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Academy for Educational Development
The AED Center on AIDS & Community Health works with communities worldwide in developing and applying creative, practical and science-based programs and policies that fight the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth focuses on adolescent reproductive and sexual health in the United States and developing countries.

African Medical and Research Foundation
AMREF aims to empower people through better health to escape poverty and improve the quality of their lives. AMREF implements HIV/AIDS programs under national strategic frameworks and in collaboration with governments, U.N. agencies, other nongovernmental organizations and communities.

AIDS.gov
This Internet portal from HHS aims to guide users to federal information on U.S. HIV/AIDS information and resources.

AIDS Action
AIDS Action promotes the development of sound policies and programs in response to the HIV epidemic through information dissemination and advocacy on behalf of those living with and affected by HIV.

AIDS Care Watch
ACW aims to reduce the number of preventable AIDS-related deaths each year by raising awareness about the importance of all treatment options for people living with HIV/AIDS.  The campaign includes approximately 120 partner organizations and was launched on World TB Day 2005.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation
AHF is a not-for-profit medical provider working to expand access to HIV medical care. In addition to its health care centers in the United States, AHF's Global Immunity program operates clinics in South Africa, Honduras and Uganda.

AIDSmed.com
The Web site provides information and resources about treatment options for HIV/AIDS.

AIDS Treatment Data Network
ATDN provides treatment access and advocacy, case management, counseling, and English and Spanish language information services to people with HIV/AIDS.

AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
Founded to speed the development and global delivery of AIDS vaccines, AVAC provides analysis, policy advocacy, public education and mobilization.

Alliance for Microbicide Development
The Alliance serves as a source of information on microbicide development, convener of dialogue on key policy issues, educator about the public health potential of microbicides and advocate for the resources needed to develop them.

American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
amfAR supports HIV/AIDS research, prevention, treatment education and AIDS-related public policy through fundraising and initiatives such as TREAT Asia.

Apathy is Lethal
This public awareness campaign is run by the U.N. Foundation and the Better World Fund.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Gates Foundation works to promote greater equity in four areas: global health, education, public libraries and support for at-risk families. The Global Health Program aims to reduce global health inequities by accelerating the development, deployment and sustainability of health interventions.

Black AIDS Institute
The Institute aims to reduce HIV/AIDS disparities between people of African descent and other racial ethnic groups by mobilizing black institutions and individuals to confront HIV/AIDS in local communities.

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Campaign for Fighting Diseases (CFD)
CFD aims to encourage policies addressing neglected diseases -- including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria -- that primarily affect the world's poorest populations. CFD also focuses on infrastructure development, drug prices and international trade regulations. 

Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH)
CCIH promotes international health from a Christian perspective and distributes HIV/AIDS-related listervs accessible from its Web site.

CSIS Task Force on Strengthening U.S. Leadership on HIV/AIDS
Co-chaired by Sens. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), the Task Force seeks to build bipartisan consensus on critical U.S. policy initiatives addressing HIV/AIDS in affected countries.

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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
The Foundation focuses on identifying, funding and conducting research that will lead to better treatments and prevention of HIV infection in infants and children.

F

Family Health International
FHI's mission is to improve lives worldwide through research, education and services in family health. The organization is one of the largest providing technical assistance and support in the fight against HIV/AIDS worldwide.

Families USA's Global Health Initiative
The Global Health Initiative focuses on how U.S. policy can help address critical global health challenges worldwide.

Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
An independent public-private partnership whose mission is to facilitate discussion on emerging issues in HIV clinical research and the transfer of research results into care.

Funders Concerned About AIDS
FCAA works to mobilize philanthropic leadership and resources in the United States and other nations to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

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Gay Men's Health Crisis
GMHC is a not-for-profit, community-based organization working to reduce the spread of HIV disease, help people with HIV maintain and improve their health and independence and keep HIV an urgent national and local priority.

Global AIDS Alliance
GAA aims to raise awareness and ensure a more comprehensive response to the global AIDS crisis through the media campaigns, public education and grassroots mobilization.

Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS
The GBC is a coalition of international businesses dedicated to combating the AIDS epidemic using the business sector's skills and expertise.

Global Forum for Health Research
The GFHR promotes increased health research into the diseases and conditions affecting the majority of the world's population by increasing collaboration between the public and private sectors. 

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The Global Fund was established in 2001 to increase resources to fight three of the world's most devastating diseases and direct those resources to areas of greatest need. The Fund is an independent public-private partnership.

Global Media AIDS Initiative
The initiative brings together the world's leading media companies in order to reach people worldwide -- especially youth -- with information about how to prevent the spread of HIV and to help combat AIDS-related stigma and discrimination.

Global Health Council - Global AIDS Program
The organization's mission is to share information and influence global AIDS policy through activities such as the publication of AIDSLink®, a bimonthly newsletter.

Global Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+)
GNP+ works to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS.

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Health Global Access Project
Health GAP campaigns for drug access and the resources necessary to sustain access for people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide.

