HIV
- science, epidemiology
• www.unaids.org - a basic site of the official United Nations project on HIV/AIDS.
Contains epidemiology, press releases, and references used by ministries of
health worldwide. Info for both the specialist and layman.
• www.who.int/en/ - World Health Organization,
for all worldwide health efforts. HIV section on epidemiology, pathology, and
education materials.
• www.schoolsandhealth.org/Sourcebook/sourcebook%20intro.htm -
sourcebooks on various African nations, useful for setting up a new HIV education
project.
• www.worldbank.org - World Bank, information shared with International Monetary
Fund. Big picture information on HIV efforts worldwide.
• www.ihv.org - Institute for Human Virology, Baltimore, MD. One of the world's
largest HIV research centers.
• www.tac.org.za - Nobel Peace Prize-nominated organization lobbying for antiretroviral
treatment for all of South Africa's HIV+ citizens.
• www.aids.org.za - South African AIDS Foundation
• www.46664.com - Nelson Mandela's website dedicated to the HIV epidemic
in South Africa.
Education tools
• www.advocatesforyouth.org - Helps
young people make informed and responsible decisions on sexuality.
• www.avert.org - basic HIV information, teaching tools, statistics
• www.unicef.org - excellent HIV info source, teaching tools. One example-
• www.unicef.org- Facts for Life teaching
guide.
• www.unesco.org - links to teaching tools within cultural context.
• www.hesperian.org - Nonprofit NGO
selling low-cost books that are unparalleled teaching guides for village
workers; includes Where There is No Doctor.
• www.unesco.org -
Handbook for curriculum planners for HIV and STD teaching. Excellent downloadable
source.
• www.avert.org -
downloadable teaching guides.
South Africa
• www.saembassy.org -
Official site of South Africa's embassy in Washington, D.C. Good for latest
info on
visas, exchange rate, and travel advisories
• www.thestar.co.za - South Africa's
most respected newspaper, good source on local news, sports, and exchange
rates. Also see www.iol.co.za
• www.tourism.org.za -
The best tourism guide to South Africa, places both touristy and obscure.
• www.elanguage.com - an outstanding
starter's guide to many worldwide languages; includes Zulu and Swahili. With
audio option.
• afrika.no/index/Countries/South_Africa/index.html -
guide to South Africa (culture, history, language)
• memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/zatoc.html -
guide to South African history and culture subgroups. Very detailed.
• www.safrica.info -
guide to contemporary South Africa, for tourists, investors, and immigrants.
Highly recommended reading:
• The Covenant by James Michener - many characters are fictionalized, but
overall is an irreplaceable guide to the history and development of South
Africa.
• My Traitor's Heart by Rian Malan - The impenetrable subject of poor understanding
between the races is examined well in this most honest of social analyses.
• Disgrace by John Coetzee - Nobel Prize winning author's fiction novel
about a disgraced professor; set against the uncertain backdrop of the new South
Africa, and of a white person's search for his place in it.
• Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela - a seminal work by a secular
saint.
International information guides
• www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ -
CIA world factbook, nuts and bolts information on every nation and region
of the world, languages, money,
economy.
• www.bbc.co.uk - best international news
source
• www.comebackalive.com -
Probably the world's best, and most pragmatic, travel
guide.
• www.wildnetafrica.com - African
wildlife guide.
• www.awf.org - nonprofit NGO for the
preservation of African wildlife.
