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The devastating toll
of the HIV/AIDS pandemic is examined in this paper. Its present
and future impact on global sustainable development, especially for the poorest
members of society and least developed countries, is discussed.
Some of the suggested strategies for dealing with the most critical
aspects of the disease are also reviewed.
Briefing paper on HIV/AIDS
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NGOs
Institutions
Media
& Education
Industry
Trade
Unions
UN
Women
Youth
Issues
Access
to health care services, medication, and reproductive rights
- Beyond
Our Means? The Cost of Treating HIV/AIDS in the Developing World.
Panos Briefing no 7, July 2000
- Health Gap Coalition: Bridging
the Gap in Access to Medicines
- Expert
Round-Table Meeting on Ensuring Reproductive Rights and Implementing
Sexual &Reproductive Health Programmes, Including Women’s
Empowerment, Male Involvement and Human Rights,
Kampala, Uganda 22-25th June.
Executive Summary UN Population Fund.
UNPFA (1998)
- Millions for
Viagra,
Pennies for Diseases of the Poor
The Nation (1999)
Social
and Economic Aspects
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HIV/AIDS:
the impact on social and economic development. Report and
proceedings of the UK Select Committee on International Development.
Summary
of conclusions and recommendations
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Social
and Economic impacts of HIV/AIDS - School
of Development Studies University of East Anglia (UK)
Developing
countries
Industrialised
countries
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Organisations
Faith
Community
NGOs
- AIDS
Vaccine Advocacy Coalition-Website
committed to advocacy toward HIV/AIDS vaccinations
- Architecture
for humanity a volunteer non-profit organization founded for the
promotion of architectural and design solutions to global, social
and humanitarian problems, including developing HIV/AIDS treatment
centres.
- Critical
Path AIDS Project-Provides
resources and prevention information for the public and other HIV
infected individuals
- Family
Health International; Impact on HIV: Linking Care and Prevention –Semi-annual,
family magazine about HIV prevention and care
- GNP+
- Global
network for and of people living with HIV/AIDS
- HIVpositive.com
- covers all aspects of living with HIV/AIDS.
- International
AIDS Economic Network (IAEN)-
provides data, tools and analysis on the economics of HIV/AIDS
prevention and treatment in developing countries
- International
Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)-protects
and advances the rights of people discriminated on the basis of
sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status
- Oneworld
More than 350 organisations that promote human rights and
sustainable development through the Internet.
- Panos
Institute - HIV/AIDS information resources
- Remedios
AIDS Foundation
– Philippines
Institutions
- APCASO
- Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organizations
- CAPS
– Centre for AIDS Prevention Studies
- CDC
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
- Centre for Disease Control HIV/AIDS Prevention Site.
- The
EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia
- European
Union's HIV/AIDS programme in Developing Countries - EU's
HIV/AIDS Programme aims to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS
- ICASO
-
International Council of AIDS Service Organizations
- International Partnership against
AIDS in Africa
- IAVI
- International
AIDS Vaccine Initiative
- Harvard
AIDS Institute - Offers pages on Basic Science, Clinical
Science, Epidemiology and Social Science
- HIV/AIDS
Surveillance Data Base
- Information on HIV prevalence in population groups in
developing countries
- International
Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC)-Communications
network that serves as a member resource and public service for
physicians, etc
- JAMA
HIV/AIDS Information Centre
- HIV/AIDS information site from the Journal of the American Medical
Association.
- Johns
Hopkins AIDS Service - Has sections on treatment,
epidemiology, managed etc.
Media & Education
- Africa AIDS
education project booklet BBC World Service
- AIDS
action Asia Pacific Health
Action Information Network
- Aids Close Up
BBC Online News
- AIDS Educational Global Information
System
- The Body,
Mutli-media AIDS &
HIV Information
- The
Communication Initiative
- The email and web network offering Information, ideas, linkages
and dialogue on communication, development and change.
- Population Services International:
Social Marketing for HIV/AIDS Prevention
- South
Africa Beyond
Awareness Campaign
- Yahoo
HIV/AIDS References
Industry
- Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS
Trade Unions
- Framework of Action Towards
Involving Workers in Fighting HIV/AIDS in the Workplace. ICFTU
(2000)
United Nations
- Agenda 21: Chapter 6 - Protection
& Promotion of Human Health
- International Conference on
Population and Development + 9 (June 1999). HIV/AIDS
Commitments.
- International
Labour Organization (ILO)
–Workplace codes of conduct, books, and seminars on HIV/AIDS
- UN AIDS: Joint United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS and Report on the Global
HIV/AIDS epidemic 2000
- UN Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- UNICEF
and report on the Progress of Nations 1999
- United
Nations Development Programme, HIV activities
- United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)/African Development
Forum: African Summit on
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and others
- UN General Assembly Special Session,
June 2001 The
Global Strategy Framework on HIV/AIDS
and the Declaration
of Commitment on HIV/AIDs
- United
Nations Office for Drug Control & Crime Prevention (UNODCCP)
Facts about drug abuse and HIV/AIDS
- World
Bank-HIV/AIDS
Programmes and Initiatives
- World
Health Organization-
Reference page with links to publications, surveillance &
response, WHO Initiative on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted
Infections (HSI), and UNAIDs and HIV/AIDS
report of the
Director General
Women
- Gender
and HIV/AIDS. UNIFEM
- Human
rights, Women and Aids . WHO 2000 Fact sheet no. 247
- ICW
- The International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS
- ICRW
- International Centre on Research for Women
Youth
- Children
and AIDS International Non-Government Organisation Network (CAINN) –promotes
the voices, rights, and needs of HIV/AIDs infected children
- CRIN:
The Rights of Children Living with HIV/AIDS
- World
Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, AIDs project (WAGGGS)
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