International links
This page links to key international organisations and websites focusing on a range of HIV/AIDS issues.
If you are looking for information on AIDS in a particular country it's best to try the UNAIDS website or search for local organisations at AIDSMap's AIDS Organisations Worldwide search engine.
General news and information portals
People Living with HIV/AIDS Organisations
HIV/AIDS and developing countries
Biomedical prevention research
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General news and info
Aegis Updated hourly. News, fact sheets, law library, bulletin & chat boards.
AIDS Map Interactive site of the National AIDS Manual (UK) with a focus on treatments but also including a section on international resources.
AVERT is an international HIV and AIDS charity, based in the UK. Their website includes news and information about HIV and AIDS around the word, plus games, videos and stories
Gender equality & HIV/AIDS A comprehensive web portal set up by UN Women relating to gender equality dimensions of the HIV epidemic.
GMHC Gay Men's Health Crisis (USA) Health information on a range of topics.
HIVandHepatitis.com News and information about treatment for HIV/AIDS, chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and co-infection with HIV/HCV and HIV/HBV. The site publishes articles, conference reports and has a question and answer section.
HIV InSite Gateway to HIV and AIDS Knowledge A premier global Internet resource on HIV/AIDS, incorporating comprehensive, multidisciplinary information on basic science, treatment, prevention, and policy.
HIV InSite Country and Regions Pages A source of regularly updated international HIV/AIDS information, including global and regional HIV/AIDS overviews, as well as 195 individual country pages and a database of epidemiological and socioeconomic data.
International AIDS Society (IAS) The IAS is the world’s professional society for scientists, health care and public health workers, and others engaged in HIV/AIDS prevention, control and care. Includes international conference links.
International HIV Research Group Based at University of NSW, conducts high quality social and behavioural research which providing the evidence to develop effective responses to HIV.
NAM's e-atlas, a searchable listing of HIV/AIDS organisations worldwide.
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. International news, data, research, conferences, FAQs, publications, country and regional profiles.
People Living with HIV/AIDS
The Body (US) Information, resources and contacts
GNP+ (Global) Global Network of people living with HIV/AIDS. Capacity building, conferences, web forum, regional links
HIV Leadership through accountability The HIV Leadership through Accountability program is about evidence-based campaigning, advocacy and lobbying. The program enables national networks of people living with HIV to build a solid evidence-base about why it is crucial to achieve universal access and how this can happen in practice through the meaningful participation of people living with HIV.
ICW Global (Global) The International Community of Women living with HIV
Poz (US) Daily news, treatment updates, personal profiles, investigative features, videos, blogs and an extensive online social network
Terence Higgins Trust (UK) Health promotion and support to people at risk of or living with HIV
HIV treatments
AIDSmeds.com offers complete and easy-to-read information on treating HIV & AIDS, including guided treatment lessons, info on AIDS treatments, symptoms, and testing information, recent news, community forums, and interactive tools.
AIDScience Produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The site includes peer -reviewed articles, research updates, links to news bulletins from a variety of sources, and discussion forums.
CATIE Community AIDS treatments Information Exchange (Canada).
Project Inform (USA) Information, advocacy and inspiration.
Medscape General medical information for healthcare professionals and consumers, treatment updates.
PubMed Online biomedical database that includes peer-reviewed HIV/AIDS journals. PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
HIV and the law
2010 Global Criminalisation scan A global overview of the extent to which criminal and other laws have been used to prosecute people living with HIV for HIV transmission and exposure.
AIDSPolicyLaw The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network.
AVERT: Criminal Transmission of HIV An overview of the issues related to criminal prosecutions for transmission of HIV and non-disclosure.
Criminalize Hate Not HIV is part of a growing global campaign to raise awareness about the impact of the criminal law on national responses to HIV. The campaign aims to demonstrate how using the criminal law in this way undermines public health HIV interventions and prevention efforts, increases stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV and marginalizes vulnerable people who may be at risk.
Criminal HIV Transmission Edwin Bernard's blog focuses on analysing developments in global laws and prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure, potential exposure and/or transmission, as well as advocacy against such laws and prosecutions.
Positive Justice Project A consortium devoted to ending the abuse of the criminal law against HIV-positive people.
UNAIDS strategy goal on punitive laws: Countries with punitive laws and practices around HIV transmission, sex work, drug use or homosexuality that block effective responses reduced by half.
HIV/AIDS and developing countries
AIDSchannel.org is a partnership of over 100 aid agencies, human rights and campaign groups aiming to promote understanding, knowledge sharing and action on AIDS as a development, social, economic and human rights issues.
Health & Development Networks (HDN) manages and moderates a range of electronic discussion forums and provides communication support to conferences. The mission of HDN is to mobilise a more effective response to HIV/AIDS and other health-and-development-related issues by improving information, communication and the quality of debate.
The International HIV/AIDS Alliance The International HIV/AIDS Alliance is a development organisation specialised in supporting communities in developing countries to play a full and effective role in the global response to AIDS. Their website has many useful resources and publications.
UNESCO HIV and AIDS Education Clearinghouse An interactive portal dedicated to collecting and disseminating documentation on HIV/AIDS and its impact on education. Includes recent research findings, discussion forums and links.
Biomedical prevention research & advocacy
AVAC A global source for updates, advocacy and information on biomedical HIV prevention.
IAVIReport.org IAVI Report Online is a centralized source of information on all aspects of AIDS vaccine research and associated scientific disciplines—from basic science like molecular virology and immunology to more applied fields such as HIV prevention research.
Global Campaign for Microbicides The Global Campaign for Microbicides is a broad-based, international effort to build support among policymakers, opinion leaders, and the general public for increased investment into microbicides and other user-controlled prevention methods.The website has fact-sheets, an online petition, an advocates' corner discussion area, and more.
Advocacy
Asian Harm Reduction Network (AHRN) AHRN is a global information and support network linking and supporting programs working in Asia to stop HIV among injecting drug users.
Global Forum on MSM & HIV Advocates for equitable access to effective HIV prevention, care, and treatment services tailored to the needs of gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), while promoting their health and human rights worldwide.
International Treatment Preparedness Coalition is a nonprofit community-driven funding mechanism to support HIV treatment advocacy and education efforts in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America, and NIS/CIS/Baltics.
Treatment Action Campaign Based in South Africa, TAC is a driving force behind the current international campaign to increase access to HIV drugs and essential medicines for people living with HIV/AIDS. AFAO supported them for a period of time in 2001 for their MTCT campaign. This group is sassy, smart and committed.
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