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Infectious Diseases Society of America
IDSA represents health care professionals who specialize in infectious diseases. IDSA's purpose is to improve the health of individuals, communities, and society by promoting excellence in patient care, education, research, public health, and prevention relating to infectious diseases.

International AIDS Economics Network
IAEN focuses on the economics of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, providing data, tools, and analysis for researchers and policymakers.

International AIDS Society
IAS is one of the main organizers of the International AIDS Conferences and is the world's professional society for scientists, health care and public health workers, and others engaged in HIV/AIDS prevention, control and care.

International AIDS Trust
The Trust aims to increase AIDS awareness, assist in developing and implementing effective programs and policies in the developing world and match public and private sector resources with AIDS-related opportunities in the developing world.

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
IAVI is a global not-for-profit organization working to speed the search for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection and AIDS. Founded in 1996 and operational in 23 countries, IAVI and its network of partners research and develop vaccine candidates. IAVI also advocates for a vaccine to be a global priority and works to assure that a future vaccine will be accessible to all who need it. The group's Web site includes the IAVI Database of AIDS Vaccines in Human Trials.

International Center for Research on Women
ICRW is dedicated to improving the lives of women in poverty, advancing equality and human rights, and contributing to broader economic and social well-being. ICRW explores the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls through research on topics such as stigma, food security and female-controlled prevention methods.

International Committee of the Red Cross 
The ICRC coordinates international relief efforts for people affected by natural disasters, health emergencies, including HIV/AIDS, and armed conflict carried out by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.    

International Council of AIDS Service Organizations
ICASO is a global network of nongovernmental and community-based organizations participating in the response to HIV/AIDS.

International HIV/AIDS Alliance
The Alliance is an international non-governmental organisation that supports communities in developing countries to make a significant contribution to HIV prevention, AIDS care and the provision of support to children affected by the epidemic. Since its establishment in 1993, the Alliance has provided financial and technical support to NGOs and CBOs from more than 40 countries.

International Medical Corps
IMC is a not-for-profit organization that works to prevent and treat malaria, TB, and HIV/AIDS in most of the 22 countries and regions where it operates programs.  IMC offers a wide range of health care training and other tools to local residents.

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Johns Hopkins AIDS Service
This is a resource for health care professionals providing care and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs
CCP provides strategic communication expertise to design, implement, monitor and evaluate HIV/AIDS communication programs.

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Kaiser Family Foundation
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public. The Foundation is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.

Through partnerships with media companies, the Foundation co-directs the following public education campaigns focused on HIV/AIDS: Viacom, KNOW HIV/AIDS; MTV: Music Television, Fight For Your Rights: Protect Yourself; Black Entertainment Television (BET), Rap It Up; Univision, Entérate / Protégete (Get Informed / Protect Yourself).

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Lazarus Foundation
The foundation aims to bridge the gap between developed and developing countries, and to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic by funding prevention, education, treatment and research programs worlwide.

M

Medecins Sans Frontieres
MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines aims to lower prices of existing medicines, stimulate research and development for diseases that primarily affect the poor and overcome other barriers to access.

N

National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
NASTAD is a national association of U.S. state health department HIV/AIDS program directors who administer government-funded HIV/AIDS programs.  NASTAD runs a Global AIDS Technical Assistance Program (GATAP), designed to increase the capacity of resource-constrained countries to plan, implement and manage HIV prevention and care activities.

National Association of People with AIDS
NAPWA is a network of people living with HIV/AIDS around the world that seeks to educate, inform and empower all people living with HIV and AIDS.

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ONE Campaign
Co-founded by DATA, the ONE Campaign is a grassroots effort to encourage all Americans to take action in the global fight against HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty.

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Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation
Pangaea, founded by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, aims to broaden access to HIV/AIDS treatment and care in developing countries and support the development of an effective HIV vaccine.

PATH
PATH is an international, not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization that improves the health of people around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening systems and encouraging healthy behavior. PATH currently works in more than 100 countries in the areas of reproductive health; vaccines and immunization; HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis; and children's health and nutrition.

Pathfinder International
Pathfinder has expanded its reproductive health and family planning activities to provide HIV/AIDS care, prevention and treatment programs in more than 12 countries. The group emphasizes preventing HIV among adolescents, providing home-based care that includes drugs to treat AIDS-related illnesses and preventing HIV among vulnerable groups.

PlusNews HIV/AIDS Service
PlusNews provides daily HIV/AIDS news and analysis from around the world.

The Population Council
The Population Council identifies sustainable and cost-effective responses to HIV/AIDS in the regions of the world most affected by the pandemic.  Its studies focus on a wide-range of issues associated with pandemic, including orphans and vulnerable children, policy, prevention, treatment and stigma.  Free resources from the Council are available online.

Population Services International
PSI implements behavior change communication programs in 70 developing countries in the areas of HIV/AIDS, safe water, malaria, nutrition, tuberculosis and family planning.

