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AEGIS - AIDS Education and Global Information System
HIV / AIDS information on the Internet. The largest HIV / AIDS web site in the world updated hourly.
 
AIDS Foundation of South Africa
This web site aims to provide general information about AIDS in a South African context, keep interested parties informed of the AIDS Foundation's activities and facilitate an accessible channel for anyone wishing to contribute to the financial support given to various AIDS initiatives.
 
AIDS Information Dissemination Site, Southern Africa
This site has an extensive list of AIDS-related links in Southern Africa and around the world. It also includes a discussion forum to which anyone can freely subscribe.
 
Aidstruth.org
This website presents the scientific evidence that HIV is the cause of AIDS and that benefits of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) outweigh the risks. The website was created by people engaged in the worldwide struggle against HIV/AIDS.
 
ARK - Absolute Return for Kids
ARK's mission is through the support of local and international projects, to transform the lives of children, who are victims of abuse, disability, illness and poverty.
 
ASSA AIDS Models
The objective of this site is to assist the actuarial profession and society in assessing and addressing the impact of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa.
 
Bodymaps
The Body Maps are artworks which were created by a group of women, The Bambanani Womens Group, based in Cape Town, South Africa. The Bambanani Women were invited to tell their stories through a community outreach program initiated by the AIDS and Society Research Unit of the University of Cape Town (ASRU) and M�decins Sans Fronti�res. This program began to document the lives of this group of HIV+ women who were given access to drug therapies. With the help of Cape Town-based artist, Jane Soloman, the participants created Body Maps- life size images tracing the contours of their bodies that visualize the virus and articulate each individual history.
 
Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE)
The Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) is a South African non-profit organisation working in the area of HIV / AIDS social research, project development and communications. CADRE is committed to fast-tracking appropriate and effective response to HIV / AIDS through developing coherent strategic models for interventions
 
Centre for the Study of AIDS
This site promotes a holistic understanding of HIV / AIDS, where it is not simply seen as a pure medical issue, but as a social, medical, developmental and legal one.
 
Health Economics HIV/AIDS Division, University of Natal
HEARD conducts research on the socio-economic aspects of public health, especially the HIV / AIDS pandemic. It is based in South Africa at the University of Natal, but its operations are international in scope. The intent is to inspire health and development strategies that improve the welfare of people in and beyond Africa.
 
Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
The IDS website is a source of information and publications on a range of development-related issues, including gender, health, poverty, HIV, science and politics.

Medecins Sans Frontieres
MSF is an independent humanitarian medical aid agency committed to two objectives: providing medical aid wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex and raising awareness of the plight of the people they help.
 
Medical Research Council
The MRC's vision is to build a healthy nation through research. Their mission is to improve the nation's health status and quality of life through relevant and excellent health research aimed at promoting equity and development.  
 
MRC Report On: The Impact of HIV / AIDS on Adult Mortality in South Africa
Here you can view and print the research report via the Adobe Acrobat reader.
 
Red Ribbon
General Information/Statistics
 
South African AIDS Directory
The Overall purpose of this directory is to facilitate networking and referral as key components of the National response to HIV / AIDS
 
South African Department of Health
A useful site for information on the government's HIV / AIDS programme.
 
Treatment Action Campaign
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) was launched on 10 December 1998, International Human Rights Day. Its main objective is to campaign for greater access to treatment for all South Africans, by raising public awareness and understanding about issues surrounding the availability, affordability and use of HIV treatments. TAC campaigns against the view that AIDS is a ‘death sentence’.
 
UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNAIDS is the main role player globally in advocating for action on HIV / AIDS. This site provides current information on a host of issues around the epidemic.
 
WHO - World Health Organization
The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established on 7 April 1948. 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 a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.