Reporting on HIV/AIDS: A Resource Guide
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has potentially devastating consequences for all of Africa, where more than 12 million people have died from the disease and where misinformation continues to claim lives.
The media in Africa has a critical role to play in helping raise public awareness about the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Accurate, timely reporting can both promote prevention of HIV/AIDS and reduce the stigma associated with the virus. Journalists who understand the public policy implications and the medical facts of HIV/AIDS, and who are also aware of the myths that surround the disease will be more likely to write and produce stories that hold governments accountable, educate the public on how to cope with the disease and help dispel stereotypes associated with HIV/AIDS.
Reporting on HIV/AIDS: A Resource Guide is a collection that every journalist with an interest in reporting on HIV/AIDS will find useful. This IWMF project is designed to give journalists access to objective, accurate information on a wide range of issues related to HIV/AIDS. It includes information on international organizations, United States government agencies, African-based healthcare and advocacy groups, web sites and Internet forums concerned with HIV/AIDS. Each entry includes a short description and contact information. We hope this resource guide will become another weapon in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Center for Population, Health & Nutrition (PHN)
The center supports population, health and nutrition programs in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe for family planning, child survival, HIV/AIDS and STD prevention, maternal health and nutrition, and health system reforms.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Programs Center, Health Studies Branch (BUCEN)
Provides researchers, policymakers and donor agencies with up-to-date information on the status and trends of HIV/AIDS in various countries.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/STD and TB Prevention (CDC)
Works on HIV prevention through research programs in various countries and by establishing links between U.S. and international programs.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HIV/AIDSinfo
AIDSinfo provides information on HIV/AIDS clinical trials and treatment. The site also provides links to many different HIV/AIDS information services.
U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center (FIC)
FIC works to improve the health of the people of the United States and other nations through international cooperation in the bio-medical sciences. The FIC AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) enables U.S. universities and other research institutions to provide HIV/AIDS-related training to scientists and health professionals from developing nations and forges collaborative ties with research institutions in countries with a high rate of HIV/AIDS.
U.S. Peace Corps OTAPS, Health Sector
Peace Corps is a U.S. government organization with approximately 7,000 volunteers serving in more than 90 countries worldwide. A growing number of Peace Corps countries are developing HIV/AIDS projects. HIV/AIDS-related work conducted by Peace Corps volunteers includes peer education programs for youth, English curricula programs with HIV/AIDS content, and programs to build the capacity of health workers to conduct HIV/AIDS counseling and education. Peace Corps posts receive USAID funding to develop projects and training in HIV/AIDS prevention and care.
Non-Governmental Organizations
Academy for Educational Development (AED)
AED has worked for a decade among non-governmental organizations to establish partnerships for prevention of HIV/AIDS.
Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth creates programs and advocates for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. It provides information, training and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists and the media in the United States and around the world.
AIDSMark/ Population Services International
AIDSMark, a global program, uses social marketing to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. The program's goals are to enhance and expand the social marketing of male and female condoms as protection against AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections; to promote safe sexual behavior; to market treatments, services and products for sexually transmitted infections; to foster a receptive climate for HIV/AIDS prevention; to involve the private sector in the fight against AIDS; and to research and publicize the most effective social marketing methods for preventing AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. Funded by primarily by USAID, the AIDSMark project is managed by Population Services International in collaboration with six partner organizations.
Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)
The mission of the Alan Guttmacher Institute is to protect and expand reproductive choice worldwide. The institute enhances access to information and services by publishing relevant, scientifically rigorous research findings and by using its research as the basis for outreach programs.
American Red Cross National Headquarters
The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers, provides relief to victims of disaster and helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. The organization's goal is to become a leading provider of compassionate, culturally-appropriate HIV/AIDS education. Click here for information on other Red Cross Africa programs.
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), University of California
The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies offers programs, studies, scientific articles, fact sheets, news updates and other resources of value in the advancement of AIDS prevention. Some materials are available in Spanish.
Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontiers
HIV/AIDS activities are an integral part of programs of Medecins Sans Frontiers/Doctors Without Borders, one of the world's largest voluntary emergency relief organizations. The group sponsors AIDS and sexually transmitted disease awareness and prevention programs and provides assistance to victims of natural or man-made disasters.
