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These sites offer
additional information on various aspects of HIV/AIDS.
We present these sites as a resource only;
the American Foundation for Children with AIDS has no
control over the content of these sites.
African Network
for the Care of Children With HIV/AIDS (ANNECA):
www.anneca.org ANECCA brings together clinicians and social
scientists committed to finding ways of improving the
quality of clinical and non-clinical care of children
affected by HIV/AIDS in the Africa region. The Network
efforts are targeted at tapping into existing local
resources to increase access to, and improving the
quality of, care provided to HIV-affected children in
Africa.
AIDS info:
www.aidsinfo.nih.gov
A service of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
(DHHS), AIDSinfo is co-sponsored by the National Library
of Medicine and other federal agencies. This site
provides information on HIV/AIDS clinical trials and
treatment and merges two previous DHHS projects: The
AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS) and the
HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS). AIDSinfo
offers the latest federally approved information on
HIV/AIDS clinical research, treatment and prevention,
and medical practice guidelines for health care
providers, researchers, and HIV/AIDS patients, families,
and friends.
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC):
www.avac.org The AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) is a
community- and consumer-based organization that was
founded in December 1995 to accelerate the ethical
development and global delivery of vaccines against
HIV/AIDS. It provides independent analysis, policy
advocacy, public education and mobilization to enhance
AIDS vaccine research and development.
AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS):
www.aegis.com
AEGIS has comprehensive news reporting and numerous
online documents about HIV/AIDS, including information
about avoiding HIV infection, exposure issues, treatment
issues, living with HIV/AIDS, and special populations.
Of note are the site's law library and reference
sections, including an AIDS historical timeline dating
back to 1926.
American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR):
www.amfar.org amFAR provides formal requests for proposal
(RFP) for targeted and general grants in HIV/AIDS
research. The organization has U.S.-based programs in
basic and clinical research and policy and prevention,
as well as limited support for international programs.
Avert:
www.avert.org AVERT is an international HIV and AIDS charity based
in the UK, working to AVERT HIV and AIDS worldwide.
AVERT has HIV and AIDS projects in countries where there
is a particularly high rate of infection, such as South
Africa, or where there is a rapidly increasing rate of
infection such as in India.
Axios:
www.axiosint.com The Axios Foundation, Inc., is a non-profit
corporation dedicated to raising funds to improve health
care and impoverished conditions for communities in
developing countries. Axios's "Access to Care"
initiative provides guidance for obtaining HIV rapid
tests from Abbott Laboratories and nevirapine donations
for prevention of HIV transmission from mothers to
infants from Boehringer-Ingelheim.
Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative:
www.bayloraids.org
The mission of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS
Initiative is to promote health for all people through
education, research, and public service. Its mission is
pursued by providing comprehensive medical and social
services to HIV-infected and exposed infants and
children, by sustaining excellence in educating U.S. and
foreign health professionals, and by advancing clinical
research. It has programs in Houston, Romania, Mexico,
and southern Africa.
Beyond Borders Internet Television
www.bbitv.tv
Beyond Borders Internet Television, the new humanitarian
infotainment media platform.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:
www.gatesfoundation.org
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a leading
nonprofit organization funding research and programs
directed toward addressing health issues in developing
countries and improving equity in global health and
learning.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
www.cdc.gov The CDC's mission is to promote health and
quality of life by preventing and controlling disease,
injury and disability.
CDC National AIDS Hotline: For English-language call
800-342-2437. For Spanish-language call 800-344-7432.
This U.S. hotline is for general questions about HIV,
educational materials, and for the number of your local
state AIDS hotline and HIV/AID testing sites.
CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN):
www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/hiv
The HIV/AIDS section of the NPIN Web site is one of the
major resources of HIV/AIDS information. Coverage is
broad and includes full-text information about recent
trends, published materials, research findings and
issues. A Spanish-language section provides access to
publications and Web sites written in Spanish.
