Coping With HIV/AIDS: Do You Need Help?

Sometimes it is difficult for people to cope with diseases alone. By providing a list of organizations and support groups categorized according to country or region, patients can find answers and solace through them. Even if you are not a patient but would like to know more, the organizations below should be beneficial.

Regional

Africa/ Europe/ South America + Caribbean

Africa

Africa Alive
http://www.africaalive.org/index0.htm
African network where youth HIV/AIDS prevention programs at local, national, and regional levels can share ideas, have a common, focused strategy and solicit funding for their programs.

African Counseling Network
http://www.geocities.com/kim1122a/
The African Counseling Network (ACN) is a group of individuals interested in the development of counseling in Africa . Anyone may join the ACN who is interested in counseling/psychology in the Africa context.

Af-AIDS
http://www.hivnet.ch:8000/africa/af-aids/
An e-mail discussion forum on sub-Saharan HIV/AIDS issues in English administered by the Fondation du Présent.

The AIDS Consortium
http://www.aidsconsortium.org.za/
A network of 815 African organizations to promote practical community-based HIV/AIDS response initiatives, manage and support campaigns undertaken by the Consortium, and refer institutions and individuals with queries regarding HIV/AIDS through skill building workshops through our projects.

African Council of AIDS Service Organizations (Africaso)
http://www.enda.sn/africaso.org/main2.html
A network of NGOs, CBOs, groups of people living with HIV/AIDS and other interested groups. Through the process of information sharing, representation and advocacy seeks to unite and strengthen the efforts of these groups in order to reduce the transmission of HIV, provide care and support to people affected by HIV/AIDS and minimise the impact of HIV/AIDS in  Africa.

The Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS in Africa
http://www.amicaall.org/
Mayors and municipal leaders can be a vital link between the local and the national. Local authorities, working in partnership with civil society organizations and local communities, can make a significant contribution to scaling up and sustaining effective responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

The African Regional Youth Initiative (ARYI)
http://www.aryi.interconnection.org
The African Regional Youth Initiative (ARYI) is a collaboration of youth and community-based projects and organizations in Africa working to fight HIV/AIDS and malaria.

HIVAfrica
http://www.hivafrica.org/
A site which collects information about HIV/AIDS in Africa .

Regional AIDS Training Network
http://www.ratn.org/
RATN is a network of training institutions in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region. The mission of RATN is to act as an advocate for training needs, to establish and maintain linkages with training institutions in the region delivering courses in the field of STIs and HIV/AIDS.

Regional AIDS Initiative of Southern Africa
http://www.vso.org.uk/raisa/index.htm
RAISA is a four-year programme seeking to strengthen the response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa by civil society, NGOs, and government institutions. Established by VSO, the regional initiative is working for effective prevention, treatment, care, and advocacy for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS to mitigate the personal, social, and economic impact of the pandemic. RAISA is operational in six Southern African countries: Malawi , Mozambique , Namibia , South Africa , Zambia and Zimbabwe .

Southern African AIDS Information Dissemination Service
http://www.safaids.org.zw
SAfAIDS is a regional HIV/AIDS information dissemination service based in Zimbabwe . It exists to promote, inform and support appropriate responses to the epidemic in the fields of HIV prevention, care, support, long-term planning and coping with the impact of AIDS.

Southern African AIDS Training Programme
http://www.satregional.org/
SAT is a regional collaboration that supports community responses to HIV and AIDS through in-depth partnerships in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe and wider networking, skills exchange and lesson sharing throughout the region.

Southern African Regional Poverty Network
http://www.sarpn.org.za
The purpose of SARPN is to provide a facility for raising the level and quality of public debates on poverty related issues across  Southern Africa.

Europe

Europeer
http://www.europeer.lu.se/
Europeer is an international project facilitating collaboration and offering support to young people, practitioners, policy makers and researchers working in youth peer education. It is founded on a partnership including the 15 European Union countries, the Czech Republic , WHO Europe and UNAIDS. It began in 1997, and this year completed the groundwork for a European youth peer education network.