EngenderHealth
EngenderHealth works worldwide to support and strengthen health care services, particularly those needed by women.
Family Health International (FHI)
FHI works to improve reproductive and family health around the world through biomedical and social sciences research, innovative health service delivery interventions, training and information programs.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America-International (PPFA-International)
PPFA-International provides financial, technical and commodities assistance to reproductive health programs in developing countries. HIV/AIDS activities are integrated into family planning projects.
The Global Health Council-Global AIDS Program
The mission of the Global Health Council's Global AIDS Program is to share information and influence policy on global AIDS activities and issues.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
An independent philanthropic institution, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation focuses on major health care issues. The foundation is an independent source of healthcare analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community and the general public.
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies
The HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies is a research center dedicated to studying the prevention of sexual transmission of HIV, improving the quality of life for HIV-positive persons and determining the factors that reinforce unprotected sexual behavior in order to design sound interventions.
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)
The IAVI is a global organization working to speed the development and distribution of preventive AIDS vaccines. IAVI's work focuses on four areas: mobilizing support through advocacy and education; accelerating scientific progress; encouraging industrial participation in AIDS vaccine development; and assuring global access.
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC)
IAPAC's mission is to increase the survival of and improve the quality of life of people affected by HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses through the development and implementation of global strategies for increased access to drugs and related technologies.
Contact: Mabrey Russel Whigham III
Managing Director
225 West Washington, Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60606
USA
Tel: 312 419 7074
Fax: 312 419 7160
E-mail: mabrey@iapac.org
Johns Hopkins University, Center for Communication Programs
The Johns Hopkins University CCP provides information on HIV/AIDS to the media and to the public. Programs encourage people to talk to their partners and children about AIDS, to reduce their numbers of sex partners and to use condoms. The center also maintains a clearinghouse on media resources from around the world.
MAP International
MAP International is a nonprofit Christian relief and development organization that provides medicines, emergency relief, health education and training throughout the world. MAP programs help train international health workers on AIDS prevention through information and outreach programs, workshops, seminars and training for counselors. MAP also encourages development of regional and national Christian AIDS networks.
Margaret Sanger Center International (MSCI)
MSCI believes that improving reproductive and sexual health is critical to improving quality of life worldwide. The organization develops training programs on family life and sexuality, among other topics, and works to strengthen NGOs' advocacy of better reproductive health care.
Population Action International (PAI)
PAI is dedicated to advancing polices and programs that slow population growth in order to enhance quality of life. PAI advocates for expansion of voluntary family planning and other reproductive health services, and supports educational and economic opportunities for girls and women.
The Program for Collaboration Against AIDS and Related Epidemics (PROCAARE)
The PROCAARE discussion forum, established as a partnership between SATELLIFE and Harvard AIDS Institute/ Harvard School of Public Health, provides an arena for dialogue among health professionals in the developing industrialized world who are engaged in the fight against AIDS.
Save the Children
Save the Children sponsors HIV/AIDS prevention education among families and communities and assists families and communities affected by AIDS.
Non-Governmental Organizations that Work with Women
Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
CEDPA's mission is to empower women to become full partners in development. The organization designs, implements, monitors and evaluates projects concerned with family planning, reproductive health, family life and education, women's participation and empowerment and youth services.
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
CHANGE advocates for social justice and gender equity in population and reproductive health polices, and works to ensure that the population policies of international institutions supported by the U.S. government actively promote women's reproductive and sexual health.
Family Care International (FCI)
FCI seeks to develop creative and practical solutions to health and family planning problems, especially those affecting women in the developing world. The organization focuses on raising awareness about critical health issues and assisting governments and NGOs in developing and implementing effective programs to promote women's health.
International Center on Research for Women (ICRW)
A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting social and economic development with women's full participation, primarily in developing and transitional countries, ICRW provides research and technical assistance on women's productive and reproductive roles, status in the family, leadership in society and management of environmental resources. Founded in 1976, the organization also advocates with governments and multilateral agencies, convenes experts in formal and informal forums and provides publications and information program to advance women's rights and opportunities.
