Web Resources for SMARTWork Countries

Dominican Republic

American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR)
A special report providing an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Latin American and the Caribbean.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Details CRS's HIV/AIDS programs in Santo Domingo. Examines how local parishes combat HIV/AIDS by creating self-esteem among young adults.

Family Health International (FHI)
Provides a detailed description of the AIDS Control and Prevention Project (AIDSCAP) implemented by FHI from 1992-1997 in the Dominican Republic.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Press release detailing the efforts of the Red Cross movement in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and mitigation.

Synergy AIDS
A detailed profile of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Dominican Republic.

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Highlights the HIV/AIDS prevention goals and objectives of USAID/Dominican Republic and provides links to other USAID supported NGO's working in the Dominican Republic.

U.S. Census Bureau
An extensive epidemiological profile of HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic.

UN Volunteers (UNV)
Presents the experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic and their efforts to unite against stigma and discrimination.

World Bank Group
Summarizes the World Bank's $25 million HIV/AIDS prevention and control lending program implemented in the Dominican Republic in 2001.

World Health Organization (WHO)
Epidemiological information on HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic.

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Haiti

American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR)
A brief report on HIV/AIDS in Haiti as a part of a complete examination of the epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Embassy of Haiti
Provides the historical context, current statistics, and on-going prevention and care efforts for HIV/AIDS in Haiti.

Episcopal Medical Missions Foundation (EMMF)
Summary of a presentation by Dr. David McNeely of Cornell University, who runs an EMMF-funded program in Haiti to addess HIV infection in pregnant women and their children. Included is a link to his presentation, “Primary Health Care for Perinatal and Childhood HIV Infection in Haiti."

International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
Country specific information on women and AIDS for four nations targeted by the Bush AIDS Initiative.

Partners in Health (PIH)
Describes Haiti's first community-based HIV/AIDS treatment program implemented by PIH and partners. Includes an interview with a Haitian PLWHA on the daily reality of the disease.

Synergy AIDS
Provides a detailed profile of the Haitian HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Text Positive Aware Network (TPAN)
Artilce addressing the relationship between poverty and HIV/AIDS prevalence in Haiti.

U.S. Census Bureau
An epidemiological profile of HIV/AIDS in Haiti (through 1999).

United Nations Development Program
Provides an overview of the UNDP global response to HIV/AIDS. Haiti specific documents and reports can be found by using the search option on the homepage.

US Agency for International Development (USAID)
Details the USAID/Haiti Program/s comprehensive set of HIV/AIDS prevention and educatin activities, including efforts to provide care and support for those living with the disease.

World Health Organization (WHO)
An epidemiological fact sheet on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases in Haiti.

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Nigeria

allAfrica.com
The largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide. Direct links to HIV/AIDS related articles and reports.

AVERTing HIV & AIDS
Emphasizes HIV/AIDS prevention with pages o HIV treatment, stories from people living with HIV and AIDS, and a detailed section on HIV/AIDS in African countries.

Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS NEWS)
Provides up to date press releases on HIV/AIDS issues in African countries. Separated by region.

Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS)
Details the HIV/AIDS Emergency Action Plan (HEAP) implemented by the Government of Nigeria.

Synergy AIDS
A brief report on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria provided by USAID.

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Details USAID's HIV/AIDS prevention projects in Nigeria and includes several related links which addresses treatment methods and reducing discrimination.

U.S. Census Bureau
An extensive epidemiological profile of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.

West African NGO Network (Wangonet)
Information on the Lagos State HIV/AIDS Foundation and links to a host of HIV/AIDS articles on Nigeria.

World Bank Group
Provides an overview of the World Bank's HIV/AIDS Program Development Project in Nigeria. Includes relevant project documents.

World Health Organization (WHO)
Epidemiological fact sheet on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections in Nigeria.

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Ukraine

Aetna InteliHealth
An article providing details on the 60 million-dollar loan provided in April 2003 by The World Bank Group to combat TB and HIV/AIDS in the Ukraine.