South America/Caribbean

The Body – En Español
http://www.thebody.com/espanol.shtml
Comprehensive HIV/AIDS information and resources in Spanish

Caribbean AIDS Telecommunication Information Network

Information on various countries in the Caribbean .
http://www.carec.org/

Latin America and Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Initiative (LACRI)

http://www.synergyaids.com/lacriaids/
LACRI s aimed at policy makers and programme managers in USAID target countries: Bolivia , Brazil , Dominican Republic , El Salvador , Guatemala , Guyana , Haiti , Honduras , Jamaica , Mexico , Nicaragua , and Peru . LACRI also provides a venue for all countries in the region to participate in technical exchanges, dialogue, and sharing of resources through this website.

LACCASO
Information about Latin American and Caribbean organizations working on human rights and AIDS, prisons and attention centers.

http://www.laccaso.org
UNAPRO -- Unión para la ayuda y protección de los afectados por el sida
http://www.unapro.org

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Algeria

Association pour l'Information sur les Drogues et le SIDA
Tel: 213 21 23 63 01
24 hour specifically on HIV/AIDS
Live counsellor available

Institut National de Sante Public
Dr. Medjahed Faika
4 Chemin
El Bakr, Alger, Algerie
Tel: 02.64.43.11

Ministry of Health Algeria
Tel: 115
Work hours only. Not specific to HIV/AIDS
Live counsellor available

Argentina

Fundamind
http://www.fundamind.org.ar/aprender/index.asp
FUNDAMIND es una organización de bien público, sin fines de lucro, que tiene como misión ayudar a los chicos mas necesitados y en situaciones de riesgo. El programa “Un Rincón de Esperanza” es el primer sitio argentino sobre VIH/SIDA.
Disque salud pregunte sida (proyecto lusida)
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Tel: 08003333444
Monday-Friday 9.00AM-10.00PM ,
Saturdays-Sunday 10.00AM- 4.00PM
Counsellors available

Armenia

National Center for AIDS Prevention
http://www.armaids.am/index.htm
56a Pushkin St. , 375002, Yerevan , Armenia
Tel/Fax: (+3741) 53-07-71; 53-67-17
E-mail: aidscent@freenet.am
The Center is the only governmental organization within the Ministry of Health, which deals with HIV/AIDS prevention in the country.

Aruba

AIDS info line
Department of Public Health, Division of Contagious Diseases.
Tel: (297) 823040
Monday - Friday 8.30 a.m.-12.00 p.m. and 1 p.m.- 4.30 p.m.
Counselors available.
Email: a_atfa@hotmail.com

Asia and the Pacific
Asian AIDS/HIV Information
http://www.utopia-asia.com/aids.htm
LGBT resource for Pan-Asian region

Asian Harm Reduction Network (AHRN)
http://www.ahrn.net/index.html
AHRN is a global information and support network, created to link and support the people and programs working in Asia to stop HIV among injecting drug users.

Coordination of Action Research on AIDS & Mobility - CARAM Asia
http://caramasia.gn.apc.org/
An initiative to reduce HIV/AIDS vulnerability for migrant workers in Asia .

SEA-AIDS
http://www.hivnet.ch:8000/asia/sea-aids/
An e-mail discussion forum in English on Asian ( South East Asia and the Pacific) HIV/AIDS issues administered by the Fondation du Présent.

Australia

AIDS Action Council
Tel: (02) 6257 2855
http://www.aidsaction.org.au/
Adelaide Counseling Team
South Australia
Tel: (08) 8363 2000
Automated. Counseling services can be arranged to suit client
Email: act@tne.net.au

AIDS Council of South Australia
Telephone Information Service
Tel: 8362 0306, 1800 888 559
9am-5pm , Mon-Fri
information@acsa.org.au
http://www.acsa.org.au

AIDS, Hepatitis and Related Diseases Support Line ( Tasmania )
Tel: 1800 005 900
Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm for counseling services
http://www.tascahrd.org.au/

AIDS Line ( Victoria )
Tel: 1800 133 392 or (03) 9347 6099
Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm and Sat-Sun 9:00-11:00am and 6:00-8:00pm for counseling services. Automated referral for 24 hour services at all other times
http://www.aidshep.org.au/

AIDS Trust of Australia

http://www.aidstrust.com.au/

Australian Federation of AIDS Organizations
http://www.afao.org.au/index_afa_771.asp
AFAO is the peak non-government organisation representing Australia 's community-based response to HIV/AIDS. AFAO's work includes education, policy, advocacy and international projects.

