Links To Tools

Complimenting the organisation links section, this page provides links to helpful tools, resources and publications available online. Visit their websites by clicking on the adjacent image.

AEGIS

AEGIS is the largest HIV knowledgebase in the world. On this page you will find the HIV Daily Briefing, a listing of some of the national HIV articles written daily, search engine, fact sheets, law library, and more.

African Index Medicus

In order to give access to information published in or related to Africa and to encourage local publishing, the WHO, in collaboration with the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA), has produced an international index to African health literature and information sources, called African Index Medicus (AIM).

AIDSPortal

AIDSPortal is an internet platform which provides tools to support global collaboration and knowledge sharing among new and existing networks of people responding to the AIDS epidemic.

AIDSQuest

AIDSQuest, the HIV/AIDS Survey Library, is a resource for researchers and others developing HIV/AIDS-related data-collection tools.

Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA)

AHILA aims to improve the provision of up-to-date and relevant information to health and medical workers in Africa; encourage the professional development of librarianship; promote the development of resource-sharing and exchange of experiences and information among African health information professionals and promote the development; standardisation, and exchange of national databases of medical and health literature produced in the African countries in the form of an African Index Medicus.

Global Curriculum Databank for HIV&AIDS education

This resource contains a useful collection of publications on HIV and AIDS.

HIV Insite

HIV Insite is a peer-reviewed web site that contains information on AIDS and HIV research and treatment topics, edited by scientists, physicians and other AIDS workers. It was created by the same organisation that created the AIDS Knowledge Base, a searchable textbook about HIV.

Medscape HIV/AIDS

Medscape HIV/AIDS offers a wide range of HIV/AIDS journals and research articles.

National Library of Medicine HIV/AIDS Information Resources

This resource offers comprehensive AIDS information service which is vital to enable people to combat the AIDS epidemic. The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, has been developing AIDS information services since the AIDS crisis began in 1980.

Partnering for Global Health Forum 2008, Washington

From March 10-12, 2008, over 500 leaders from all sectors gathered outside Washington, DC at the Partnering for Global Health Forum 2008: an interactive conference to foster an open dialogue and exchange of ideas regarding the complex issues surrounding innovation for diseases of the poor. On this site you will find session highlights and summaries, copies of presentations and links to the Kaiser Family Foundation webcast.

Research & Metrics DALY maps

A DALY Map is not a traditional map, but rather a table that provides a snapshot of the burden of disease by country. Each DALY Map table shows how many and where DALYs are being lost in a country, by health condition, by age, and by gender.

Worldometers

World statistics updated in real time: Worldometers is managed by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers with the goal of making world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time relevant format to a wide audience around the world.