ClinicalTrials.gov:
www.clinicaltrials.gov
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), through
their National Library of Medicine, have developed this
site to provide patients, their families, and the public
with current information about clinical research
studies. This website includes an excellent Q&A section.
Clinton Foundation:
www.clintonfoundation.org
The mission of the William J. Clinton Foundation is to
strengthen the capacity of people in the United States
and throughout the world to meet the challenges of
global interdependence. To advance this mission, the
Clinton Foundation has developed programs and
partnerships in the following areas: Health Security,
Economic Empowerment, Leadership Development and Citizen
Service, and Racial/Ethnic and Religious Reconciliation.
Doctors Without Borders (aka Medecins Sans Frontieres):
www.msf.org
Doctors Without Borders (DWB) offers assistance to
populations in distress, victims of natural or man-made
disasters, and victims of armed conflict without
discrimination of race, religion, creed or political
affiliation. DWB observes strict neutrality in the name
of universal medical ethics and the right of
humanitarian assistance. The organization is present in
over 80 countries.
Elizabeth Glaser Foundation:
www.pedaids.org The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation seeks
to prevent pediatric HIV infection and to eradicate
pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and
prevention and treatment programs.
Family Health International (FHI):
www.fhi.org
FHI is a not-for-profit, private, voluntary organization
that works to improve reproductive health around the
world, with an emphasis on developing countries.
Firelight Foundation:
www.firelightfoundation.org
The Firelight Foundation provides support for
grassroots, community-based projects directly supporting
the needs and rights of children orphaned or affected by
HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
François-Xavier Bagnoud Center (FXB Center):
www.fxbcenter.org
The FXB Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey, an initiative of the School of Nursing in
collaboration with the New Jersey Medical School,
reaches across traditional boundaries to link research
and practice through education. The Center provides
clinical care, education, and technical assistance in
the United States and globally to support
capacity-building to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI):
www.vaccinealliance.org
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization is an
alliance between the private and public sectors, working
to save children's lives and people's health through the
widespread use of vaccines. Members of the alliance
include governments in developing and industrialized
countries, vaccine manufacturers, nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs), research institutes, UNICEF, the
World Health Organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, and the World Bank.
Global Strategies for HIV Prevention:
www.globalstrategies.org
Global Strategies for HIV Prevention is a not-for-profit
organization whose mission is to implement international
strategies to prevent HIV infection by means of
strategic alliances with those who share a passion for
alleviating the suffering of children.
HIV InSite:
www.hivinsite.ucsf.edu
This Web site offers comprehensive, up-to-date
information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and
policy from the University of California, San Francisco.
It is a peer-reviewed web site edited by scientists,
physicians and other AIDS workers. The site is divided
into five main sections: Knowledge Base, Medical,
Prevention, Policy Analysis, and Countries & Regions.
Links to important news items are provided on the HIV
InSite front page. International AIDS Society (IAS):
www.ias.se The International AIDS Society contributes to
the control and management of HIV infection and AIDS
through advocacy, education, facilitation of networks,
and scientific debate. IAS supports best practices in
research, prevention and care.
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI):
www.iavi.org
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative is a global
organization working to speed the development and
distribution of preventive AIDS vaccines -- the world's
best hope for ending the AIDS pandemic. IAVI's work
focuses on four areas: 1) mobilizing support through
advocacy and education; 2) accelerating scientific
progress; 3) encouraging industrial participation in
AIDS vaccine development; and 4) assuring global access.
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
(IAPAC):
www.iapac.org
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC)
implements educational and advocacy strategies to
improve the quality of care provided to people living
with HIV/AIDS and associated co-infectious diseases
around the globe.
John E. Fogarty International Center:
www.fic.nih.gov
The Fogarty International Center promotes and supports
scientific research and training internationally to
reduce disparities in global health.
John M. Lloyd Foundation:
www.johnmlloyd.org This private family foundation provides grants
in public policy, education/awareness, prevention, and
medical research. The John M. Lloyd Foundation amplifies
its funding through flexibility in supporting novel,
entrepreneurial projects that have a high likelihood of
affecting social change with regard to HIV/AIDS.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine AIDS
Site:
www.hopkins-aids.edu This AIDS resource site is provided by Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD.
