RELATED LINKS

• AEGIS
  Since its inception in 1990, AEGIS, using a combination of FidoNet(r)(connecting over 32,000 electronic bulletin boards in 66 countries) and Internet communication tools, seeks to relieve some of the suffering and isolation caused by HIV/AIDS, and foster the understanding and knowledge that will lead to better care, prevention, and a cure. It offers a vast range of information, from clinical and legal information to late-breaking news, with chat facilities.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
  CDC, located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. CDC's HIV mission is to prevent HIV infection and reduce the incidence of HIV-related illness and death, in collaboration with community, state, national, and international partners. This site contains information on intervention, research, support, surveillance & epidemiology.

• Children in Distress (CINDI)
  CINDI, established in mid 1996, is an informal consortium of non-government organisations (NGOs) based in Pietermaritzburg, the capital of the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa's most populous province. This site contains links to Nelson Mandela Childrens Fund, and other institutions and programs in the area.

• Children and AIDS International Non-Government Organisation Network (CAINN)
  CAIN was established in 1996 by NGOs and community-based organizations to promote the rights and needs of children and young people infected by and affected by HIV/AIDS. Its main objective is to promote the implementation of the UN Convention on Rights of the Child and other relevant international declarations and agreements.

• The Rights of Children Living with HIV/AIDS (CRIN)
  CRIN is a global network of organizations sharing their experiences of information on children's rights. Its web site includes the full text of briefing and position papers on the rights of children living with HIV/AIDS and links to a list of relevant publications.

• EU HIV/AIDS programme in developing countries (EU)
  The European Union (EU) HIV/AIDS Programme in Developing Countries aims to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. It cooperates with governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), international agencies and the United Nations, the private sector and people living with HIV/AIDS. The programme was started in 1987 and has since implemented HIV/AIDS interventions at national, regional and international level in at least 90 developing countries.

• Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS)
  SAfAIDS, established in 1994, is a subregional non-governmental organisation aimed at promoting policy, research, planning and programme development around HIV/AIDS in the southern Africa region. Of significance to SAfAIDS' aim is promoting in all sectors an understanding of the epidemic as a crucial issue for development, rather than the view that AIDS is primarily a health problem to be dealt with by health sectors in isolation.

• UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
  UNAIDS provides an expanded, multisectoral response to HIV/AIDS. The six co-sponsoring organizations are the World Bank, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the World Health Organization (WHO).

• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  UNICEF's web site contains the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, as well as The State of the World's Children 2000 and The Progress of Nations 1999 reports, which issue an urgent call to leadership on behalf of children and discuss the most daunting obstacles to development, with special attention to AIDS emergency & orphanhood.

• UN Development Programme: HIV and Development Programme
  The United Nations Development Programme HIV and Development Programme draws together UNDP's headquarters, regional and country programming and other initiatives designed to strengthen the capacity of nations and organizations to respond effectively to the HIV epidemic. This site contains information on program activities and initiatives worldwide, policies, publications, and related links.

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): Office of Population, Health & Nutrition - USAID'S STRATEGY
  USAID, is a federal government agency that conducts foreign assistance and humanitarian aid to advance the political and economic interests of the USA. Its site includes information on the work of its Office of Population, Health & Nutrition, its extensive HIV/AIDS programmes, and its series of AIDS Briefs, publications that discuss ways in which HIV/AIDS can be integrated into projects, plans, programmes and so affect sectors and target groups. USAID has recently published the 1999 U.S. International Response to HIV/AIDS, which presents a global analysis and assessment of the US foreign policy interests as well as a review of the objectives and accomplishments of the international strategy on HIV/AIDS developed in 1995.

• U.S. Census Bureau
  This site is full of information on the AIDS epidemic, both domestic and international. The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base is a compilation of information from those studies appearing in the medical and scientific literature, presented at international conferences, and appearing in the press. The International Programs Center (IPC), part of the Population Division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, conducts demographic and socioeconomic studies and strengthens statistical development around the world through technical assistance,training, and software products. It maintains the International Data Base (IDB), a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world. This site also contains The World Population Profile: 1998 contains a Special Chapter Focusing on HIV/AIDS in the Developing World.

• World Bank: HIV/AIDS and the World Bank
  The World Bank is one of the leading financiers of HIV/AIDS activities in the world. This site contains information on World Bank HIV/AIDS activities ad links to other related sites.

• World Health Organization (WHO): Office of HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (ASD)
  WHO, specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters in Geneva, was established in 1948.The services of the agency are both advisory or technical. This site contains AIDS-related statistics, as well as other useful information on the state of the epidemic worldwide.

• University of Zambia Medical Library
  The University of Zambia Medical Library Guide to Medical Resources contains a special section on HIV/AIDS in Zambia. Included are a compilation of information from the Zambia Health Information Digest, and material gathered by scanning the web sites of Zambian newspapers. Also there is a bibliography on HIV/AIDS in Zambia (current up to 1995), abstracts of recent research by students and faculty from the University of Zambia College of Medicine and the University Teaching Hospitalis, and links to other HIV/AIDS resources accessible on the Internet.