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AIDS Education Global Information System: HIV TodayAIDS Media Center
AIDS Pandemic in the 21st Century
AIDSchannel.org
AIDScience: Prevention and Vaccine Research
AllAfrica.com: AIDS
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
Centers for Disease Control, U.S: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention<
Communication Initiative: HIV/AIDS Window
Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a Global Epidemic
Development Gateway: HIV/AIDS
Family Health International: HIV/AIDS
HIV and AIDS Online Minicourse
HIV and AIDS Tutorial
Integrated Regional Information Networks: Plus News Service
International AIDS Economics Network: Newsletter, Announcements and Library
National Center for HIV/AIDS/STD and TB Prevention. U.S: HIV Spotlights
National Prevention Information Network, U.S. (NPIN): Online Databases
PANOS: HIV/AIDS Reports
Population Council: HIV/AIDS
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on HIV/Prevention
Resources for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration<
Resource Guide for Sex Educators: Basic Resources that Every Sex Educator Needs to Know About
SciDev.net: HIV/AIDS
Sourcebook of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes
Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS)
WHO: Communicable Disease Surveillance & Response (CSR)
WHO: HIV Infections
Women, Children and HIV
World Bank: AIDS Economics
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AIDS Education Global
Information System: HIV Today
This site
provides daily headlines news on HIV/AIDS. The site is
primarily intended for patient education. It includes
category links, full-text documents and a keyword search
engine. http://www.aegis.com
AIDS Media
Center (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site provides information for media professionals in
global HIV/AIDS. It contains multimedia resources, a library
of print documents, current "news features" and a listing of
press contacts for major organizations. The Media Center is
sponsored by eleven partners including UNAIDS, the Kaiser
Foundation, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs
and Panos London. http://www.aidsmedia.org/
AIDS Pandemic
in the 21st Century (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
The report is an update on the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic
and includes information on the impact of AIDS on mortality
and population globally. It also reviews the current status
of the epidemic in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This
report is available in pdf format and was published in March
2004 by the U.S. International Census Bureau and U.S. Agency
for International Development. http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/wp02-2.pdf
AIDSchannel.org (Focus on
Low-Income Countries)
This site is a multimedia portal on issues relating to
HIV/AIDS. It provides current news from around the world,
policy statements and editorials, an email digest, a global
guide to HIV, and links to other resources. The site also
hosts the OneWorld Radio AIDS Network, which provides
services and networking for broadcasters and NGOs working
together in the fight against AIDS. The site provides access
by keyword search, topic or country. It is edited by OneWorld
Africa in Zambia. http://www.aidschannel.org/article/frontpage/348/5521
AIDScience:
Prevention and Vaccine Research
The site
provides researchers with information on all aspects of AIDS
prevention and vaccine development. It is a combination of
peer-reviewed articles, policy papers and commentaries, news
and journal headlines and a global projects map for
prevention research projects and vaccine trials. The site is
maintained by the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. http://www.aidscience.com/
AllAfrica.com: AIDS
(Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French)
This comprehensive news site collects information from
African correspondents and 60 national news agencies. The
site is updated every day. It includes feature articles and
full-text reports from conferences and non-governmental
agencies. The site also includes articles from the Pan
African News Agency and is available in English and French.
