HIV

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HIV/AIDS

Useful Links

Sexual health information & HIV/AIDS prevention.

• Collaboration with international AIDS organizations is recommended for material targeted at older children. Possible partners include the Nkosi Johnson AIDS Foundation in South Africa.
• The program 'the World starts with me' is a complete digital curriculum on sexual health and hiv/aids prevention. It was developed for Uganda and is currently being adapted for other countries. see: http://www.butterfly-works.org
• WHO HIV Infections page
• Y-RISE: The Service-Learning and HIV/AIDS Initiative

Y-RISE mobilizes young people in the fight against AIDS, combining research, tool development, training, and program implementation to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and direct service.

• AIDSinfo is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) project that offers the latest federally approved information on HIV/AIDS clinical research, treatment and prevention, and medical practice guidelines for people living with HIV/AIDS, their families and friends, health care providers, scientists, and researchers. Also available in Spanish as infoSIDA.
• NIAID HIV/AIDS page (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH)

Projects

• Developing a health education intervention to be evaluated on the OLPCs in Mozambique, specifically geared towards HIV/AIDS education

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