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The following Internet resources have been selected as relevant to the economics of HIV/AIDS, particularly with respect to the international and development aspects. This list is not intended as an endorsement by AIDS Economics or the World Bank of these sites. We welcome your suggestions for additional sites to be added. We seek Internet resources that are particularly focused on the international and/or development economics of HIV/AIDS. Please send your suggested additions or deletions to aids-econ@ForumOne.com.

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Organizations & Academic Units

Academic Units

• Economic Research Unit, Department of Economics at the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. The ERU is an autonomous unit within the Department of Economics which conducts applied research into any field of economics with a special emphasis on policy issues relating to South and southern Africa.

• The Health Policy Unit (HPU), Dept of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. The aim of the HPU is to inform the development of health policy in low and middle income countries. Specific objectives include: to encourage, guide and conduct policy-relevant research; provide a stimulating, supportive, multi-disciplinary research environment; and communicate research findings widely.

Associations and NGOs

• International Health Economics Association, "iHEA has been formed to increase communication among health economists, foster a higher standard of debate in the application of economics to health and health care systems, and assist young researchers at the start of their careers."

 

• IAPAC   The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC).  "This Web site and the IAPAC Internet Communications Network serve both as a member resource and as a public service for physicians and other healthcare professionals, non-governmental and governmental agencies, communities of faith, and others throughout the world who care for and about the hundreds of millions of children, women, and men infected and affected by the intersecting pandemics of life-threatening infectious diseases, poverty, and dehumanization."

International Labor Organization (ILO) Website:  The sociology and economics of prostitution, by Lin Lim: The Sex Sector: The economic and social bases of prostitution in Southeast Asia. Includes press release and summary of report at the ILO web site.

 

U.N. System Organizations

• UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, co-sponsored by the World Bank and five other U.N. system agencies: the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA); the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and the World Health Organization (WHO).

• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) HIV and Development Programme "draws together UNDP's headquarters, regional and country programming and other initiatives designed to strengthen the capacity of nations and organizations to respond effectively to the HIV epidemic."

• SIDALAC, The Regional AIDS Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean. SIDALAC is part of the United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS).
• UNAIDS in Namibia, The UNAIDS Theme Group in Namibia is the local response of UN agencies involved in HIV/AIDS activities.

• The World Bank and HIV/AIDS: web pages summarizing the HIV/AIDS activities of the World Bank, with related materials and links.