http://allafrica.com/aids/
Center for AIDS
Prevention Studies (CAPS)
The Center for AIDS
Prevention Studies (CAPS) conducts research on methods to
prevent HIV infection; trains new scientists to conduct
prevention research; disseminates knowledge, research and
prevention models; and collaborates with scientists from
developing countries on research. The site includes a series
of fact sheets on prevention of HIV/AIDS, for the general
public and health workers, in English and Spanish. The
content appears to be particularly oriented to the U.S. but
does include useful generic information plus a limited amount
of information that is specific to developing countries. The
site is maintained by the University of California at San
Francisco, U.S. http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/
Centers for Disease
Control, U.S: Division of HIV/AIDS
Prevention
The CDC provides a wealth of
full-text documents on basic science, research, treatment and
general information (news headlines, fact sheets, brochures,
statistics). The site includes alphabetical and keyword
search indexes plus information on email lists and links to
other sites. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm
The Communication
Initiative: HIV/AIDS Window (Focus on
Low-Income Countries) (Spanish)
The Communication Initiative is a partnership of development
organisations seeking to support advances in the
effectiveness and scale of communication interventions for
positive international development. The HIV-AIDS section
provides summaries of health related communication projects
and studies. The material ranges from academic studies to
grass roots projects. It is available in English and Spanish
and includes a search engine. This is a USAID funded and
maintained project. http://www.comminit.com/hivaids/
Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a
Global Epidemic (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
This e-book is for policymakers, development specialists and
public health experts. The aim is to help design effective
strategies to confront the epidemic. It was developed by the
World Bank Group. http://www.worldbank.org/aids-econ/confront/confrontfull/
Development Gateway:
HIV/AIDS (Focus on Low-Income
Countries) (French, Spanish)
This site is an overview of HIV/AIDS issues from the
development perspective (e.g. education/mobilization, care
& treatment, prevention, societal impact, surveillance)
and contains numerous annotated links to fulltext articles.
It also contains a current news section, calendar of events
and database of programs and projects. The site is available
in Engish, Spanish and French and is maintained by the
Development Gateway Foundation, U.S. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/hiv
Family Health
International: HIV/AIDS (Focus on
Low-Income Countries) (Arabic, french, Russian)
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
HIV and
AIDS Online Minicourse (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
This minicourse is designed to provide a basic introduction
to HIV/AIDS. It is designed for reproductive health and other
health care providers, staff, planners, and managers in
resource-poor settings. The course contains seven modules and
also a glossary of terms. The course is maintained by
EngenderHealth, a non-governmental organization with
headquarters in the U.S. http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/onc/hiv/index.html
HIV and AIDS
Tutorial
This tutorial reviews the basics of
the immune system response to the HIV infection. It also
discusses the commonly used anti-retroviral drugs and their
mode of action. The site includes a series of 'problem sets'
to help the user test recently acquired knowledge. It also
contains annotated links to other sites with HIV/AIDS
information. The tutorial was developed and is maintained by
the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
University of Arizona, U.S.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/tutorials/AIDS/main.html
Integrated Regional Information Networks:
Plus News Service (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
The site reports on the epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa and
Central Asia. It includes news briefs, full news reports and
special reports. Subject access is via regions, countries and
conferences/research and there is a key word search engine.
The site is available in English and French and is maintained
by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs. http://www.plusnews.org/
International AIDS
Economics Network: Newsletter, Announcements and
Library (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The International AIDS Economics Network provides data, tools
and analysis on the economics of HIV/AIDS prevention and
treatment in developing countries. It contains numerous
online papers and full-text articles from this and other
organizations. The site includes links to AIDS related sites,
an email newsletter and a keyword search engine. http://www.iaen.org/
National
Center for HIV/AIDS/STD and TB Prevention. U.S: HIV
Spotlights
This site contains information and
reports on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and
tuberculosis. http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/nchstp.html
National Prevention
Information Network, U.S. (NPIN): Online
Databases
NPIN contains links to information
and services related to HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB. The site
includes sections on resources and services, prevention news
update, funding database, educational materials and
conference calendar. It is maintained by the US Center for
Disease Control National Prevention Information Network.
