Reporting on HIV: A Resource Guide
HIV-Related Web Sites

AVERT www.avert.org 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 www.thebody.com 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 www.aidsinfo.co.za 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) www.brta-lrta.org 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 www.cdcnpin.org 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) www.cedpa.org CEDPA supports efforts that empower women at all levels of society to be full partners in development.

Columbia University www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa/health This site contains extensive HIV/AIDS links.

Contraceptive Research and Development Program (CONRAD) www.conrad.org 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 www.ids.ac.uk/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 www.comminit.com 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 www.pstc.brown.edu 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.

European Database on AIDS www.edoa.org This site contains bibliographic abstracts and references on HIV/AIDS.

Government of South Africa HIV/AIDS Information www.doh.gov.za/aids/index.html This site provides information on health issues from the South African government's agenda.

Harvard AIDS Institute www.hsph.harvard.edu/organizations/hai 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 www.healingwell.com/AIDS 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.

The Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD) University of Natal, South Africa www.und.ac.za/und/heard The Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of Natal in South Africa was established in 1998 as a research and teaching organization to undertake academic and applied research into the economic, development and social impacts of HIV/AIDS and academic teaching activities concerned with health economics and HIV/AIDS; provide training workshops for senior professionals concerned with planning for the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic; and organize conferences and symposia to identify ideas and strategies and review interventions to deal with the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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 www.healthnet.org This site sponsors e-mail discussion groups for healthcare professionals.

HIV/AIDS Net: Southern Africa Directory www.safaids.org.zw/dirweb.html This site contains a directory of HIV/AIDS sites relevant to southern Africa.

HIV Insite hivinsite.ucsf.edu The HIV/AIDS homepage of the University of California at San Francisco, this site contains useful information and extensive links.

HIVpositive.com www.hivpositive.com This site covers all aspects of living with HIV/AIDS.

Index on Africa www.afrika.no/index/ 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) www.iaen.org 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) www.icaso.org 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 www.pasteur.fr 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) www.msh.org MSH helps decision-makers worldwide use modern management techniques to improve the delivery of primary healthcare and family planning services.

Managing Desire www.managingdesire.org 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) www.mariestopes.org.uk 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 www.unaids.org/hivaidsinfo/statistics/MAP This site offers reports on the status of HIV/AIDS around the world.

Nigeria-AIDS eForum www.nigeria-aids.org/eForum.cfm A project of Journalists Against AIDS, NIGERIA-AIDS is a moderated, Internet-based discussion forum and listserve on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.

One World www.oneworld.net 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 www.pop.psu.edu This site focuses on social and economic factors responsible for high fertility in developing countries and features extensive online archives and links.

PopNet www.popnet.org Maintained by the Population Reference Bureau, this site has a comprehensive directory of demographic and population websites.

Population Council www.popcouncil.org 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) www.path.org 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) www.intrah.org 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) www.rho.org 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) www.rhtp.org The site provides information on reproductive health issues, such as emergency contraception, microbicide research and advocacy for reproductive rights.

Safer Sex page www.safersex.org This site contains information about safe sex.

Safe Motherhood www.safemotherhood.org 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) www.siecus.org SIECUS develops, collects and disseminates information about HIV/AIDS and STDs in the United States and worldwide.

Stanford University www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/health.html This site provides extensive HIV/AIDS links.

Strategies for Hope www.stratshope.org 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.

Tools for Life www.jhuccp.org/tools This site features "Tools for Life," an integrated set of health communication materials developed for use by community health workers in Francophone and Anglophone Africa. Health education information on HIV/AIDS is included.

WoYaa! Africa Search: Your Window to Africa on the Internet www.woyaa.com This site has an African events calendar and access to African and Africa-related Internet sources in English and French.

Yahoo: Health: www.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/AIDS_HIV This site contains Yahoo's selected HIV/AIDS resources. Top