Useful Resources

HIVAN aims to showcase the positive, creative and proactive approaches in the fight against HIV/AIDS. They have currently focused largely on KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, but have drawn in from national sources, the rest of Africa and abroad. They've also tried to highlight partnerships, especially those which are multisectoral and multidisciplinary. The site also contain a comprehensive database of HIV/AIDS-related organisations and individuals and regularly updated listings of international funding opportunities.

Edited by Peter R Lamptey, MD, DrPH and Helene Gayle, MD, MPH. The Handbook is a comprehensive source of information on how to design and manage HIV/AIDS prevention and care programs, especialy in developing countries. For a copy of this handbook or a CD ROM version, please contact Shawna Brown by email or telephone (USA)703.516.9779.

Six new tutorials on HIV and Pregnancy, HIV and Breastfeeding, and HIV and Nutrition. In response to the international HIV/AIDS epidemic, the JHPIEGO Corporation has begun working with the Department of Health and Human Services1(DHHS) and USAID to develop training and education programs in limited-resource settings on the Care of Women with HIV. The first product of this collaboration is a series of tutorials designed to provide physicians, faculty and healthcare trainers with the technical knowledge they need to provide high quality healthcare services to women with HIV/AIDS and to train other healthcare providers. To date, eight tutorials have been developed. A CD-ROM with all eight tutorials is also available and may be obtained by contacting JHPIEGO via email.

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance is an international development non-governmental organisation which was established to respond to the need for a specialist, professional intermediary organisation which would work in effective partnership with non-governmental and community-based organisations in developing countries, as well as with governments, donors and the UN system. The Alliance's mission is to support communities in developing countries to play a full and effective role in the global response to AIDS. In some countries the Alliance supports linking organisations, in others the Alliance supports field partners. The Alliance currently has three field offices: in India, Ukraine and Zambia. The secretariat is based at Queensberry House, 104-106 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XF, United Kingdom, and the Alliance website has a number of useful links, updates and publications.