Topical Resources

AIDS and Violent Conflict in Africa Web Links

Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English on issues regarding AIDS and HIV infection as they relate to violent conflict in Africa. For related web links and regional issues, see Regional Resources: Africa.

• Government Agencies and International Organizations
• Maps and Guides
• Media and News Sources
• Research Centers and Resources
• Selected Documents

These links complement the Institute Special Report: AIDS and Violent Conflict in Africa.

Government Agencies and International Organizations

International Crisis Group (ICG)

• International Crisis Group (ICG): HIV/AIDS
  The International Crisis Group (ICG) has a project description on HIV/AIDS and a report on HIV/AIDS as a Security Issue (June 19 2001) which can be downloaded as a PDF file. (PDF files require Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view).
  

United Nations

• Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN)
  IRIN, a unit of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), provides a clearinghouse of information for humanitarian and international communities on the crises in sub-Saharan Africa. Includes Latest News from IRIN Africa: HIV/AIDS under theme or subject links. Also includes news reports on AIDS in Africa from PlusNews, which is "produced under the banner of RHAIN, the Southern African Regional HIV/AIDS Information Network. RHAIN's members currently include: UNAIDS, IRIN, SAfAIDS, PANOS, Health Systems Trust, Health & Development Network, GTZ/Afronets."
• UNAIDS: the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
  Web site co-sponsored by seven UN agencies: UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNDCP, UNESCO, WHO, World Bank, and the ILO. Extensive site contains news, documents, UN actions and programs, resources by subject and country, statistics and links to related web sites. Includes a web page for International Partnership against AIDS in Africa (IPAA), which has documents, reports, a bulletin, a newsletter, and background information on the partnership.
• United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, June 25-27, 2001
  This web site contains press releases, documents, statements, multimedia, webcasts, a daily conference program and related resources from the Dag Hammarskjold Library, including links to other UN sites on AIDS.

United States

• U.S. Agency for International Development
  Web site section on Population, Health and Nutrition: HIV/AIDS from the U.S. Agency for International Development includes fact sheets on combating the AIDS/HIV epidemic and an expanded response strategy. The web site section on USAID in Africa: HIV/AIDS Internet Resources provides a list of links to web sites dealing with AIDS and Africa.
• U.S. Department of State: International Information Programs: HIV/AIDS and other Infectious Diseases
  The web site includes a section on AIDS in Africa, with an extensive collection of articles and analysis dating from May 2000 to the present.

Maps and Guides

• Africa Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program: Adult HIV/AIDS rates
  Map produced by the Map Design Unit of the World Bank and part of the ReliefWeb Map Centre.
• A Global View of HIV Infection
  A map from the UNAIDS web site showing the incidence of HIV infection worldwide and illustrating the progression of infection from 1984 to 1999 for specific areas of the world.

Media and News Sources

• allAfrica.com: AIDS
  News stories on AIDS in Africa from a variety of news wire services.
• BBC News | Africa | AIDS in Africa
  A special BBC report on AIDS in Africa gives an overview, case studies, facts, audio and video, and links to several related stories and web sites. Part of the BBC News|In-Depth collection for 2000.
• Yahoo! News Full Coverage: World: Africa AIDS Epidemic
  Numerous links to news sources, stories from various wire services, reports in audio and video, and related web sites for HIV/AIDS in Africa issues.

Research Centers and Resources

• HIV InSite: Sub-Saharan Africa
  HIV InSite is a web site developed by the University of California San Francisco. This extensive gateway site contains a knowledge base of HIV/AIDS information; coverage of medical, prevention and policy analysis resources, and "multidisciplinary research on and analysis of the context, impact and response to HIV/AIDS worldwide" in the countries and regions section. The section on Sub-Saharan Africa includes selected country profiles, a discussion of context, factors, and impact of the AIDS epidemic, statistics and comparative indicators, gender issues, conferences, and numerous links to related web sites.
  

Selected Documents

• AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2000
  A report on the AIDS epidemic from the UNAIDS web site, includes statistics and tables and updates the Report on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, June 2001.
• AIDS in Africa
  A Congressional Research Service (CRS) Issue Brief on AIDS in Africa by Raymond W. Copson, updated June 11, 2002.
• AIDS, Poverty and Debt Relief: a Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS Programmes into Development Programmes
  Document in PDF from the UNAIDS web site (requires Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view).
• Demobilization and its Implications for HIV/AIDS
  Posted on the web site of the Linking Complex Emergency Response and Transition Initiative (CERTI), an interagency initiative funded in part by USAID. The PDF document requires Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view. Also available in html.
• The Global Infectious Disease Threat and its Implications for the United States
  Report dated January 2000 produced by the National Intelligence Council and posted on the CIA web site.
• HIV and Conflict: a Double Emergency
  July 2002 report from Save the Children, a non-governmental organization in the UK, posted on ReliefWeb. The report is in PDF, which requires Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view.
• The Macro Implications of HIV/AIDS in South Africa: a Preliminary Assessment (August 2000)
  A paper written by Channing Arndt and Jeffrey D. Lewis and posted on the web site of the Trade and Industrial Policy Secretariat of South Africa. In PDF, which requires Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view.
• Population Mobility and AIDS
  UNAIDS Technical Update, February 2001. Part of the UNAIDS Best Practices Collection on the UNAIDS web site. In PDF, which requires Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view.

Updated: July 31, 2002