Resources

The Development Education Program AIDS Page
http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/issues/aids.htm
For extensive data on HIV/AIDS statistics from around the world, and links to the World Bank HIV/AIDS page, AIDS Economics site, and UNAIDS access theDevelopment Education Program HIV/AIDS web page, part of the For Schools website, a World Bank portal website for students and teachers.

Family Health International
http://www.fhi.org/
Access this website for information on family planning, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases, women's health, and extensive periodicals and working papers.

Advocates for Youth
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org
This is an American non-governmental organization (NGO) which promotes life-skills education for youth. Much of the information on their website is USA-focused, but it also includes a lot of information on Abstinence Until Marriage Education, and has a section for teens by teens.

• check out the "for teens" button on the website's top button bar
• also good are the Lesson Plans - ideas for Anti-AIDS Clubs or Peer Educators
• in the "Facts & Figures" section, the Fact Sheets are good, as are the Programs at a Glance
• check out the "for parents" button too
• the Model Programs section is good, too
• Advocates also has a publication on HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Avert
http://www.avert.org
This is a British AIDS Education and Research group, with a wealth of Basic HIV/AIDS Information and Information for Young People.

• The AIDS & HIV Statistics will be helpful in responding to our first HIV/AIDS activity - it has worldwide statistics, including America, the UK, Africa, Canada, and Australia
• The Information for Young People button has good basic information under the AIDS button, including information on safe sex
• The History of HIV/AIDS link has good information on the Origin of HIV

CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv
America's Centers for Disease Control is a government body. As such, it has a lot of US information, but also has good Basic Statistics.

• The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page is good for basic HIV/AIDS information, especially for explanations of common hoaxes and rumors.
• The FAQ page also has a section on HIV transmission and prevention, on kissing, on condoms, on mosquitos, on casual contact, and on sports
• This website also has good information on Living With HIV/AIDS.

US Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/hivctry.html
This is also an American government body. The Census Bureau's International Programs Center has good information on HIV/AIDS Surveillance. This link provides Country Profiles of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. You'll need Adobe Acrobat to view the country profiles, though, so let World Links know if you cannot view them.

AIDS Network/inxpress
http://www.inxpress.net/~aidsnet/index2.html
This is a website designed by a network in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Scroll down to the AIDS Network Home Page, then to Links, then to HIV Intervention for Teens - the HIV/AIDS Classroom has good basic information.

SIECUS
http://www.siecus.org
This is the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, a non-profit organization. The "For Teens" and "For Religious Institutions" buttons have great information. The World Links HIV/AIDS Coordinator especially likes "The Really Good News" under the religion button, as it discusses how the Bible views sexuality, and links to life-skills education designed by various religious denominations.

The World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/emc-hiv/index.html
This website is especially good for the Global HIV/AIDS and STD Surveillance, which has Epidemiological Fact Sheets by Country. Again, you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader, so let World Links know if you need help accessing these.

UNAIDS
http://www.unaids.org

• How does HIV/AIDS affect me? - this is a UNAIDS website, with good information on Basic Facts, safer sex, and kissing.

Focus on Young Adults
http://www.pathfind.org/focus.htm
This is a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development. It looked at young adult reproductive health around the world, and discusses different types of programs and whether they work.

MetroTeenAIDS
http://www.metroteenaids.org
MetroTeenAIDS is an Alliance for Global Learning partner in the AIDSWEB project. They are a non-governmental organization working in the Washington, D.C., USA, area, that focuses all of its efforts on youth. Their website has information on their programs, and basic, straightforward HIV facts.

Participating Countries’ Websites –

• Ghana’s AIDSWEB sites:
  • www.angelfire.com/super/aidsproject2001/index.html has “views” (responses) from each of the six Ghanaian schools that participated in the 2001project.
  • members.fortunecity.com/ha31/worldaidsproject2001/index.html is West Africa Secondary School’s own site, which is dedicated to (and has a picture of) South Africa’s most famous AIDS victim (look and see who).
• Uganda’s AIDSWEB sites:
  • www.angelfire.com/nc2/namicol/aidsHome.html is Namilyango College’s site, which has a powerpoint presentation and photographs of their 2001 Social Action Plan, which they wrote at the end of the second round of the HIV/AIDS project.
  • www.angelfire.com/ak5/bo/HIVHOME.html is Namilyango’s AntiAIDS Club’s page, which has some good basic HIV/AIDS information, though it is controversial on the topic of deep kissing.
  • www.geocities.com/agkalema/index.html is Mengo Secondary School’s website, which also has photographs from the 2001 project’s 3rd Activity, Challenges to HIV Prevention.