on the Jan/ 2002 regional consultation for Latin American & Carrib. countries on PMTCT communication.

www.speakout.org.za
Speakout - a South African site with information on rape and post-exposure HIV prophylaxis.

www.peoplepeople.org/p2p/index.cfm
A virtual HIV/AIDS clinic. The aim of the virtual clinic is to provide free service to anyone who wants to consult with a doctor about HIV/AIDS. The different aspects of the disease discussed include choices of treatment, drug administration, dosage, and side effects, pain management, and mental health. A team of volunteer medical doctors, headed by Dr. Dawn McGuire, will answer questions that are posed through the website.

http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=Country
The Center for HIV Information (CHI) at the University of California San Francisco hosts an internationally oriented, HIV/AIDS Internet resource: HIV InSite’s updated "Countries and Regions Pages”. These pages feature detailed global and regional overviews of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, as well as 194 individual country profiles containing key documents and links. This information is complemented by the Database of Country and Regional Indicators, which allows users to create customized, comparative tables of epidemiological and socioeconomic data.

www.aliveandwell.org
This site was set up by a group of HIV-positive men and women and aims to provide alternative views on anti-retroviral therapy, HIV test accuracy and the validity of some of the most common assumptions around HIV/AIDS.

www.cervicalbarriers.org
An international networking organisation for professionals in the reproductive health and HIV/AIDS communities.

www.health6.com
A Comprehensive international health directory which allows users to rate websites according to ease of use and other factors

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Tertiary Institutions

www.ukzn.ac.za The official site of the University of KwaZulu-Natal - The University of KwaZulu-Natal is a sponsoring partner of HIVAN.

www.uct.ac.za/ - the official site of the University of Cape Town

www.uovs.ac.za/ - the official site of the University of the Free State.

www.up.ac.za/ - the official site of the University of Pretoria.

www.ru.ac.za/ - the official site of Rhodes University

www.wits.ac.za/ - the official site of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

www.unisa.ac.za/ - the official site of the University of South Africa

www.sun.ac.za/ - the official site of Stellenbosch University

www.puk.ac.za/ - the official site of Potchefstroom University

www.upe.ac.za/ - the official site of the University of Port Elizabeth

www.rau.ac.za/ - the official site of Rand Afrikaans University

www.uwc.ac.za/ - the official site of the University of the Western Cape

www.aidsstop.org.za - the site of the University of Cape Town's HIV/AIDS Unit (SHARP)

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