General information and statistics

UNAIDS publishes an annual AIDS report with all the latest statistics by country and region.

Click here for UNAIDS 2008 AIDS Report

UNAIDS also has plenty of general information and reports about the virus, how it affects people, its prevention etc.

The World Health Organisation has statistics, fact sheets and more detailed publications for health professionals.

The World Bank's AIDS site has information about how AIDS has affected developing countries' economies.

The U.N. Development Programme's AIDS website describes how the agency helps governments address the AIDS crisis.

In addition, the British-based Avert organisation provides detailed breakdowns of HIV information by country and region here. It also has useful information about rolling out treatment in developing countries.

To find out about the leading agency distributing AIDS funds, visit the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria website.

Other important funding agencies are the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

AIDS and food security

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation has a website dedicated to tracking the impact of AIDS on food security worldwide. It has a good overview of how AIDS is spreading in rural areas and links to many reports on the subject.

British-based think tank the Overseas Development Institute has produced a resource guide for HIV, food and humanitarian action which points readers towards research on AIDS and famine.

Medical information

The Johns Hopkins AIDS Service website has accessible information about the medical side of AIDS. It includes a Pocket Guide to Adult HIV/AIDS Treatment, medical literature reviews and Q&As.

If you're looking for information about vaccines and their production visit the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative website.

The International AIDS Society is a large, Geneva-based association of HIV/AIDS healthcare professionals. Scroll down to the World AIDS News section for a round-up of the latest medical news.

AmFar, the American Foundation for AIDS Research, has some information about medical research.

And if you want to get really technical, visit the U.S. government's HIV Sequence Database which analyses and publishes details of vaccine trials and genetic sequences of HIV among other things. The group includes molecular biologists, sequence analysts and computer technicians.

International NGOs

A huge number of international non-governmental organisations are dedicated to ending the pandemic, and supporting those whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS. Their websites contain stories of people living with the virus, and how community groups are working to improve their lives.

Here are just a few:

The British-based International HIV/Aids Alliance, which has a global partnership of nationally-based organisations working to support community action on AIDS.

The Amsterdam-based Global Network of People Living with HIV is a global alliance of AIDS activists, including those living with the virus.

Other international organisations working for better conditions and funding include: the International Council for AIDS Service Organisations, the Washington-based Global AIDS Alliance, the US-based Global Health Council, the Clinton Foundation and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

More campaigning organisations include the World AIDS Campaign.

Women and HIV

The State of World Population Report 2005 from the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) has a useful chapter on women and HIV/AIDS, giving a good overview of the main issues ranging from why women are likely to catch AIDS from their husbands to the problems they face accessing treatment.

The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) has lots of information on how the disease affects women. The Coalition is a loose alliance of civil society groups, networks of women living with HIV, and U.N. agencies.

More information is available at the website of the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS. Its membership is only open to HIV-positive women, and its newsletter includes some powerful contributions from women activists around the world.

Children and HIV

The Global Movement for Children is an umbrella organisation of groups working for children. It has useful information about children's access to HIV treatment.

The U.N. Children's Fund AIDS pages have useful country-by-country statistics, and an overview of the issues surrounding children and HIV. The agency also produced a useful overview in January 2007, Children and AIDS: A stocktaking report, looking at the most important changes that have taken place in 2006 around children and HIV/AIDS.

News and research

The AIDS Media Center is a portal for journalists, including content from medical journal the Lancet, the U.N. News Service (IRIN) and the Kaiser Family Foundation.

A U.S.-based news site is AIDS.ORG. It is mainly aimed at the U.S. market, but also has some international stories:

For academic texts on the social, economic and political aspects of HIV/AIDS in developing countries, visit the Eldis Resource Guide on HIV and AIDS.

AIDS and humanitarian emergencies

Here is a useful report written by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on HIV/AIDS, drawing up guidelines for HIV/AIDS interventions in emergency situations.