HIV/AIDS links and resources

Books Websites AusAID resources Books Title: The heaven shop Author: Ellis, Deborah Publisher: Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2005 ISBN: 1741145376 Age group: Upper Primary to Adult Description: 186 p. The Heaven Shop is a contemporary novel for young people that puts a very real face on the African AIDS pandemic. Binti, an AIDS orphan, shows remarkable tenacity in keeping her family together. URL: http://www.allenandunwin.com/

Facing the global challenge, HIV/AIDS in Vietnam URL:  http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/go/pid/433 A case study and teaching activities from the AusAID Global Education website to support the study of HIV/AIDS. Gender based approach to HIV/AIDS URL:  http://www.ausaid.gov.au/keyaid/hivaids/gender.cfm Women and girls make up an increasing proportion of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. This AusAID website outlines Australia's commitment to the support of these women and girls. HIV/AIDS: Australia's response URL:  www.ausaid.gov.au/keyaid/hivaids/default.cfm This AusAID website outlines Australia's commitment to the global fight against HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS: the Global Connection URL:  http://worldvision.com.au/Learn/schoolresources/SchoolResourcesIssuesResources.aspx#HIVandAIDS This link to World Vision Australia explores who is affected by HIV/AIDS, its impact on people's lives, differences between HIV/AIDS and other diseases and helpful responses to the epidemic. HIV/AIDS (Youthink) URL:  http://youthink.worldbank.org/issues/hivaids A collection of research, knowledge, case studies and experiences on HIV/AIDS gathered by the World Bank. Just as HIV/AIDS weakens a person's immune system, a developing country's infrastructure is weakened by epidemics. Chances are its health care system is already overburdened so providing expensive treatment to a growing number of the population infected by HIV is nearly impossible. Resources for educating the public about risky behavior are equally limited. Under these circumstances, the disease can become an epidemic. Virtual village URL:  http://www.childfund.org.au/africa This interactive experience of a virtual village in Africa provides a way for learners to meet some children and see some of the challenges they face. The villages represents various communities in Kenya, Uganda and Zambia, in which more than 75 percent of children have lost one or both parents to AIDS.

AusAID resources Focus, a quarterly magazine published by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), provides a variety of items about how the Australian Government's overseas aid program addresses specific global issues. You can subscribe to Focus online or order printed copies at: http://www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pubs.cfm?Type=PubFocus

AusAID Focus Vol. 15 No. 4 December 2000: HIV/AIDS URL:  http://www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pubout.cfm?ID=1717_2436_5059_4976_5023&Type=PubFocus&FromSection=Publications December 2000 issue of AusAID's Focus magazine includes reports of HIV/AIDS projects and people affected in the Pacific, Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia. AusAID Focus Vol. 18 No. 4 Summer 2003/04: HIV/AIDS URL:  http://www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pubout.cfm?ID=4791_8370_3004_8623_90&Type=PubFocus&FromSection=Publications The Summer 2003/04 issue of AusAID's journal Focus is dedicated to the topic of HIV/AIDS. With more than seven million people living with HIV/AIDS in the Asia-Pacific, AusAID has recognised that the virus is one of the key development issues facing our region. Health, Wealth, AIDS and Poverty URL:  http://www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pdf/health_wealth_poverty.pdf This paper was presented at an Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting. It addresses the economic and security aspects of the escalating HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Asia Pacific region. Intensifying the response: Halting the spread of HIV (2009) URL:  http://www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pdf/AusAIDHIVStrategy2009.pdf This booklet outlines the Australian Government?s strategy on HIV. It builds on the lessons learned to halting and reversing the spread of HIV and AIDS.