It includes a listing of publications, medical
education, general resources, prevention materials and
guidelines for treatment.
Kaiser Family Foundation:
www.kff.org
The Kaiser Family Foundation website offers a variety of
news and information on health policy issues including:
Medicare, Medicaid, children's health, reproductive
health, HIV/AIDS, health care advertising, minority
health, public education, and health reform.
Mailman School of Public Health (Columbia University,
New York, NY):
www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/sms Through out its history, the Mailman School has
been a national and international leader in public
health research, education, and service. The school was
the first institution to: establish programs in
socio-medical sciences and psychiatric epidemiology
training, offer a joint degree in business and public
health, and provide graduate education in hospital
administration. The school's new focus on disease
prevention and health promotion, two of the primary
functions of public health, are natural outgrowths of
the School's original mission.
National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA):
www.napwa.org
Founded in 1983, NAPWA is a non-profit membership
organization that advocates on behalf of all people
living with HIV and AIDS in order to end the pandemic
and the human suffering caused by HIV/AIDS.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(NIAID):
www.niaid.nih.gov/daids
The NIAID division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
provides general information about HIV/AIDS, news
releases and NIAID publications, information on research
activities on AIDS and infectious diseases, and
information about grants and clinical trials.
Nursing Curriculum:
www.securethefuture.com
This free nursing curriculum was developed in
collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine and their
sub-Saharan African partners.
ONE Campaign:
www.one.org
ONE is an effort by Americans to rally Americans — ONE
by ONE — to fight the emergency of global AIDS and
extreme poverty. ONE is students and ministers, punk
rockers and NASCAR moms, Americans of all beliefs and
every walk of life, united as ONE to help make poverty
history. ONE believes that allocating an additional ONE
percent of the U.S. budget toward providing basic needs
like health, education, clean water and food would
transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation
in the world’s poorest countries. ONE also calls for
debt cancellation, trade reform and anti-corruption
measures in a comprehensive package to help Africa and
the poorest nations beat AIDS and extreme poverty.
Orphan Database:
www.fxb.org
Administered by the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Association,
this orphan database facilitates cooperation between
individuals and organizations involved in assisting
HIV/AIDS orphans.
Partners in Health:
www.pih.org Partners in Health is a nonprofit organization
that works in Latin America, the Caribbean, Russia, and
the U.S. Drawing on the resources of the world's elite
medical and academic institutions and on the lived
experience of the world's poorest and sickest
communities, the organization's team of physicians,
scholars, and activists tackles challenging health
crises and identifies practical solutions.
Project Inform:
www.projectinform.org
Project Inform is a national, non-profit,
community-based HIV/AIDS treatment information and
advocacy organization. Its Web site contains information
for HIV-infected individuals, their caretakers and their
healthcare and service providers. Included is
information about a treatment hotline, antiretrovirals,
opportunistic infections, immune therapies and more. The
project's full text journal, fact sheets, discussion
papers on special topics, and other publications are all
available online.
Rockefeller Foundation:
www.rockfound.org
The Rockefeller Foundation plays a vital role in
eradicating HIV/AIDS by funding research and bringing
together key collaborators who are able to implement
solutions in improving the health of impoverished
nations. <
The Body Positive:
www.thebody.com Established in 1987, The Body Positive, Inc. is
a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to
providing a self-help model of HIV/AIDS education,
information and support.
UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS):
www.unaids.org The UNAIDS Web site includes an extensive
collection of statistics on HIV/AIDS, consensus
documents, global HIV trends, country-specific data,
demographics and epidemiology.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID):
www.usaid.gov The United States Agency for International
Development is an independent agency that provides
economic development and humanitarian assistance around
the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the
United States.
U.S. Coalition for Child Survival:
www.child-survival.org
The U.S. Coalition for Child Survival is a collaboration
of organizations and individuals dedicated to improving
the survival and healthy development of the world's
children.