International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)
With a goal of empowering women living with HIV/AIDS, ICW is the only international network run for and by HIV-positive women. ICW combats the isolation experienced by HIV-positive women by encouraging self-empowerment and self-sufficiency, and by facilitating information exchange and mutual support. The organization seeks to ensure that HIV-positive women are represented at local, national and international levels in decisions, policies, services and research likely to have an impact on their lives.
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
With the goal of obtaining equal rights and equal opportunities for women in social and economic development, IPPF works on issues of sexual and reproductive health and family planning.
International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC)
The IWTC is an international NGO that provides communication, information, education and organizing support services to women's organizations and community groups working ot improve the lives of women, particularly low-income women, living in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and Eastern Europe.
John Snow Inc. (JSI)
JSI provides research and consulting services in the health care and service sectors. It works on a range of health care issues, including women's and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS.
Women's AIDS Network (WAN)
WAN advocates for public policies, education and services for the diverse population of women suffering from HIV. The organization does not have a website, but it distributes a bi-monthly newsletter, holds monthly educational forums and maintains a resource library and referral service.
Contact: Hazel Betsey
President
3543 18th St., Suite 11
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
Tel: 415 621 4160
Fax: 415 575 1181
Resources on Africa
General Information
African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF)
AMREF is a non-profit development organization founded in 1957 to improve the health of people living in Africa. AMREF's HIV/AIDS activities include training health workers; providing epidemiological and laboratory support to STD control programs; providing information, education and materials to communities; and training NGO and ministry of health staff in program management and support. AMREF also carries out research in HIV/AIDS and collaborates with many other organizations on matters related to HIV/AIDS.
Africare, Inc.
Africare helps Africa with programs in food, water, the environment, health and emergency humanitarian aid, as well as private sector development and governance. Africare has made the prevention of AIDS its number one priority. It is developing community-based programs to target and educate at-risk groups, provide health education to help women learn about the prevention of HIV and educate adolescents and young people about how HIV infection is spread and how they can protect themselves.
Afro-nets
Afro-nets facilitates the exchange of information among networks active in health research for development in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS)
CAFS works to strengthen the capabilities of organizations and individuals providing sexual, reproductive and family health services in Africa.
Christian Children's Fund (CCF)
CCF is an international child development organization that helps children in economically poor communities with basic health care and education. Funded primarily through child sponsorships, CCF assists children in the context of family and community, and works entirely through indigenous national staff and local NGOs. Local projects promote HIV/AIDS prevention as part of health care. With parents or children infected by HIV/AIDS, or with children orphaned by the epidemic, CCF projects seek to strengthen families and care-giving, and to encourage the kind of assistance that will enable children to stay within families, continue school and prepare for the future. CCF is part of the AIDS Orphans Task Force and one of the sponsors of the proposed inter-agency AIDS Orphans Initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Health Alliance International (HAI)
HAI, an international non-profit organization associated with the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, seeks to improve health and the equitable delivery of health services worldwide. One of its principle goals is to help university- and community-based practitioners in developing public health services projects.
Pathfinder International
The African Regional Office of Pathfinder International provides integrated, comprehensive reproductive health services, including sexually transmitted infection management and HIV/AIDS prevention.
Southern African AIDS Training Program
This program assists the poorest communities responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The program provides funding and technological support to organizations working in HIV infection, helping them to achieve behavioral change and community mitigation and to become advocates for gender and human rights. The School Without Walls Network provides the opportunity for organizations experienced with the epidemic to share knowledge and skills with less experienced organizations.
Contact: Renee C. Sabatier
P.O. Box 390, Kopje
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: 263 472 5193
E-mail: postmaster@satp2.frcs.alt.za
chikore@sat.org.zw
Visions in Action
Visions in Action staff work with volunteers from local NGOs to support healthcare and AIDS programs.
Information by Country
Botswana
The Botswana-Harvard AIDS Care Training Program
A program of the Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute, the KITSO Training Program provides quality, multi-disciplinary, sustainable and standardized training in HIV and AIDS care, crafted specifically for Botswana's health professionals.
Kenya
Lalmba Association
Working through health clinics and health education programs, the Lalmba Association has been involved in AIDS prevention in Kenya for 13 years.