Australian National Council on AIDS, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases (ANCAHRD)
http://www.ancahrd.org/
HIV/AIDS Info Line ( New South Wales )
Tel: (02) 9332 4000 or 1800 451 600
Mon-Fri 9:00am-8:00pm and Sat 10:00am-6:00pm for counseling services
http://www.sesahs.nsw.gov.au/albionstcentre

National Association of People Living With HIV/AIDS (NAPWA)
http://www.napwa.org.au/

People Living With HIV/AIDS in South Australia and the Adelaide Positive Living Centre
http://www.hivsa.org.au/
Advocacy and lobbying on behalf of people with HIV/AIDS, and those closely affected. The Positive Living Centre provides a range of social services including transport, peer support lunches, counseling, events and more.

Positive People Victoria
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~positive/
Information and resources for people living with HIV/AIDS, their partners, families, friends, and careers.

Queensland Government Youth Site on Sexual Health
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/istaysafe/default.asp
Specifically designed to answer young people’s questions on sexual health
Queensland AIDS Council
Tel: 1800 177 434
http://www.quac.org.au/

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Services - South Australia
http://www.stdservices.on.net/
Comprehensive sexual health information. The information on this web site was compiled from publications of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Services, Royal Adelaide Hospital . Acknowledgment is given to all staff involved in the authoring of these publications.

Western Australia AIDS Council
Tel: (08) 9482 0044/0000
Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm for counseling services, automated at all other times
waac@waaids.com
http://www.waaids.com

Austria

AIDSHilfe Kärnten
http://www.hiv.at/
Regional AIDS organization

AIDSHilfe Oberösterreich
http://www.aidshilfe-ooe.at/
Regional AIDS organization

AIDS-Hilfe Tirol
http://www.aidshilfe-tirol.at/
Regional AIDS organization

AIDS Hilfe Wien
http://www.aids.at/
Tel: 0043 - 1 - 599 37

Live counselor available
Questions are also answered by e-mail: wien@aids.at
Positiv Leben/ Liberty Life AIDS/HIV Information
http://www.libertylife.at/

Austria-wide organization for people affected by AIDS
Steirische AIDS-Hilfe
http://www.aids-hilfe.at/
Regional AIDS organization

Bangladesh

Shohojogi-AIDS
http://www.hivnet.ch:8000/asia/bangladesh/
A website of articles relating to AIDS in Bangladesh.

Barbados

National AIDS hotline
Tel: 1-246-436-2444 or 436-2437
Mondays to Fridays 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Counselor available

Belgium

Agences Locales de Prevention -- Belgique (in French)
http://www.sidanet.asso.fr/be/html/adresses/default.htm

Sensoa
Flemish service and information center about sexual health and HIV/AIDS
http://www.sensoa.be
http://www.sensoa.be/jong
Tel: 078 15 15 15
2 pm till 10 pm and Saturday 2 pm till 5 pm
Live counselor available
info@sensoa.be

Belize

Alliance Against AIDS Helpline
Tel: 36911 or 36912
9:00 - 21:00 pm
Counselor available

Bolivia

Teléfono Confidencial Country
Telephone: 800-10-4646
Live counselors
http://www.cpcbol.org/

Proyecto Teléfono Confidencial FASE III
Telephone: #800-10-4646

Botswana

Lifeline Botswana
Tel: +267 311270

Brazil

Grupo Pela Vidda/Rio de Janeiro
http://www.pelavidda.org.br/grupoe.htm
Grupo Pela Vidda (GPV) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, community-based organization, formed by People Living with HIV/AIDS.

Positivo
http://www.positivo.com.br/
Há 30 anos, o Grupo Positivo vem oferecendo o que há de melhor e mais avançado nas três áreas em que atua: educacional, gráfico-editorial e de informática.

ABIA
http://www.abiaids.org.br/
Desde 1986, a ABIA vem atuando em relação à epidemia de HIV/AIDS no Brasil através de três principais frentes de trabalhos: parcerias, publicações e acompanhamento das políticas de saúde relacionadas à AIDS.

