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AlertNet: Alerting humanitarians to emergencies
A project of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, AlertNet is a news aggregator that aims to raise awareness of humanitarian crises around the globe, particularly 'forgotten' emergencies that rarely make headlines. It publishes news from over 400 aid agencies and other media outlets across a range of...
LINK | 3 March 2009 | EN
Global Forum for Health Research
The Global Forum for Health Research provides evidence, tools and discussion forums for decision-makers in research funding and policy to improve the health of the poor. Although it covers issues for both infectious and non-communicable diseases, the agency recognises that mental health problems...
LINK | 23 July 2008 | EN
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: malaria
The site is aimed at lay readers, including travellers to malaria-affected countries, physicians and health workers. It contains extensive background information on malaria disease, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. It also covers a brief outline of the history of the discovery of...
LINK | 2 November 2005 | EN
Global Health Reporting
This is a project operated by the Kaiser Family Foundationhttp://www.kff.org/ with major support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundationhttp://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm . It aims to keep journalists informed of the latest updates on malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. The website...
LINK | 1 November 2005 | EN
Women, Children and HIV
This website is the result of a collaboration between the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Centerhttp://fxbcenter.org at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and the Center for HIV Informationhttp://chi.ucsf.edu (CHI) at the University of California San Francisco. It is aimed...
LINK | 24 August 2005 | EN
The Contraceptive Research and Development Program
The Contraceptive Research and Development Program of Eastern Virginia Medical School is dedicated to producing better and safer contraceptives for developing countries, to protect against the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Its projects include the Bill and Melinda...
LINK | 23 June 2004 | EN
Microbicides Development Programme
The UK-based Microbicides Development Programme, funded by the UK Department International Development (DFID) are engaged in clinical trials of microbicides, in collaboration with a number of research partners in Africa. The website briefly describes the programme and its working groups, and...
LINK | 23 June 2004 | EN
The Institute of Human Virology
The Institute of Human Virology, in Maryland, United States, is a multidisciplinary research institute dedicated to finding new treatments and vaccines for HIV, hepatitis C, and other diseases. Its main focus is basic and clinical HIV/AIDS research, including vaccine development. The website is...
LINK | 27 May 2004 | EN
European-Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Programme
Under its Framework Six funding programme, this new European Union initiative aims to translate medical research results into clinical trials in developing countries, particularly in Africa. The first move is to provide 200 million Euros for the development of new medicines and vaccines for...
LINK | 27 May 2004 | EN
AIDSthai
AIDSthai is an information portal in both English and Thai, covering AIDS research, prevention and care activities in Thailand, supported by the Thai government's Ministry of Public Health. The website includes background information and links on vaccine research, including the Vaccine Trial...
LINK | 27 May 2004 | EN
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
AVAC is a community and consumer-based organisation dedicated to accelerating the development and availability of an HIV vaccine through independent analysis, policy advocacy, education and mobilisation. The website contains extensive and regularly updated news and progress reports on vaccine...
LINK | 27 May 2004 | EN
African AIDS Vaccine Research Programme
The African AIDS Vaccine Programme was conceived in June 2000 as a network of African experts, working together to promote and facilitate HIV vaccine research and evaluation in Africa. Sponsored by WHO-UNAIDS, its mission is to advocate and support a coordinated effort to contribute to the global...
LINK | 27 May 2004 | EN
The Global Campaign for Microbicides
The Global Campaign for Microbicides is an international organisation that aims to build awareness and political support for investment in microbides research and development, access and use. Its key activities are advocacy, policy analysis and social sciences research, in collaboration with...
LINK | 16 February 2004 | EN
AIDSmap
AIDSmap is an online information service on HIV/AIDS which provides well-written up-to-date news, information and international conference coverage, in partnership with the International HIV/AIDS Alliancehttp://www.aidsalliance.org/ . Although much of the content is written for audiences in the...
LINK | 16 February 2004 | EN
Biblioteca Virtual de Ciencias Sociales de América Latina y el Caribe de la Red CLACSO
This is a virtual library of Latin American social science papers maintained by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO). It provides open and free access to more than 4,000 full-text books, periodical articles and other documents, in Spanish.
LINK | 20 January 2004 | EN
Medilinks
This website is aimed primarily at healthcare professionals and policymakers involved in healthcare delivery in Africa. It provides information on a wide variety of topics, including a section on HIV/AIDS, containing a useful chart describing different antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) and their generic...
LINK | 9 January 2004 | EN
Family Health International
Family Health International is a non-profit organisation that supports the improvement of international public health through research, education, and other services through a variety of partners worldwide. Its web section on HIV/AIDShttp://www.fhi.org/en/HIVAIDS/index.htm contains fact sheets,...
LINK | 9 January 2004 | EN
BBC: The AIDS Debate
Launched as part of the BBC's AIDS Season in November 2003, this website contains news updates, features and analysis on HIV/AIDS around the world, as well sections on the biologyhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/africa/03/biology_of_aids/html/default.stm and...
LINK | 7 January 2004 | EN
Integrated Regional Information Networks: PlusNews
IRIN provides news, information and reports on humanitarian issues affecting sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia for an estimated daily email readership of over 50,000. This includes the latest HIV/AIDS reports accessible through their PlusNews service.
LINK | 7 January 2004 | EN
Aidspan
Aidspan is a relatively new independent non-profit organisation based in New York that provides critical analysis, news and comment on the activities of the Global Fund. It publishes a regular newsletter, the Global Fund Observerhttp://www.aidspan.org/gfo/archives/newsletter/ , and guidance to...
LINK | 7 January 2004 | EN
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Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