South Africa
AIDS Consortium
The AIDS Consortium works on human rights issues arising from the epidemic by lobbying, advocating and making policy recommendations The consortium also coordinates exchange of HIV/AIDS information in South Africa and, increasingly, in southern Africa.
Contact: Morna Cornell
Coordinator
University of Witwaterstrand, Private Bag 3
Centre for Applied Legal Studies
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2050
South Africa
Tel: 27 11 403 6918
Fax: 27 11 403 2341
E-mail: 125MO2CO@solon.law.wits.ac.za
Uganda
International Youth Effort to Control AIDS
The International Youth Effort to Control AIDS, with projects in Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, sponsors AIDS Concern Clubs and village resource centers, as well as programs on adolescent and women's reproductive health, family planning, maternal and child health care, primary health care and basic research.
Contact: Francis Kamugisha
Program Director
P.O. Box 12155
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256 41 250 276
Fax: 256 41 254 550
E-mail: GDP@imul.com
Minnesota International Health Volunteers (MIHV)
MIHV seeks to improve community health in developing countries by creating and nurturing primary self-sustainable health care projects. In Uganda, it sponsors peer-based AIDS prevention programs among elementary and secondary students. AIDS education and prevention among adults is also a component of each project.
African Resources on the Internet
All Africa News
AllAfrica, Inc., the largest distributor of African news and information in the world, is a global multi-media company headquartered in the United States and Africa.
The International Center for Journalists
The Center's goal is to improve the quality of journalism in nations where there is little or no tradition of independent journalism. ICFJ also provides professional development programs to promote excellence in news coverage of critical community and global issues.
International Electronic Journal of Health Education
This is a peer-reviewed journal covering health education, promotion, behavior and assessment.
Journalists Against AIDS - Nigeria
Journalists Against AIDS - Nigeria offers a virtual meeting place where individuals and organizations working on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria share experiences and exchange news and views. The site builds information partnerships and encourages transparency and stakeholders' participation in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Nigeria.
Media For Development International (MFDI)
MFDI produces and distributes dramatic films with social messages in the developing world, especially in Africa. Its sister agency, the Media For Development Trust, based in Zimbabwe, produces films, trains local filmmakers, and distributes films and videos. MFDI's award-winning films have highlighted teen pregnancy, family planning, health training, AIDS and women's rights.
NetAid Foundation
NetAid's mission is to harness the power of the Internet and use it as an agent for social and economic change. NetAid seeks to build a "community of conscience" dedicated to providing basic needs: food, shelter, legal protection, human rights and health care. An example of a NetAid project is the Uganda Women's Concern Ministry, which helps hundreds of orphaned children and youth affected by HIV/AIDS to build better lives.
Population Communication International (PCI)
PCI provides technical assistance for locally produced social communications soap operas for radio and television. The programs are tailored to their communities and promote issues such as smaller family size, elevating the status of women, use of family planning and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. According to research done by PCI, 26 percent of new contraceptive users in Tanzania cited one of their soap operas when seeking family planning services.
World Association for Christian Communication, The Women's Program
The WACC Women's Programme works to make world media accessible to and representative of all marginalized groups, particularly women, and produces publications and research studies on women and the media.
International Organizations
The United Nations System
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Perhaps the most important and comprehensive source on HIV/AIDS information, UNAIDS works to improve prevention of the disease and care for HIV/AIDS patients, reduce vulnerability to the virus and alleviate the epidemic's devastating social and economic impact.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF supports the fight against HIV/AIDS by addressing both the medical and the underlying societal causes of the epidemic. Since the mid-1980s, the agency has sought to control the spread of the virus, while at the same time developing programs among disadvantaged children, youth and women.
UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
UNIFEM provides direct support for women's projects and promotes including women in decision-making roles in development programs.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP's HIV/AIDS and Development Program focuses on increasing awareness of the development implications of the HIV/AIDS epidemic; strengthening national capacity to plan and conduct activities that respond to the development problems caused by the HIV/AIDS epidemic; identifying and assisting sectors and programs adversely affected by the epidemic; strengthening and expanding HIV/AIDS-related community responses to the epidemic; assisting individuals, families and communities affected by the epidemic; promoting and developing programs for prevention, care and support for women; assisting NGOs working to respond to the problems caused by the epidemic; and developing comprehensive, integrated and coordinated national and regional responses to the epidemic.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): Education Program for the Prevention of AIDS
The priority of UNESCO's educational program for the prevention of AIDS is to formulate and make available educational strategies and material so that AIDS education can be developed and adapted for specific socio-cultural contexts. The agency's long-term objective is to integrate the most successful educational strategies into national programs to help modify behavior among young people regarding AIDS, while at the same time giving rightful importance to health, self-esteem and mutual respect. Using school systems, UNESCO organizes regional seminars for NGOs and high-level officials from ministries of education and health to strengthen awareness among decision-makers about the need for preventive HIV/AIDS education and to provide them with effective educational strategies for the development, implementation and evaluation of HIV/AIDS programs and policies.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHC)
UNHCR programs are specific to those countries hosting refugees and include: preventing HIV transmission through blood transfusion, preventing HIV through the use of universal precautions by supplying condoms, providing information on HIV and training health care providers on HIV.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
UNFPA considers prevention of HIV/AIDS an integral component of its reproductive health care programs. The agency is a co-sponsor of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, through which it supplies support at the inter-country level. Within countries, UNFPA supplies and distributes condoms, conducts in- and out-of-school HIV/AIDS educational activities, trains reproductive health information and service providers on HIV/AIDS, and conducts HIV/AIDS education and communications activities as part of its population and reproductive health care programs.
The World Bank Human Development Network
The World Bank is one of the leading financers of HIV/AIDS prevention activities in the world. To date, the Bank has committed more than $800 million to more than 70 current and future projects aimed at preventing and controlling HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections around the world. The amount of money the bank lends for AIDS prevention is likely to increase as more countries seek financial assistance for implementing strategies to fight the epidemic. The majority of the bank's financing is provided to countries for use in developing strategies and services on the ground.
World Health Organization (WHO) General Secretariat
This web site provides selected information on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV/AIDS. WHO provides coordination, technical support and funding for population and health efforts worldwide.
World Health Oorganization (WHO) - Regional Africa Office
European Union
European Commission's HIV/AIDS Programme in Developing Countries, Directorate-General for Development
The European Commission's HIV/AIDS program provides support for the prevention and reduction of new HIV infections to healthcare providers, supports the fight against discrimination and exclusion of people living with HIV/AIDS and those in risk groups.
HIV-Related Web Sites
AEGIS
AEGIS is a web-based reference for HIV/AIDS related information.
Aids South of the Sahara
This site provides Internet resources on African development, health, politics and economics.
AIDSinfo
AIDSinfo is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) project providing information on HIV/AIDS clinical trials and treatment.
AVERT
Based in the United Kingdom, the AVERT site contains news, information and statistics about HIV in the U.K., as well as information about AVERT's publications and information for HIV-positive people.
The Body
A multimedia site on AIDS and HIV, thebody.com features interactive forums, articles by American AIDS experts, and a guide to top AIDS organizations and AIDS hotlines.
Beyond Awareness Campaign
The site contains details of a South African HIV/AIDS awareness campaign that has international relevance. Many documents can be downloaded from individual computers.
Business Responds to AIDS/Labor Responds to AIDS (BRTA/LRTA)
The web site of Business Responds to AIDS (BRTA) and Labor Responds to AIDS (LRTA) provides materials to help set up effective HIV/AIDS programs in the workplace.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Prevention Information Network
This site provides synopses of key scientific articles and news media reports on HIV/AIDS, STDs and TB.
Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
CEDPA supports efforts that empower women at all levels of society to be full partners in development.
Contraceptive Research and Development Program (CONRAD)
CONRAD focuses on developing new, improved contraceptive methods that are safe, effective, acceptable and suitable for use in the United States and developing countries.
ELDIS
A gateway site, ELDIS offers an easy, free-of-charge Internet route to the latest information on development and environmental issues, including AIDS.
Drum Beat
The Communication Initiative is a partnership of the Rockefeller Foundation, UNICEF, USAID, WHO, the BBC World Service, CIDA, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Soul City, the Panos Institute and UNFPA. It provides information on sexual health and HIV/AIDS. The Drumbeat, which includes an email newsletter and a discussion forum, covers the use of media for development and social change.