University of Maryland Hospital for Children’s
Pediatric AIDS Program (PACE):
www.umm.edu/pediatrics/programs.html#AIDS
The University of Maryland Hospital for Children's
Pediatric AIDS Program (PACE) offers a safe environment
in which access to state-of-the-art care is available to
HIV-infected and HIV-affected children. The PACE
Program, designed to address the unmet needs of
populations disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, is
a comprehensive HIV care program.
Women Alive:
www.women-alive.org Women Alive is a coalition of, by, and for women
living with HIV/AIDS. It enables HIV-positive women to
connect with each other and exchange information about
HIV treatment.
World Health Organization (WHO):
www.who.org The World Health Organization is the United
Nations' specialized agency for health-related issues
and causes. WHO's objective, as set out in its
Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the
highest possible level of health. "Health" is defined in
WHO's Constitution as not merely the absence of disease
or infirmity, but as a state of complete physical,
mental and social well-being.
Worldwide Orphans Foundation:
www.orphandoctor.com
The Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO) seeks to enrich
the lives and enhance the physical, emotional, social
and intellectual well being of children living in
orphanages throughout the world. WWO sponsors medical
and university students to live and work in orphanages,
providing care to thousand of children in Asia, Africa,
Latin America and Eastern Europe. In addition, it
provides training programs for healthcare professionals
and orphange caregivers as well as antiretroviral
treatments to HIV positive orphans in Viet Nam and
Ethiopia.
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Persons affected with poverty , HIV/AIDS related
problems and their families,Widows, girl child.
- Victims of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
- Youth groups aged between 15 - 35 years.
- Primary school going age group (both & outside
school)
- Men and women mostly the middle aged (20 - 48
years).
Our Mission
To work towards initiating sustainable development
programmes to improve the living standards of the poor
rural and urban slum dwellers especially the very most
vulnerable groups i.e children, girl child and women/widows
(Affected or Infected with HIV/AIDS/Poverty) To see how
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Our Vision
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sustainably developed"
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your work in the year ahead.
The
last AIDSPortal Global Newsletter highlights:
latest issues related
to HIV from around the world: self-assessment
toolkits by the NGO Code of Good Practice, Sport and
HIV research in Zambia AND Scenarios from Africa
contest winners. New AIDSPortal
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The NGOCode of Good
Practice was developed by NGOs,
for NGOs, to help guide our work by
providing a framework to which we can commit and
be held accountable. Drawing on 20 years of
knowledge and experience, the Code sets out key
principles, practice and evidence base required
for successful responses to HIV.
Put the Code's principles into practice. Click
here to browse and download the new Code
Self-Assessment Tools.
Partnerships involving sports-for-development
NGOs and the fight against HIV / AIDS
Sport is increasingly being reconginised for the
contribution it can make to the Millenium
Development Goals and response to the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. This recognition led to the
examination of a number of non-governemtnal
organisations (NGO) in Zambia, and in other
parts of the world, that deliver combined
programmes of sport and life skills education
that contribute to the broader efforts of civil
society organisations to address HIV/AIDS.
International agencies are recommended to
continue efforts to ensure that funding provided
for sport-for-development co-ordination.
To read the full report by York St. John
University, click
here.
Young People Against AIDS!
Scenarios from Africa is a community mobilisation, education and media
project about HIV/AIDS carried out with and for
young people coordinated by
Global Dialogues.
The 5th edition of the Scenarios from Africa
contests was held across the continent and among
African immigrants and refugees abroad from 1
December 2007 to 15 March . Young people up
to the age of 25 were invited to take part by
writing a story for a short film on HIV.
Key findings: Alarming numbers of young people
are still confused about crucial, fundamental
facts pertaining to the timing of the HIV test,
the difference between living with HIV and
living with AIDS, and the speed of the
progression of HIV in the body.
To read the full report click
here. To learn more about the contest click
here. For more on Scenarios from Africa
click
here.
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