Centro de Atenção e Atendimento à AIDS – (CAA-AIDS)
Rua Yolanda Saad Abuzaid 51
AP 232 - Alcântara
24710-460 São Gonçalo RJ
Tel: (21) 701-7800
Fax : (21) 701-5231
sindcat@provide.psi.br

Centro de Estudos de AIDS do Rio Grande do Sul - (CEARGS)
Av. Goethe, 111
90430-100 Porto Alegre RS
Tel.: (51) 331-0015
Fax : (51) 331-0015
ceargs@terra.com.br

Centro de Referencia e Documentacao em DST/AIDS do RS Seção de Controle da AIDS
Avenida Joao Pessoa 1327 -
4o andar - Cidade Baixa
90040-001 Porto Alegre RS
Tel: (51) 221-2413 / 221-5408
cdias@pampa.tche.br
eperoni@pampa.tche.br

Centro de Referencia e Treinamento em DST/AIDS
Rua Santa Cruz 81 1º Andar 0412 1-000 São Paulo SP
Tel: (11) 5579-9911 ramal 2105
Fax : (11) 5539-3445
biblaids@ensino.net

Centro de Treinamento e Referencia-AIDS
Rua Antonio Carlos 122
01309-010 Sao Paulo SP
Tel: (11) 287-6909

Coordenação Nacional de DST/AIDS - Proj. Unesco
914/BRA/5 Ministério da Saúde Esplanada dos Ministérios - Sobreloja - Bloco G 70058-900 Brasília DF
Tel: (61) 315-2417 / 315-2810 / 315-2520
Fax : (61) 315-2519
aids@aids.gov.br
aids@fns.ms.gov.br

CRT DST / AIDS - CRTA
Rua Santa 81
04121-000 São Paulo SP
DDD : 11
Tel: 5579-9911 ramal 2303
e-mail: spiedade@crt.saude.sp.gov.br
Disque Saúde Brazil
0800 61 1997
From 8:00am to 5:00pm with live counselors and
From 5:00pm to 8:00am with automated messages

Disque-AIDS Pela Vidda
Rio de Janeiro
Tel: (+55 21) 25 18 22 21
From 12:00 to 18:00 working days (Monday to Friday except holidays)
Live counsellors available

Grupo pela Valorizacao / Integracao e Dignidade do Doente de Aids
SP - VDDA - SP Rua General Jardim 556 - Vila Buarque Caixa Postal 8350 - CEP.: 01065-970 01223-010 Sao Paulo SP
Tel.: (11) 258-7729
Fax : (11) 258-7729

Núcleo de Biblioteca, Centro de Referência e Treinamento DST/AIDS-CRTDST/AIDS
Rua Santa Cruz 81 - 1º Andar
04121-000 São Paulo SP
Tel: (11) 5579-9911
Fax : (11) 5539-3445
biblaids@ensino.net
sreginasc@crt.saude.sp.gov.br

Programa SIDA/AIDS
Hospital Universitario
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ
Avenida Brigadeiro Trompowski s/n - 5o andar - Ilha do Fundão 21949-900 Rio de Janeiro - RJ
Tel: (21) 590-5252
Tecle Aids (tap-AIDS)
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
tecleaids@bandeirantes.org.br

Brunei Darusslam

National AIDS Council
aidscbd@hotmail.com

Burkina Faso

Association SOS SIDA/Jeunesse Mobile
Youth organisation
Tel : +226 35 16 45
sossida@hotmail.com

Burundi

SWAA Burundi
Tel: (257) 21 21 21
Monday-Friday 7:30-17:30 and Saturday 7:30-12:00
Counsellor available

Cambodia

Enthanou Association
Tel: 855-12-900-008 and 855-12-900-009
24 hours, Counselor available

Canada

AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)
http://www.actoronto.org
The AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) is a community-based, charitable organization that provides support, HIV prevention and education services for people living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS.

AIDS Committee Thunder Bay
Box 24025
Downtown N. Postal Outlet
Thunder Bay , ON , P7A 4T0
Tel: 807.345.1516

AIDS Vancouver Library
http://www.aidsvancouver.org/services/library/
The Library is often the first place a person newly-diagnosed with HIV looks for information to help them understand the complexities of the HIV virus, and how to live a healthier life with it.

British Columbia Persons With AIDS Society (BCPWA)
http://www.bcpwa.org/
The British Columbia Persons With AIDS Society, a self-empowering group providing mutual support and collective action.

Canadian Hotlines and Service Organizations
www.clearinghouse.cpha.ca
The largest information centre on HIV/AIDS in Canada . The Information Center is a program of the Canadian Public Health Association.

