Useful Links
AIDS Action Europe (AAE)
AIDS Action Europe was established in 2004 and has grown to be one of the largest HIV-related networks in the region. The network reaches beyond the borders of the European Union and covers all 53 countries in Europe and Central Asia. Members of the network comprise a diversity of about 300 NGOs, national networks, AIDS service organisations, activists and community based groups of people living with HIV.
www.aidsactioneurope.org
AIDS Infoshare
AIDS Infoshare is a Russian public organisation with over 13 years experience of conducting programmes and counselling on the issues of HIV in the Russian Federation and the countries of the CIS.
www.infoshare.ru
AIDSLEX (AIDS and Law Exchange)
AIDSLEX (the AIDS and Law Exchange) gives concrete meaning to a “rights-based approach to HIV/AIDS”. This web portal is a tool for activists, community organizations, researchers, policy-makers, journalists, health workers and anyone who seeks quick and easy access to a wide range of resources about HIV, human rights and the law.
www.aidslex.org
All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH
In 2006 the All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH was acknowledged as the best organization in the world in the area of combating HIV / AIDS related stigma and discrimination. The organization was awarded the International Red Ribbon award for its success and achievements
network.org.ua/home-en
American International Health Alliance (AIHA)
The American International Health Alliance is a nonprofit organization working to advance global health by helping communities and nations with limited resources build sustainable institutional and human resource capacity.
www.aiha.com
Asian Harm Reduction Network (AHRN)
Over the last five years, AHRN has compiled a very comprehensive resource collection on drug use and HIV/AIDS in (and outside) Asia. This valuable collection of titles, in electronic and printed formats, is now available on-line via the AHRN Resource Centre.
ahrn.net
Association of Kazakh Businesswomen
The Association of Kazakh Businesswomen is a Republican public non-governmental organisation that unites women working in business, politics, management, science, education, healthcare and culture. It has around 5000 members and 20 regional representations across the country.
www.businesswomen.kz
Association 'Young and Free' (Moldova)
The resource centre ‘Young and Free’ was founded in 1999 as a pilot project run by the non-governmental organisation ‘Youth for the Right to Life’. In 2001, the ‘Young and Free’ team launched the centre as an independent project.
www.tineriliberi.md
Center for Global Health & Development (CGHD) at Boston University
The Center for Global Health & Development (CGHD) at Boston University is a multidisciplinary research center that engages faculty from across the University to help solve the critical global health and social development challenges of our time. The mission of the center is not only to conduct high-quality applied research, but also to advocate for the use of this research to improve the health of underserved populations around the world.
www.bu.edu/cghd
Central Asia AIDS Control Project (CAAP)
Central Asia AIDS Control Project is the first Regional HIV/AIDS initiative financed by the International Development Association (IDA) and Department for International Development (DFID). The total amount of the Grant is 27 million Dollars.
www.caap.info
Central Asia Regional HIV/AIDS Programme (CARHAP)
CARHAP is funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development and implemented by GRM International to contribute to averting a generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic in Central Asia, encompassing Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
www.carhap.org
ChildFund International (Belarus)
ChildFund International is an international development agency that provides support to more than 15 million children in 31 countries. Since 1993, the representative office in Belarus has run programmes and projects aimed at creating the conditions for the emotional, physical and social development of children in the family and in society.
www.ccf-belarus.org
dance4life International
dance4life is an international initiative set up to involve and empower young people all around the world to push back the spread of HIV and AIDS. Young people are the future and they have the power to halt the spread of HIV and AIDS. By uniting all over the world and demanding change, they can make a difference. dance4life provides them with this opportunity.
Department for International Development (UK)
DFID is the part of the UK government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. As well as headquarters in London and East Kilbride, near Glasgow, DFID has offices in around 40 developing countries and provides aid to around 90 countries.
www.dfid.gov.uk
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation seeks to prevent pediatric HIV infection and to eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs.
www.pedaids.org
European Health For All Database (HFA-DB)
The European Health for All Database (HFA-DB) is a selection of core health statistics covering basic demographics; health status; health determinants and risk factors; and, health care resources, utilization and expenditures, for the 53 Member States in the Region. The HFA-DB allows queries for country, intercountry and regional analyses and displays results in tables, graphs or maps, which can be exported for further use.
www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/data-and-evidence/databases/european-health-for-all-database-hfa-db2
FOCUS-Media
The mission of FOCUS-Media is to support the development of a healthy, tolerant and prosperous society by promoting and engaging people in activities that raise the quality of life and improve public health.
focusmedia.ru
Gay Alliance (Ukraine)
In recent years, Gay Alliance has conducted dozens of projects aimed at prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases among men who have sex with men. They have run mass media campaigns and published several booklets.
ga.net.ua
Global Business Coalition
The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC) mobilizes international business against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The official focal point of the private sector delegation to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, GBC maintains its headquarters in New York and offices in Beijing, Geneva, Johannesburg, Moscow, Nairobi and Paris.
www.gbcimpact.ru
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. This partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities represents a new approach to international health financing. The Global Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations to supplement existing efforts dealing with the three diseases.
www.theglobalfund.org
Global Health Council
The Global Health Council, formerly the National Council of International Health, is a U.S.-based, nonprofit membership organization that was created in 1972 to identify priority world health problems and to report on them to the U.S. public, legislators, international and domestic government agencies, academic institutions and the global health community.
