Links
Useful
websites on HIV/Aids
The following sites provide useful information, data, research, and
policy on HIV/Aids both globally and in the UK. Further links are available
from our Policy Library, a virtual library
of HIV and related policy information for Scotland and the UK.
Aidsmap
A partnership project of 'NAM', the HIV information charity, British HIV Association
and St Stephen’s AIDS Trust, the excellent Aidsmap is a website
offering comprehensive information on all aspects of HIV/AIDS from medical,
legal and health advice to the latest news.
Aids
Education Global Information System (AEGIS)
A vast and comprehensive resource, reputedly the world's biggest HIV/Aids
website, including a daily briefing that draws together news reports
from all over the world on all aspects of HIV/Aids, from research to
drugs to law and government policy.
AVERT
AVERT is a leading UK AIDS Education and Medical Research charity and
is responsible for a wide range of education and medical research work.
The aims of the organisation are: "preventing people from becoming
infected with HIV, improving the quality of life of those already infected,
through medical research working to develop a cure for AIDS." The
AVERT site contains: HIV and AIDS statistics, information for young
people, personal stories, a history section, information on becoming
infected, a young and gay section, free resources, FAQs, and a range
of other data.
MEDFASH
The Medical Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health is a charity which works with policy-makers and health professionals to promote excellence in the prevention and management of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Supported by the British Medical Association, the site is aimed
at professionals, and has extensive policy and research links.
NAM
NAM is a community-based information provider based in the UK whose
sole aim is to combat the AIDS epidemic through accurate, accessible
and up-to-date information.
NAM's publications have become one of the principal sources of AIDS
and HIV information in the UK and Europe over the past ten years. NAM
produces extensive information on treatments, both in book
form and as a searchable database.
They also have a range of publications on organisations
as well as an online international
resources database, searchable in six languages. There is also a
searchable database of HIV clinics in the UK. NAM produces the excellent
Aidsmap
site.
National
Aids Trust
NAT is the UK's leading HIV / AIDS policy and advocacy organisation
working to ensure that people in power take action on HIV both within
the UK and internationally.
International
HIV/AIDS Alliance
A unique development organisation specialised in supporting communities
in developing countries to tackle the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS.
The Health Development Agency
The national authority that works to improve people's health and reduce health inequalities. They gather evidence and produce advice for policy makers, professionals and practitioners.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA)
Communicable disease monitoring body for England and Wales. The site has an HIV/Aids
report section, that contains comprehensive data on prevalence HIV/Aids.
Scottish
Centre for Infection and Environmental Health
As above but for Scotland.
Wales
Public Health Laboratory Service
As above but for Wales.
Terrence
Higgins Trust
The UK's largest Aids charity. Its site offers information, fact sheets
and details of the services it provides, as well as an online 'shopping
village' where a percentage of goods bought over the net from high street
retailers goes to the charity.
UN
Aids
United Nations body set up to coordinate HIV/Aids prevention and treatment
programmes across the world. The site includes detailed, country-by-country
estimates of the spread of the epidemic.
World
Aids Day
Official website of the campaign. Includes a back to basics guide to
HIV/Aids, how you can become infected and how it can be treated.
Links
to organisations offering support and services for people with HIV are
available on our Worried about HIV page.
Further links are available from our Policy Library,
a virtual library of HIV and related policy information for Scotland
and the UK under the following sections:
•
HIV & AIDS
Information Services & websites
• Government
Departments, agencies & related groups in the United Kingdom
• UK
HIV/AIDS policy and campaigning organisations & groups
• International
HIV/AIDS policy and campaigning organisations & groups
• Research: HIV/AIDS
policy & related research organisations & websites
An
extensive list of key policy documents related to HIV & AIDS is
also available
from the Policy Library.