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
http://www.aidslaw.ca
This organization is the only national, community-based, charitable organization in Canada working exclusively in the area of policy and legal issues raised by HIV/AIDS. (In English and French)

CATIE (Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange)
Réseau d'information sur le traitement VIH/sida (Toronto, Ontario Canada)
http://www.catie.ca/
CATIE serves people living with HIV/AIDS, and the people and organizations that support them, by providing accessible, accurate, unbiased and timely treatment information.

COCQ-Sida
http://www.cocqsida.com/

Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le Sida
CPAVIH
http://www.cpavih.qc.ca/
Comitee of people affected by HIV in Quebec .

Healing Our Spirit – B.C. Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Society
http://www.healingourspirit.org
The mandate of Healing Our Spirit is to prevent and reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS and provide care, treatment and support services to Aboriginal peoples infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
http://www.icad-cisd.com/
ICAD's aim is to lessen the impact of HIV/AIDS in resource-poor communities and countries. This organization is a coalition of Canadian international development organizations, AIDS service organizations and other interested organizations and individuals.

NewFoundland AIDS Committee
http://www.acnl.net/
Par le développement et la mise en oeuvre de divers programmes et services, le CSTNL vise à: prévenir la propagation de l'infection à VIH grâce à l'éducation; offrir du soutien aux personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA ou affectées autrement; réseauter avec d'autres organismes oeuvrant dans des domaines liés au sida aux paliers régional, provincial, national et international; etc.

La Stratégie Canadienne sur le VIH/SIDA
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/vih_sida/
A l'aube du nouveau millénaire, prévenir la propagation du VIH, offrir de meilleurs soins et traitements aux personnes infectées nous impose de vaincre nos faiblesses et nos craintes pour miser sur nos atouts et notre compassion.

AIDS/STD Hotlines
Ontario –HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Info Lines Ligne d'information sur le VIH-sida et la santé sexuelle
Tel: English - 1-800-668-2437
Tel: français - 1-800-267-7432

AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador (ACNL)
Tel:1-800-563-1575

British Columbia - Pacific AIDS Resource Centre (PARC)
Tel: 1-800-994-2437

Alberta Community Council on HIV (ACCH)
Tel: 1-888-786-7448

AIDS Saskatoon
Tel: 1-800-226-0944

North West Territories - HIV/AIDS Hotline c/o Canadian Mental Health Association
Tel: 1-800-661-0844

AIDS New Brunswick
Tel: 1-800-561-4009

AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia
1-800-566-2437

CPAVIH (Comité des personnes atteintes du VIH du Québec)
Tel: English - 1-866-521-7432
Tel: français - 1-866-521-7432

Prince Edward Island - AIDS PEI
Tel: 1-800-314-2437
Yukon Blood Ties
Four Direction Centre
Tel: 1-888-333-2437

Manitoba Nine Circles Community Health Centre
Tel: 1-888-305-8647
AIDS Information - Nunavut
Tel: 1-800-661-0795

China

AIDS Action Network – AIZHI
http://www.aizhi.org/
This NGO aims at improving the conscientiousness and understanding of HIV/AIDS in the Chinese society. It seeks cooperation with domestic and international organizations in promoting AIDS education to ordinary Chinese people. (Chinese only)

China Aids Info
http://www.china-aids.org
Group working to improve access to information about HIV/AIDS in China, developing a network of mostly Chinese journalists, translators, NGO-workers, and people living with HIV/AIDS to gather, translate, and disseminate the latest information about the AIDS epidemic.
English and Chinese

China AIDS Network
http://www.cnukaids.com/
A Beijing-based website which provides news, stories, medical, legal information related to HIV/AIDS in China , offering on line consultation in HIV/AIDS.
Chinese only.

China AIDS Prevention Network
http://www.linehelp.com
The website aims to provide general readers with information relating to HIV/AIDS and on line hospitals (Chinese only).

China AIDS Survey
http://www.casy.org/
China AIDS Survey is an open-source, online database dedicated to the AIDS epidemic in the People’s Republic of China .

