Links—General Information

AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS)

www.aegis.com

This web site offers a broad array of information on HIV/AIDS: for people living with HIV/AIDS, those managing people with HIV/AIDS and people who are in HIV/AIDS education. Of special interest are pages which link to other web sites. These lists include topics such as internet research and discovery tools, federal resources, network references and links of general interest for researchers, healthcare providers and people living with HIV/AIDS.

Christian Connections for International Health

http://www.ccih.org/resources/ABCplus/

This is a library of research, programming tools, news articles and other resources related to HIV/AIDS prevention and behavioral change. The resource section offers downloadable documents to assist in teaching the ABC approach in HIV prevention.

Family Health International

http://www.fhi.org/

Family Health International is among the largest and most established nonprofit organizations active in international public health with a mission to improve lives worldwide through research, education, and services in family health. FHI manages research and field activities in more than 70 countries to meet the public health needs of some of the world's most vulnerable people.

http://www.fhi.org/en/HIVAIDS/index.htm

Search the "Tools and Publications" link to find FHI downloadable HIV/AIDS publications.

Healthline

http://www.healthline.com./galecontent/aids-tests

Search this site for a wide variety of links to information concerning HIV/AIDS.

Hesperian Foundation

www.hesperian.org/action_topics_HIV.php

The Hesperian Foundation is a nonprofit publisher of books and educational materials that help people take the lead in their own health care and organize to improve health conditions in their communities. Simply written, heavily illustrated and developed in collaboration with groups around the world, the books contain a wealth of lifesaving information diagnosing and treating a broad range of health problems.

HIV/AIDS Bureau

http://www.samhsa.gov/

The HIV/AIDS Bureau is a service of the Health Resources and Services administration. Of special interest on this site is the vast network of links. Also available, through the Ryan White CARE Act, are fact sheets on different groups at risk of HIV/AIDS infection.

HIV Medicine

http://hivmedicine.com/index.htm

HIV Medicine's mission is to be a source for comprehensive and in-depth HIV/AIDS information. Download of the 14th edition, 825-page PDF document (5.3 MB) is free.

Operation Whole

http://aibi.gospelcom.net/reap/

The Resource Education For AIDS Prevention (R.E.A.P.) materials have been produced by Operation Whole, an Assemblies of God affiliated ministry based in South Africa. REAP is a complete HIV/AIDS education program that provides biblical, morally based hope in the crises of human tragedy. These excellent faith-based materials come from a CD provided by Vern & Esther Tisdale of Africa—Operation Whole. You may freely use these materials in your ministry. It includes an HIV/AIDS training manual as well as overhead materials and PowerPoints. Most materials are in Microsoft Word (.doc) format. The REAP manual has been put into PDF format for easy printing.

The Body

http://www.thebody.com/index.html

This is a comprehensive site, with information for people living with HIV/AIDS, caregivers and educators. The site offers 550+ topic areas, covering a wide range of information and links to help people living with HIV/AIDS. The site includes links to what's new, publications, treatment, testing, what to do when diagnosed, testimonials, etc.

UNAIDS

www.unaids.org

UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations to the global HIV/AIDS response. Cosponsors include UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank. It works in more than 75 countries worldwide. It has five focus areas including: leadership and advocacy; strategic information and technical support; tracking, monitoring and evaluation; civil society engagement and mobilization of resources. Of special interest on this site are yearly updates on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. UNAIDS harmonizes monitoring and evaluation approaches at global, regional and country levels to generate reliable and timely information on the epidemic and the response. Their statistics are considered highly reliable and are the most widely quoted around the globe. They also offer an enormous number of educational publications, dealing with every aspect of the epidemic.

World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/hiv/en/

As the directing and coordinating authority on international health, the World Health Organization takes the lead within the UN system in the global health sector response to HIV/AIDS. The HIV/AIDS Department provides evidence-based, technical support to WHO Member States to help them scale up treatment, care and prevention services as well as drugs and diagnostics supply to ensure a comprehensive and sustainable response to HIV/AIDS.

World Relief

www.wr.org

World Relief offers free downloads of its HIV/AIDS teaching resources. Search under "What We Do" and click on AIDS to find these materials.