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| AIDS Analysis Africa |
A journal published since 1991, founded by Prof. Alan Whiteside, it focuses on economic and social impacts of HIV in Africa. |
| AIDS Foundation of South Africa |
The AIDS Foundation provides financial support for NGO activities in South Africa and also carries out evaluation of NGO repsonses. |
| AIDS Helpline |
Inlcudes details of testing centres and ARV rollout sites in South Africa. |
| AIDS Law Project, Wits University |
One of the leading organisations in the fight to secure lower drug prices and access to treatment in South Africa, the AIDS Law Project is also a resource centre on HIV and human rights and provides detailed guidance for people with HIV on their rights in employment, housing, prison, the health care system and the military. |
| AIDS Legal Network South Africa |
Information on the legal rights of people with HIV in South Africa. |
| Centre for HIV AIDS Networking (HIVAN) |
Durban-based portal established by the University of Kwazulu-Natal to improve networking between the university and community-based organisations. Includes extensive database of organisations involved in HIV/AIDS work in South Africa. |
| Centre for the Study of AIDS, University of Pretoria |
The Centre coordinates academic activity relating to HIV within the university The site includes information on HIV-related stigma from the Siyam'kela Project, a research project designed to investigate stigma in South Africa. The site also inlcudes information on managing the impact of HIV on the education sector. |
| Country profile |
Information on key institutions and organisations in South Africa, as well as epidemiological overview. |
| Economic impact of HIV in southern Africa |
Database of information on economic aspects of HIV/AIDS including business repsonses, in southern Africa. |
| Health Systems Trust |
Health Systems Trust is an NGO dedicated to improving the functioning of South Africa's health care system. It has carried out considerable work reviewing the capacity of primary health care to cope with HIV, and also published discussion papers on the subject of equity in HIV treatment and care. |
| HIV Insite South Africa country profile |
Very comprehensive directory of resources and organisations in South Africa. |
| Living with HIV |
Advice on living with HIV for South Africans, much of it written by David Patient who has been living with HIV in South Africa since 1983. Also includes personal accounts of HIV by more than 30 South Africans, and a facility that allows users to pose questions to experts. |
| Lovelife |
National prevention campaign targeting young people, many interactive features on this site. |
| South African AIDS news and other resources for journalists and researchers |
Journ-AIDS compiles news from South African newspapers on HIV/AIDS in South Africa, archives key documents relating to HIV in South Africa and maintains a contacts database for journalists. |
| South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
SAAVI was established to co-ordinate the research, development and testing of HIV/AIDS vaccines in South Africa. Information on South African vaccine research can be found here. |
| South African Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (SABCOHA) |
SABCOHA offers a workplace toolkit to assist companies to set up an HIV/AIDS policy and offer employees treatment for HIV/AIDS. The site includes detailed case studies of many aspects of business management of HIV, including testing and counselling and ARV provision. A very useful resource centre. |
| South African Medical Research Council |
Coordinates medical research in South Africa; its AIDS Bulletin has not been published in 2004 however. Details of MRC-funded vaccine programmes are available through the site. |
| Treatment Action Campaign |
South Africa's treatment activist organisation. This site contains information about TAC's campaigning activities and also treatment literacy materials that include:
**Opportunistic infection posters in English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Sotho and Tswana
**factsheets and guides on pregnancy and HIV, TB and HIV, nutrition
**Living with HIV book, HIV in my life |