www.globalhealth.org
HIV i-Base
HIV i-Base is a treatment activist group, HIV-positive led and committed to providing timely HIV treatment information to HIV-positive people and to health care professionals. i-Base was formed in April 2000 by the former publications, editorial and meetings team from the AIDS Treatment Project, London.
i-base.info
Health Connections International (HCI)
Health Connections International is a solution-oriented non-profit organisation designed to strengthen healthcare systems and to improve responses to the HIV, tuberculosis and drug use epidemics in resource-poor settings and developing countries.
www.healthconnections.info
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
The ICRC, established in 1863, works worldwide to provide humanitarian help for people affected by conflict and armed violence and to promote the laws that protect victims of war. An independent and neutral organization, its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, it employs some 12,000 people in 80 countries; it is financed mainly by voluntary donations from governments and from national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.
www.icrc.org
International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO)
Founded in 1991, the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations’ (ICASO) mission is to mobilize and support diverse community organizations to build an effective global response to HIV and AIDS. This is done within a vision of a world where people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS can enjoy life free from stigma, discrimination, and persecution, and have access to prevention, treatment and care.
www.icaso.orgInternational HIV/AIDS Alliance
The Alliance is a network of national, independent, locally governed and managed linking organisations. The Alliance provides linking organisations with technical and financial assistance. In turn, the linking organisations support and develop thousands more non-governmental and community-based organisations in more than 40 countries.
www.aidsalliance.org
International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
Established in 1951, IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. With 132 member states, a further 17 states holding observer status and offices in over 100 countries, IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.
www.iom.int
Kazakh Union of People Living with HIV
For more than 5 years, the Kazakh Union of People Living with HIV has helped to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV. It unites efforts from all service providers in order to deliver psychological, social, consulting, legal services and increase access to treatment and diagnosis.
www.plwha.kz
KNCV Tuberculose Fonds (The Netherlands)
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is a national and international center of expertise for TB control and a medical development organization. The organization is committed to reducing tuberculosis in the Netherlands and worldwide, in around forty countries. It does so by means of policy development, technical assistance, advisory services, training programs, capacity building, as well as epidemiological and operational research.
www.kncvtbc.nl
Mainline (The Netherlands)
Mainline’s core activity is to provide information to substance users. Outreach work plays a key role. Mainline’s role is aimed at providing intervention and helping to improve the lives and health of substance users. This approach is based on harm reduction, a vision which accepts substance use and whereby support and information are offered in a ‘language’ that users are familiar with.
www.mainline.nl
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 70 countries. In countries where health structures are insufficient or even non-existant, www.msf.org
Population Services International (PSI)
PSI is a leading global health organization with programs targeting malaria, child survival, HIV and reproductive health. Working in partnership within the public and private sectors, and harnessing the power of the markets, PSI provides life-saving products, clinical services and behavior change communications that empower the world's most vulnerable populations to lead healthier lives.
www.psi.org
'Positive Movement' (Belarus)
NGO 'Positive Movement' bases its activities on the principles of good health and humanity. They work to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV, standing up for their rights and interests and offering prevention, consulting, educational and psychological services to people affected by the epidemic.
www.pmplus.org
Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)
The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam is an independent centre of knowledge and expertise in the areas of international and intercultural cooperation, operating at the interface between theory and practice and between policy and implementation. The Institute contributes to sustainable development, poverty alleviation and cultural preservation and exchange.
www.kit.nl
Soros Foundation – Kyrgyzstan
The Soros Foundation – Kyrgyzstan is an international non-governmental private foundation that aims to create the conditions for an open society in Kyrgyzstan by supporting the development of institutes and initiatives in all areas of public life.
soros.kg
Soros Foundation – Kazakhstan
Established in September 1995 by Open Society Institute (OSI), Soros Foundation–Kazakhstan (SFK) is a non-governmental non-profit organization that works to promote democracy and civil society development in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
www.soros.kz
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
Sida works according to directives of the Swedish Parliament and Government to reduce poverty in the world. The overall goal of Swedish development cooperation is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions.
www.sida.se
Trimbos Institute (The Netherlands)
The Trimbos Institute seeks to enhance quality of life by engaging in the development and application of knowledge about mental health, addiction and associated physical illnesses. The activities of the Institute are intended to contribute to and facilitate changes in mental health and addiction care in order to elicit individual health gains within the Dutch population, promote more effective treatment methods and provide models for more efficient care.
www.trimbos.org
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners.
www.undp.org
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
UNESCO works to create the conditions for dialogue among civilizations, cultures and peoples, based upon respect for commonly shared values. It is through this dialogue that the world can achieve global visions of sustainable development encompassing observance of human rights, mutual respect and the alleviation of poverty, all of which are at the heart of UNESCO’S mission and activities.
www.unesco.org
United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS
This site is dedicated to tracking compliance with the Declaration of Commitment, 2001, the single most important international HIV/AIDS policy instrument in the fight against AIDS. By committing to the Declaration countries agreed to time-bound commitments and a regular process to review their progress in meeting those commitments.
www.ua2010.org
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations to the global AIDS response. Cosponsors include UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank. Based in Geneva, the UNAIDS secretariat works on the ground in more than 75 countries world wide.
unaids.ru/en
World AIDS Campaign
Informed by those most affected by HIV, the World AIDS Campaign’s goal is to ensure that governments and policy makers meet the HIV targets they set, the commitments they made, and mobilise the necessary resources for a world where people do not die of AIDS and opportunistic infections like TB.
www.worldaidscampaign.org