Demography and Population Sciences Research
Sponsored by the Brown University Population Studies and Training Center, this site provides cross-disciplinary research on population-related topics, including social, economic and anthropological demography, and population health.
Government of South Africa HIV/AIDS Information
This site provides information on health issues from the South African government's agenda.
Harvard AIDS Institute
Created in 1988 to expedite and expand the already substantial amount of AIDS research conducted at Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals, the Harvard AIDS Institute is dedicated to conducting and catalyzing research to end the worldwide AIDS epidemic.
HealingWell.com
HealingWell.com has a resource section on HIV/AIDS that includes medical news, FAQs, community message boards, chat rooms, book reviews, a newsletter and a directory of related web sites.
HealthLink
www.healthlink.org.za
HealthLink is a South African organization that provides access to health-related newsgroups, web sites, international mailing lists, discussion groups, newsletters and publications.
Healthnet SatelLife
This site sponsors e-mail discussion groups for healthcare professionals.
HIV Insite
The HIV/AIDS homepage of the University of California at San Francisco, this site contains useful information and extensive links.
HIVpositive.com
This site covers all aspects of living with HIV/AIDS.
Index on Africa
This comprehensive resource site features links to news from inside and outside Africa, resources in each of the 54 African nations and subject pages covering a wide range of topics, including health, development, human rights, indigenous affairs and women.
International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN)
The site focuses on the economics of AIDS in developing countries, providing data, tools and analysis for researchers, policymakers and others.
International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO)
ICASO, a network of community-based AIDS organizations, brings together groups from around the world working on community efforts to control the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS.
Institut Pasteur
The website of the Department of AIDS and Retroviruses at the Institut Pasteur has summaries of scientific research into HIV/AIDS, including genetic research in French and English.
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
MSH helps decision-makers worldwide use modern management techniques to improve the delivery of primary healthcare and family planning services.
Managing Desire
The goal of the Managing Desire site is to demystify HIV prevention through open discussion about desire, sex and social relationships. It contains information on safe sex and testing for HIV/AIDS.
Marie Stopes International (MSI)
MSI is dedicated to promoting reproductive health worldwide. The organization provides couples with easy means to protect themselves from HIV infection by providing mass access to condoms and sponsors educational programs on how to avoid sexually transmitted infections.
Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic (MAP) Network
This site offers reports on the status of HIV/AIDS around the world.
One World
OneWorld, a community of more than 350 organizations, is dedicated to promoting human rights and sustainable development by harnessing the democratic potential of the Internet. For information on HIV/AIDS, go the health section.
Pennsylvania State University, Population Research Institute
This site focuses on social and economic factors responsible for high fertility in developing countries and features extensive online archives and links.
Population Council
This is the website of the Population Council, an international nonprofit organization that supports biomedical, social science and public health research to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations.
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
This is the website of PATH, an organization that identifies, develops, and applies appropriate and innovative solutions to public health problems worldwide.
Program for International Training and Health (INTRAH)
A program of the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, INTRAH helps health agencies develop country plans and provides, manages, supervises and evaluates human resources development for improved health service delivery.
Reproductive Health Outlook (RHO)
This web site provides up-to-date summaries of research findings, program experience, clinical guidelines, and analyses of policy and program implications related to key reproductive health topics.
Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP)
The site provides information on reproductive health issues, such as emergency contraception, microbicide research and advocacy for reproductive rights.
Safer Sex page
This site contains information about safe sex.
Safe Motherhood
Safe Motherhood is a global effort to increase maternal safety and reduce the number of deaths and illnesses associated with pregnancy and childbirth. The site contains information on HIV/AIDS.
Sexuality and Information Council of The United States (SIECUS)
SIECUS develops, collects and disseminates information about HIV/AIDS and STDs in the United States and worldwide.
Stanford University
This site provides extensive HIV/AIDS links.
Strategies for Hope
Strategies for Hope promotes informed, positive thinking and practical action by all sections of society dealing with HIV/AIDS. The organization publishes a series of books and videos that focus mainly on Sub-Saharan Africa.
WoYaa! Africa Search: Your Window to Africa on the Internet
This site has an African events calendar and access to African and Africa-related Internet sources in English and French.
Yahoo Health
This site contains Yahoo's selected HIV/AIDS resources.
United States Government