learning links
Learning is an important part of taking action and engaging with an issue. Here you’ll find links to other websites containing information about the HIV and AIDS pandemic and Africa.
HIV and AIDS
The Biology of AIDS: includes great graphics, photos and graphs about HIV and AIDS and an excellent glossary of terms. Visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/africa/03/biology_of_aids/html/default.stm
BBC News – The Global Spread of HIV: for a global and regional perspective and to check out what the pandemic will look like in 2010, visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/africa/03/aids_debate/html/default.stm
NAM AIDS Map: a community-based organisation, which works from the UK to deliver HIV information across the world to HIV-positive people and to the professionals who treat, support and care for them. www.aidsmap.com
AIDS and You – a Christian Response to AIDS: read extracts online from Dr Patrick Dixon’s book for young people. Dr Dixon is one of the UK’s leading HIV and AIDS experts. www.globalchange.com/aidsandyou/A+Y-Open.htm
UNAIDS: find out more about the UN Programme on HIV and AIDS at www.unaids.org
World Health Organisation, the United Nations special agency for health: visit www.who.int/hiv/en/ for more about HIV and AIDS
MTV Staying Alive campaign: Challenging the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS and providing information and resources to young people worldwide. www.staying-alive.org
Africa links
BBC World:
> For the latest news on Africa, visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/default.stm
> Read the basic's about trade, aid and debt at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/africa/05/africa_economy/html/poverty.stm
Commission for Africa: learn more at www.commissionforafrica.org/english.htm
DATA: an organisation aiming to raise awareness about, and spark a response to the crises affecting Africa. Learn more about debt, AIDS and unfair trade at www.data.org
Millennium Development Goals for Africa: they commit the international community to viewing human development as key to sustaining social and economic progress in all countries. These Goals have been widely accepted as a framework for measuring development progress. Visit www.developmentgoals.org/Sub-Saharan_Africa.htm
These websites are run by third party organisations. EngageHIV cannot accept responsibility for their content.