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Worldwide & Sub-Saharan African countries most affected by HIV/AIDS
AIDS Maps of Africa:
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- Spread of HIV in Africa (1984-1999) (Graphics)30
Compare withUntitled Global View of HIV Infection (1984-1999) (824K) - HIV/AIDS in Africa (overview)30
UNAIDS, December 2000; also in French30 and Spanish30 - AIDS in Africa30
UNAIDS and Economic Commisstion for Africa report, December 2000. Provides more detailed country-level data; also in French30 - UNAIDS Africa Epidemiological Factsheets (June 2000)
- Africa Partnership 30
- HIV/AIDS in Africa
UNAIDS, June 2000; also in French
Science: Volume 288 Number 5474 Jun 23 2000
by Alan Whiteside, Mary O'Grady, and Anita Alban, AIDS Infothek, vol. 2, 2000.Special issue on HIV/AIDS in Africa published by Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
US Department of State. Provides links to US policies and other international issues related to HIV/AIDS.
Pulitzer Prize-winning, eight-part series by Mark Schoofs, The Village Voice, Nov-Dec, 1999.
- AIDS In Africa: A Crisis of Leadership
The Africa Prize for Leadership: Address by Joan Holmes, president, The Hunger Project, 10/13/01. Posted on the web 10/26/01. - Africa 'Could Be Worst Economic Casualty'
Financial Times, 10/22/01. - Africa to Launch 'Marshall Plan'
CNN.com/Reuters, 10/22/01.Untitled - Cameroon: Government Launches Anti-HIV Programme 3/26/02, IRIN
- Zambia: Kenneth Kaunda Promotes Voluntary Testing 3/26/02, IRIN
- South Africa: MTCT Pilot Programme under Threat 3/25/02, IRIN
- We Will Have Mercy On HIV Soldiers--Danjuma
This Day (Lagos), 3/23/02. - UN Says HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Ethiopia Worsening
Reuters, 3/21/02. - African Science and Zimbabwe's Elections
SciDev.Net editorial, 3/25/02. -
Untitled For related regional news and information go to:
Untitled AIDS News & Information Archive: Africa
- AIDS Orphans Assistance Database
Association François-Xavier Bagnoud; seeks to facilitate cooperation among people and organizations involved in assisting children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS and to help donors identify potential project partners directly. - Centre for International Cooperation in Health and Development: AIDS and Africa
Based at Laval Université, Canada. Activities include Francophone Africa AIDS Program and West Africa AIDS Project
NB: Not recently updated. - Santé Familiale et Prévention du SIDA
Subregional USAID-funded project that seeks to encourage family planning, reduce infant mortality, and limit the spread of HIV/AIDS in West and Central Africa. Countries participating are Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, and Togo. - Horizons
Global operations research on HIV/AIDS/STI prevention and care. Funded by USAID, Population Council primary contractor. - Implementing AIDS Prevention and Care Project (IMPACT)
Funded by USAID, Family Health International primary contractor.Untitled - MESOB HIV/AIDS Networking Project
Supports Ethiopian organizations addressing HIV/AIDS, particularly with regard to information sharing focused on current and future initiatives and potential resources. An initiative of InterAfrica Group's NGO Networking Service. - Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS)
NGO promoting policy, research, planning, and program development to strengthen capacity to address the socioeconomic impact of AIDS and promote HIV prevention. - Southern African AIDS Training Programme
Regional NGO based in Zimbabwe that supports community responses to HIV/AIDS, gender, and human rights in nine countries in southern Africa.
- 12th International Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, December 9-13, 2001. - Global Strategies for the Prevention of HIV Transmission from Mothers to Infants
Kampala, Uganda, September 9-13, 2001. Sponsored by amfAR, Global Strategies for HIV Prevention, and the International AIDS Society. - United Nations Special Session on HIV/AIDS: Global Crisis-Global Action
June 25-27, 2001.Links to key documents, satellite events, NGO resources, online discussion group, and more. - 8th International Society of Women and AIDS in Africa Conference: Children and AIDS: Challenges and Strategies to Cope
Kampala, April 2-6, 2001. Conference Updates - African Development Forum 2000: AIDS: The Greatest Leadership Challenge
UN Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, December 3-7, 2000. - XIII International AIDS Conference
Durban, South Africa, July 9-14, 2000. HIV InSite coverage of XIII International AIDS Conference
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