President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
PEPFAR is a $15 billion, five-year program that directs funding for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to 15 focus countries.  The Web site includes profiles of PEPFAR's focus countries, information on the plan's prevention, care and treatment programs, a monthly newsletter, documentaries and photographs.

Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS
PACHA was established to provide recommendations on the U.S. government's response to the AIDS epidemic.

Project Inform
Project Inform provides information on the diagnosis and treatment of HIV and advocates for regulatory, research and funding policies that affect treatments.

Public Health Watch
A project of the Open Society Institute’s Public Health Program, PHW promotes public engagement in monitoring the design, implementation and evaluation of national health policies.  The project currently is partnering with civil society organizations to produce a series of reports assessing national HIV/AIDS policies and support targeted domestic and international advocacy around report findings and recommendations.

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RESULTS
RESULTS aims to create the political will to end hunger and curb the diseases affecting the world's poorest populations, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

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San Francisco AIDS Foundation
The San Francisco AIDS Foundation, one of the oldest AIDS organizations in the world, focuses on public education, service provision for people living with HIV/AIDS, health promotion projects and public policy advocacy.

The Synergy Project
Synergy provides technical assistance to USAID in the design, evaluation and coordination of HIV/AIDS programs, including the identification of lessons learned.

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Treatment Action Campaign
TAC campaigns for greater access to HIV treatment for all South Africans by raising public awareness about the availability, affordability and use of HIV treatments.

Treatment Action Group
TAG advocates for larger and more efficient HIV/AIDS research efforts, with focuses on the drug development process and health care delivery systems.

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UNAIDS
UNAIDS is the main advocate for global action on the epidemic. It leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS, and alleviating the impact of the pandemic. UNAIDS brings together the efforts and resources of 10 U.N. system organizations to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It provides country, regional and global statistics; epidemiological reports; news releases; case studies; and publications on other HIV-related topics.

UNICEF
UNICEF works closely with young people on preventing new HIV infections by encouraging young people to make healthy and informed choices.  UNICEF also works to prevent parent-to-child transmission of HIV and helps communities provide care, protection and support to children orphaned and made vulnerable by the disease.

UNIFEM Gender and HIV/AIDS Portal
UNIFEM, in collaboration with UNAIDS, has developed this comprehensive gender and HIV/AIDS Web portal to provide up-to-date information on the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The site aims to promote understanding, knowledge sharing and action on HIV/AIDS as a gender and human rights issue.

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
UNFPA works to promote safer sexual behavior among young people by integrating HIV prevention into reproductive health programming worldwide.

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) - HIV/AIDS
USAID is a leading agency in the U.S. government's response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. USAID has funded over $3.2 billion since inception of its international HIV/AIDS program in 1986 and currently has HIV/AIDS programs in nearly 100 countries worldwide.

U.S. Census Bureau HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database
The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database includes a compilation of country-level HIV prevalence estimates in various population groups in developing countries.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention
NCHSTP -- which includes the CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention and the CDC Global AIDS Program -- provides recommendations and guidelines, statistics, fact sheets and a range of other materials related to HIV, sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis

U.S. CDC Global AIDS Program
Through programs in 25 countries and in four regional offices, GAP helps resource-constrained countries prevent HIV infection; improve treatment, care and support for people living with HIV; and build capacity and infrastructure to address the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.

U.S. CDC National Prevention Information Network
NPIN provides reference, referral and distribution services for information about HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - HIV/AIDS Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration
The HIV/AIDS Bureau administers the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, which helps to provide services for people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States.  Through the Global AIDS Program, HRSA also works to improve care and support services for people living with HIV/AIDS in severely affected regions of the world.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Global Health Affairs
OGHA helps coordinate and develop U.S. policy and strategy with respect to international health issues. Its web site includes health statistics, reports and fact sheets. OGHA has a Web site dedicated to U.S. HIV/AIDS policy.

U.S. Department of State Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator
Created as part of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Randall Tobias, is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all U.S. international HIV/AIDS assistance.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) HIV/AIDS Section
This site provides information on FDA-approved HIV/AIDS therapies, clinical trials, HIV testing information and FDA publications on HIV/AIDS.

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World Bank Group
The World Bank Group is a development bank that provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge-sharing services to low- and middle-income countries to reduce poverty. The World Bank carries out HIV/AIDS projects in numerous countries, including regional initiatives such as the Multi-Country AIDS Program for Africa (MAP).

World Economic Forum’s Global Health Initiative
GHI, an initiative of the World Economic Forum, is a public-private partnership of business, nongovernmental organizations, civil society, academic institutions and governments. The initiative aims to increase the quantity and quality of business programs fighting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

World Health Organization HIV/AIDS Programme
WHO is the United Nations specialized agency for health. The WHO HIV/AIDS Programme works with U.N. agencies to facilitate multisectoral efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, including the 3 by 5 Initiative, which aims to provide treatment to three million HIV-positive people by 2005.

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You and AIDS
This page serves as the HIV/AIDS portal for the Asia-Pacific region.  It includes country profiles, links, a library and other resources.

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