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Reporting on HIV: A Resource Guide
Resources on Africa
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African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF)
www.amref.org/
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.
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Africare, Inc. www.africare.org 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. |
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Afro-nets www.afronets.org Afro-nets facilitates the exchange of information among networks active in health research for development in Eastern and Southern Africa. |
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Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) www.cafs.org CAFS works to strengthen the capabilities of organizations and individuals providing sexual, reproductive and family health services in Africa. |
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Christian Children's Fund (CCF) www.christianchildrensfund.org/p.cfm/helping_children/criticalissues/aids.cfm 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. |
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Health Alliance International (HAI) depts.washington.edu/haiuw/ 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. |
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Network of African People Living With HIV/AIDS (NAP+) www.naprap.org NAP+ believes that it is within the power of people living with HIV/AIDS to care for and support one another and to comply with available treatment programs, while also demanding services and access to facilities that will help infected persons continue to be productive members of the community. |
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Pathfinder International www.pathfind.org The African Regional Office of Pathfinder International provides integrated, comprehensive reproductive health services, including sexually transmitted infection management and HIV/AIDS prevention. |
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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 |
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Visions in Action www.visionsinaction.org Visions in Action staff work with volunteers from local NGOs to support healthcare and AIDS programs. |
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BotswanaThe Botswana-Harvard AIDS Care Training Program |
KenyaLalmba Association |
South AfricaAIDS Consortium |
UgandaInternational Youth Effort to Control AIDS |
Minnesota International Health Volunteers (MIHV) |
African Resources on the Internet
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The Global Reproductive Health Forum @ Harvard (GRHF) www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet The Global Reproductive Health Forum @ Harvard (GRHF) is an internet networking project that aims to encourage the proliferation of critical discussions about reproductive health and gender on the net. |
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Africa's Population Challenge: Accelerating Progress in Reproductive Health www.populationaction.org/resources/publications/africa_challenge/index.htm This publication highlights the progress sub-Saharan African countries have made toward expanding access to reproductive health services and the challenges they face. |
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All Africa News www.allAfrica.com 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. |
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The International Center for Journalists www.icfj.org 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. |
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International Electronic Journal of Health Education www.iejhe.org This is a peer-reviewed journal covering health education, promotion, behavior and assessment. |
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Journalists Against AIDS - Nigeria www.nigeria-aids.org 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. To join the Nigeria-AIDS discussion, visit www.nigeria-aids.org/eforum.cfm |
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Media For Development International (MFDI) www.mfdi.org 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. |
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NetAid Foundation www.netaid.org 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. |
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PANOS www.panos.sn PANOS is an international, non-profit institute working with partners worldwide to stimulate informed public and policy debate, and build media capacities on developing country issues. |
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Population Communication International (PCI) www.population.org 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. |
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World Association for Christian Communication, The Women's Program www.wacc.org.uk/womens_programme/women_index.html 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. |