DiaProph Med
A governmental Ukrainian site, providing information about Ukraine's epidemiological situation, government HIV/AIDS programs, and international donor organizations (site available in Ukrainian; limited information in English and French).

International HIV/AIDS Alliance
A comprehensive compilation of current HIV/AIDS news and events in the Ukraine.

International Labor Organization (ILO)
A comprehensive report on the history and current status of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ukraine.

Poltava Charity Anti-AIDS Foundation
An Ukrainian site (in English and Russian) addressing HIV/AIDS prevention measures, interagency cooperation, and patient treatment.

Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS
Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS (TPAA) Leverages the political, civic, scientific, and economic resources of North American, European, and Eurasian partners to combat HIV/AIDS in Russia, Ukraine and neighboring countries.

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Provides brief descriptions of the USAID/Ukraine's HIV/AIDS program support in addressing HIV/AIDS behavior-change communication, mother to child transmission, capacity building, and prevention and awareness.

Ukrainian Network of People Who Live with HIV/AIDS
Ukrainian site (in English and Russian) offers several accounts of life as a person living with HIV/AIDS as well as strategies for reducing stigma and discrimination.

Ukrainian Red Cross
Provides information on several Ukrainian HIV/AIDS programs.

World Bank Group
Describes the components of the Ukraine Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Control Project in forming a national strategy for TB control and an effective HIV/AIDS prevention program for at risk groups.

World Health Organization (WHO)
An epidemiological fact sheet on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases in the Ukraine.

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Vietnam

Canadian International Development Agency
Highlights CIDA's Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic and Outreach Program which targets female sex workers and injection drug users in the prevention of STDS and HIV/AIDS.

Positive Defiance
Provides a description of the Save the Children (SC/US) Vietnam HIV/AIDS Program, operated in conjunction with local NGO SHAPSI.

The Synergy Project
Provides links to a wide range of HIV/AIDS prevention projects, factsheets, and reports in Vietnam.

U.S. Agency for INternational Development (USAID)
Describes the USAID Asia and Near East (Mekong) Regional Program designed to target mobile populations, cross-border transmission, and the spread of HIV by working with local governments, non-governmental organizations, and communities.

U.S. Census Bureau
An extensive epidemiological profile of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam.

UNAIDS Vietnam
Details UNAIDS work in helping Vietnam build information networks, set a research agenda, disseminate best practices, and build consensus on national policies concerning HIV/AIDS.

UNIFEM East and South East Asia
A brief fact sheet on HIV/AIDS in Vietnam.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDCP)
Highlights UNDCP's programs targeting IDUs in Vietnam.

World Health Organization (WHO)
Epidemiological information on HIV/AIDS in Vietnam.

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Zimbabwe

allAfrica.com
The largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide. Direct link to HIV/AIDS related articles and reports.

AVERTing HIV & AIDS
Emphasizes HIV/AIDS prevention with pages on HIV treatment, stories from people living with HIV and AIDS, and a detailed section on HIV/AIDS in African countries.

Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS NEWS)
Provides up to date news coverage on HIV/AIDS related topics in Africa.

Population Council/Horizons
Report on households coping with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe.

Regional AIDS Initiative of Southern Africa (RAISA)
An initiative working for effective prevention, treatment, care, and advocacy for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS to mitigate the personal, social, and economic impact of the pandemic. RAISA is operational in six Southern African countries: Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN)
A network of training institutions in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region. The mission of RATN is to act as an advocate for training needs, to establish and maintain linkages with training institutions in the region delivering courses in the field of STIs and HIV/AIDS.

Southern African AIDS Training Program (SAT)
A regional collaboration that supports commjnity resonses to HIV and AIDS through in-depth partnerships in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe and wider networking, skills exchange and lesson sharing throughout the region.

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
A description of USAID's various country programs supporting Zimbabwe's HIV/AIDS prevention and care efforts.

U.S. Census Bureau
An extensive epidemiological profile of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe.

World Health Organization (WHO)
Epidemiological fact sheet on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections in Zimbabwe.

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