Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center

RESEARCH/EVALUATION

Committed to finding solutions to end the AIDS epidemic by utilizing a multidisciplinary approach - virology, immunology, molecular biology, and clinical medicine - to pursue a number of projects in AIDS research.

Abortion Clinics Online

SEXUAL/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Directory service comprised of websites of over 400 providers of abortion services and other reproductive healthcare. They may be private physician's offices, state licensed abortion clinics, private abortion clinics, or hospital abortion services.

Advocates for Youth

SEXUAL/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

National non-profit organization focusing exclusively on adolescent reproductive health in both the United States and in developing countries. Advocates' primary focus is on providing information, training, and technical assistance to educators and other youth-serving professionals, policy makers, the media, and youth activists about what works in adolescent sexual health.

AEGIS

INFORMATION ACCESS/ DISSEMINATION

Committed to offering HIV/AIDS-related clinical information and news from around the world, making it easily and freely accessible. An array of reference materials are offered, mostly in the form of HIV/AIDS Conference Abstracts. As new aspects of this disease arise, AEGIS will continue to extend its efforts towards the dissemination of potentially life saving information to assist with HIV management and prevention.

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African American Advocacy, Support-Services & Survival Institute

 (Los Angeles, CA)

PREVENTION

Provides preventive health for HIV/AIDS, STDs, cancer, diabetes, etc., psychological and therapeutic assistance and math and literacy tutoring, skills building opportunities and empowerment.

African American Women Evolving

SEXUAL/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

To increase the activism and leadership of Black women around reproductive health and examine and draw the connections between other social justice and basic human rights issues that directly and indirectly affect Black women's ability to exercise complete autonomy over their lives and bodies.

African HIV Research Forum

RESEARCH/EVALUATION

Meeting place for those interested in HIV research with particular relevance to the issues surrounding the African epidemic within the UK . Its main aim is to bring together individuals and organisations to focus on all aspects of HIV research relating to the various African communities within the United Kingdom.

AfriCare

FUNDING

A leader among private, charitable U.S. organizations assisting Africa . Focus areas include: HIV/AIDS, food security, agriculture and health.

AfroAids Info Portal

INFORMATION ACCESS/ DISSEMINATION

The AfroAIDSinfo project is an Internet portal of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC). The aim of the project is to disseminate important information on HIV/AIDS to researchers, the health profession, the public, infected individuals, educators and policy-makers.

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AID Atlanta, Inc.

(Atlanta, Georgia)

PREVENTION

Southeast’s largest AIDS services organization, sponsoring education programs to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing comprehensive support and services for people living with HIVAIDS.

AIDS  Survival Project

(Atlanta, GA)

TRAINING/EDUCATION

Providing people living with HIV the most up-to-date information and support they need to lead healthy, productive lives.

AIDS Action

POLICY/LEGISLATION

National organization dedicated to the development, analysis, cultivation and encouragement of sound policies and programs in response to the HIV epidemic.

AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth and Families

ADVOCACY

National membership non-profit organization established in 1994 to give voice to the needs of women children, youth and families living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

AIDS Housing of Washington

(Seattle, Washington)

HOUSING

AIDS housing development in the Seattle/King County area, as well as a range of planning, organizing, and technical assistance activities both locally and nationally.

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AIDS Info

INFORMATION ACCESS/ DISSEMINATION

A service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offering information on HIV treatment, prevention and research.

AIDS Map

INFORMATION ACCESS/ DISSEMINATION

Community based organization in the United Kingdom ( Britain ) delivering reliable and accurate HIV information across the world to HIV+ people and to the professionals who treat, support and care for them.

AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition

ADVOCACY

National coalition of AIDS activists, many living with HIV/AIDS, working together to end the AIDS epidemic by advancing research on HIV/AIDS.

AIDS Treatment Data Network

(New York, NY)

SUPPORT

Community-based, not-for-profit, organization that provides treatment access and advocacy, case management, supportive counseling, and English and Spanish language information services to men, women and children with AIDS and HIV, as well as those co-infected with hepatitis.

AIDS Treatment News

TREATMENT

Treatment newsletter for people with HIV, reports on mainstream and alternative treatment, access to care, Web resources, public policy, and political action. reports on experimental and standard treatments, especially those available now. We interview physicians, scientists, other health professionals, and persons with AIDS or HIV; we also collect information from meetings and conferences, medical journals, and computer databases.

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AIDS.ORG

INFORMATION ACCESS/ DISSEMINATION

To help prevent HIV infections and to improve the lives of those affected by HIV and AIDS by providing education and facilitating the free and open exchange of knowledge at an easy-to-find centralized website.

AIDSmeds

TREATMENT

Information about AIDS treatments and treatment medications and other resources supporting those living with HIV/AIDS.

Alan Guttmacher Institute

RESEARCH/EVALUATION

Nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education.