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/index.asp
PANOS: HIV/AIDS
Reports (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site contains a series of fulltext 'policy' reports on
HIV/AIDS in developing and transitional countries. Besides
HIV/AIDS, there are other reports on health and reproductive
health and gender.
http://www.panos.org.uk/resources/reportsection.asp?ID=1001
Population Council:
HIV/AIDS (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The site discusses the HIV/AIDS related activities of the
Population Council, a U.S. based NGO. The Council emphasizes
prevention and research into the development of microbicides.
http://www.popcouncil.org/hivaids/index.html
PubMed -
Free Fulltext Articles on HIV/Prevention
This
PubMed search will identify all HIV/AIDS diagnosis and
management related free fulltext ejournal articles within the
database. Within the search results, there are links to the
fulltext material. By repeating this search periodically, you
will find new fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed
database weekly. Essential Health Links contains similar
searches for most subpages listed in the Specific Health
Resources table of contents.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%22hiv%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20%28%22hiv%20seropositivity%22%5BTIAB%5D%20NOT%20Medline%5BSB%5D%29%20OR%20%22hiv%20seropositivity%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20hiv%5BText%20Word%5D%29%20AND%20%28%22prevention%20and%20control%22%5BSubheading%5D%20OR%20prevention%5BText%20Word%5D%29
Resources for Family
Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration (Focus
on Low-Income Countries)
The Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration Partners Working
Group resource is designed to help health practitioners to
integrate provisions of family planning and reproductive
health services with activities for preventing and treating
HIV/AIDS. The site contains a selection of fulltext
documents, news, photos, communication and other materials
that reflect field experience on integration of HIV and
family planning service. It is organized into broad clinical
and public health categories and maintained by the Johns
Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (U.S.).
http://www.fpandhiv.org/
Resource Guide for Sex Educators: Basic
Resources that Every Sex Educator Needs to Know
About (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
The site contains sexual education information for
individuals and organizations in the United States and the
developing world. The fulltext document is available as a pdf
file from the link in the 'Communication Initiative'
description. The guide was developed by Advocates for Youth,
a U.S. based non-governmental organization. http://www.comminit.com/en/node/176610
SciDev.net:
HIV/AIDS (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This is one of several 'dossiers' developed by SciDev.net, a
gateway that emphasizes news, views and information about
science, technology and the developing world. The dossier
contains summaries of relevant news briefs, feature articles,
overviews and updates plus 'spotlights' currently on
microbicides, vaccines and mother-to-child transmission. It
includes a combination of fulltext articles and links to the
full documents elsewhere on the Internet.
http://www.scidev.net/dossiers/index.cfm?fuseaction=dossierItem&Dossier=22
Sourcebook of HIV/AIDS Prevention
Programmes (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
The Sourcebook of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes provides
descriptions and lessons learned from a wide range of school
health education programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. The
document is in pdf format and was developed by the World Bank
and The Partnership for Child Development.
http://www.schoolsandhealth.org/Sourcebook/sourcebook%20intro.htm
Southern Africa
AIDS Information Dissemination Service
(SAfAIDS) (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
SAfAIDS provides access to data on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, on
HIV prevention, care and coping, and describes the the
socio-economic impact of the epidemic in the southern Africa.
The site contains links to full-text articles in SAfAIDS News
and other publications. http://www.safaids.org.zw/
WHO: Communicable
Disease Surveillance & Response
(CSR) (Focus on Low-Income
Countries) (French, Spanish)
This WHO site provides reports of disease outbreaks submitted
to the WHO's CSR Committee. It is a tool to strengthen
national and international capacity in the surveillance and
control of communicable diseases. The site also contains
links to global strategies and resources and information on
diseases and treatment. It is available in English, French
and Spanish. http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/
WHO: HIV
Infections (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
The site contains basic information on HIV and Tuberculosis,
Pregnancy and HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Women and HIV/AIDS and
global surveillance and response plus WHO initiatives,
working groups and UNAIDS activities. http://www.who.int/topics/hiv_infections/en/
Women, Children and
HIV
The site is a library of full-text
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 site is maintained
by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,
U.S. and the Center for HIV Information, University of
California, San Francisco, U.S. http://www.womenchildrenhiv.org/
World Bank:
AIDS Economics
This World Bank site gives a
list of full text announcements, press releases, feature
articles and studies regarding the economic, social and
public health impact of AIDS. http://www.worldbank.org/aids-econ/
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Updated: 29 February 2008