Monday, March 2, 2009

AIDS Web Sites

***note: This is information that can be found the Peace Corps Manuel for volunteers

  • http://www.unaids.org, UNAIDS, located in Geneva, publishes many insightful manuals on HIV/AIDS. Some of the most interesting ones are Summary Booklet of Best Practices, Peer Education and HIV/AIDS: Concepts, Uses and Challenges, Guide to the Strategic Planning Process for a National Response to HIV/AIDS, Prevention of HIV Transmission from Mother to Child, A Review of Household and Community Responses of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa and AIDS Education Through Imams. This is just a small sample of the publications available to anyone working in HIV/AIDS free of charge from UNAIDS. Many of these materials are available in multiple languages, including Russian.
**http://www.unaids.org/en/CountryResponses/Countries/honduras.asp
-Page within the site where you can find information about Honduras specifically.
  • http://www.comminit.com, Communication Initiative, lists international HIV interventions that use behavioral change strategies. Allows a custom search for a range of development issues and communication interventions.
  • http://www.hivnet.ch/fdp, Fondation Du Present, uses information technology to facilitate capacity building in marginalized societies. Facilitates collective consensus-building on HIV/AIDS. Assists in making the work and policies of organizations, governments, and international
  • http://www.iavi.org, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, mission is to ensure the development of safe, effective, accessible, preventative HIV vaccines for use throughout the world.
  • http://www.aidsmap.com, a clearinghouse for information on HIV/AIDS, including a treatment database, technical information and news updates.
  • http://www.aegis.com, AEGIS, provides most recent news on HIV/AIDS issues, updated hourly, provides links to a wide range of HIV/AIDS-related issues and information.

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