Alliance for Microbicides

ADVOCACY

Global non-profit organization whose sole mission is to speed the development of safe, effective, and affordable microbicides to prevent sexually transmitted infections, most critically HIV/AIDS.

AMANITARE

SEXUAL/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

African partnership for sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls to build an influential social movement to institutionalize the recognition of African women and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights as fundamental to their civil and human rights.

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American Red Cross – HIV Prevention

PREVENTION

Public Health Education Division helps save lives by developing, evaluating, implementing and supporting innovative HIV prevention programs.

American Social Health Association

SEXUAL/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Dedicated to improving the health of individuals, families, and communities, with a focus on preventing sexually transmitted diseases and their harmful consequences.

AMFAR

RESEARCH/EVALUATION

American Foundation for AIDS Research. Nation’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to the support of AIDS research, AIDS prevention, treatment education and the advocacy of sound AIDS related public policy.

Amnesty International

HUMAN RIGHTS

Worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.

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ANGELWISH

SUPPORT

Providing the public with an easy way to grant wishes to the millions of children that are living with HIV/AIDS around the world. Infected or affected by the disease, their opportunities for a "normal" childhood are virtually impossible. By harnessing the power of the Internet, Angelwish adds a ray of hope to their lives.

Aniz, Inc.

SUPPORT

Providing mental health services, case management and advocacy support for those living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Ark of Refuge

GENERAL HEALTH/WELLNESS

Dedicated to creating culturally sensitive programs which address holistically the complex life circumstances of persons in need of basic health, educational, and psychosocial services.

Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice

SEXUAL/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Formerly known as Asians & Pacific Islanders for Reproductive Health.  Working to develop a vision and analysis that address the reproductive justice issues and needs in our communities.

Association for Women‘s Rights in Development

(AWID)

GENDER EQUALITY

Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international membership organization connecting, informing and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. Our goal is to cause policy, institutional and individual change that will improve the lives of women and girls everywhere.

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Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health

(Canada)

GENERAL HEALTH/WELLNESS

The Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health is one of four national Centres of Excellence for Women's Health funded by the Women's Health Bureau, Health Canada . The Centres are dedicated to conducting policy-oriented research aimed at improving the health status of Canadian women by making the health system more aware of and responsive to women's health needs.

AVERT

INFORMATION ACCESS/ DISSEMINATION

International HIV and AIDS charity based in the UK, with the aim of AVERTing HIV and AIDS worldwide. Through its website AVERT takes education and information to people in almost every country in the world.

Black AIDS Institute

POLICY/LEGISLATION

First Black HIV/AIDS policy center dedicated to reducing HIV/AIDS health disparities by mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront the epidemic in their communities.

Black Coalition on AIDS

(San Francisco, California)

SUPPORT

Providing health and wellness services including housing, education, advocacy and health case management.

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Black Women for Wellness

GENERAL HEALTH/WELLNESS

Committed to healing, educating, inspiring and supporting Black women so we may tap our personal power to enhance and improve our health and well being.

Black Women’s Health

GENERAL HEALTH/WELLNESS

Website providing information on health conditions, diseases and issues of particular interest to African American women.

Black Women’s Health Council

SEXUAL/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Believes that positive reproductive health is essential to women’s overall health.  Therefore BWHC was established to empower Black Women to take control of their physical, spiritual, and mental health through education and advocacy.

Black Women’s Health Imperative

(formerly National Black Women’s Health Project)

GENERAL HEALTH/WELLNESS

Seeks to develop and communicate highly effective and beneficial health information, products and programs to African American women. The organization's aim is to deepen the public's resolve to invest in health prevention strategies and research that contribute to Black women leading healthier, longer lives.

Cable Positive

MEDIA

Mobilizing the talents, resources, access and influence of the cable and telecommunications industry to raise HIV/AIDS awareness; support HIV/AIDS education, prevention and care; and strive to end stigma by creating a more compassionate climate for people living with HIV/AIDS.

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CADRE

ADVOCACY

Center for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE). South African non-profit working in the area of HIV/AIDS social research, programme development and communication. Interested in fast-tracking appropriate and effective responses to HIV/AIDS through informing policy and developing coherent strategic models for interventions.

California Black Women’s Health Project

GENERAL HEALTH/WELLNESS

Policy and advocacy organization working to positively impact the health of Black women and girls in California.

CAPS

RESEARCH/EVALUATION

Center for AIDS Prevention Study at the AIDS Research Institute of the University of California at San Francisco . Established in 1986 to: conduct local, national, and international interdisciplinary research on methods to prevent HIV infection and its consequences; stimulate collaboration among academic researchers, public health professionals, and community-based organizations; train new scientists to conduct AIDS prevention research; and disseminate knowledge, skills, and effective research and prevention models.

CARE

POVERTY

CARE is one of the world's largest private international humanitarian organizations, committed to helping families in poor communities improve their lives and achieve lasting victories over poverty. Promoting innovative solutions and advocating global responsibility.