HomeAids
http://www.homeaids.org
HomeAIDS is an AIDS Education & Facilitation Center aiming at facilitating and enhancing the community’s response to HIV/AIDS.
Chinese and English

AIDS/STD Hotlines
AIDS Helpline in Beijing 010-6426-6958
Anhui 0551-363-3229
Beijing 010-6426-6958 and 010-6223-8683
Fujian 0591-781-0808
Guangdong 020-8445-7336
Guangxi 0771-280-9110
Hainan 0898-536-3244
Hebei 0311-501-1344
Heilongjiang 0451-566-4031
Henan 0371-593-6422
Hubei 027-787-8710
Hunan 0731-442-2425
Jiangsu 025-371-5340
Liaoning 024-339-5239 and 024-3388567
Neimenggu 0471-692-4422
Sexual Health Hotline 010-6827-6928
Shandong 0531-296-7895
Shanghai 021-6247-2047
Shanxi 029-222-1424
Sichuan 028-664-7680
Tianjin 022-2432-2222
Yunnan 0871-361-1773
Zhejiang 0571-704-8357

Costa Rica

Agua Buena (Asociación de Derechos Humanos)
http://www.aguabuena.org/
La Asociación Agua Buena comienza a funcionar en 1998, luego del logro alcanzado en Costa Rica para obtener medicamentos antirretrovirales por medio de una acción judicial. Esta acción fue el resultado de un trabajo conjunto durante casi un año entre diversas personas y ONG’s que trabajaban en SIDA

Croatia

Dom Sdravlja Daruvar

Romano Tripalo, M.D.
Preradoviceva BB, 43500 Daruvar Republic Of Croatia
Tel: 385.4633.1688
Fax: 4633.1777

Cuba

LíneaAyuda
Tel: (537) 30-3156
12 hours from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m
Live counsellor
cciets@infomed.sld.cu

Czech Republic

National AIDS Hotline
Tel: 0800 1 44444
24 hrs
partly personal counseling / partly answering machine with information
http://www.aids-hiv.cz/

Denmark

AIDS-INFO
Tel: + 45 63 14 28 14
every day 9 - 22
Personal counseling

Denmark AIDS Information System
http://www.aids-info.dk/
AIDS-LINIEN
Tel: + 45 33 91 11 19
every day 9 AM-11PM
Personal counseling by appointment
http://www.aids-linien.dk/

Dominican Republic

Linea Informacion SIDA
tel: (809) 541-4400 and 1(200) 1170
The Red Dominicana de Personas Viviendo con VIH/SIDA (REDOVIH)
redovih@codetel.net.do

Ecuador

Programa Nacional de Sida
Tel: 2502222

Egypt

HIV/AIDS Hotline: (+202) 315 2801/2

El Salvador

Asociacion Atlacalt
Tel:(503) 298-7432
9:00 - 17:30 horas

Ethiopia

Addis Hotline service
Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa
Tel: 909
The service is available Monday to Friday, between 8:30-12:30 and 13:30-17:00 hrs. It is partly automatic and uses tape recorders.
ossa@telecom.net.et

Finland

Finnish AIDS Council
Tel: +358 9454 3536 or +358 9454 2070
info@aidscouncil.fi
http://www.aidscouncil.fi/
International AIDS Project
c/o AMEX Travel
VP. Saldanha
P.O. Box 87 - SF 53501
Lappeenranta , Finland

Stop SIDA
http://www.stopsida.org/
(In Finnish, Spanish, and English)

France

Actions Traitements
http://www.actions-traitements.org
Une association de personnes séropositives, se mobilise pour l'information sur les traitements de l'infection à VIH et l'accès aux nouvelles molecules.

Action Plus Sida Santé
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/actionplusidasante/

Afrique Santé
http://www.afriquesante.com

AIDES
http://www.aides.org
La première association de lutte contre le sida en France .

Annuaire psy-vih
http://www.espas-psy.org/

Chrétiens & Sida
http://www.vih.org/cs/index.htm

Dessine-moi un mouton
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dessinemoiunmouton/

EDOA
http://www.edoa.org/

Site réalisé par le réseau européen des centres de documentation sur le sida et l'infection à VIH.
Entr'AIDSida Limousin
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/entraidsida/

FIRST Prévention Sida et Toxicomanie
http://www.first.asso.fr/

FACTS (Free AIDS Counselling Treatment and Support)
Tel: 01 44 93 16 32 Monday and Wednesday 6pm to 10pm
Listening, counselling and informational services
An English-speaking helpline, run by English-mother tongue trained listeners in France .

Migrants contre le sida
htttp :www.survivreausida.net

Sidaction
http://www.sidaction.org/
SIDA Info Service
Tel: 0 800 840 800

24h/day, 7 days/week
Live counselor available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 2-7pm.
Available in French, English, Arabic, Bambara, Spanish and Russian.
http://www.sida-info-service.org

SIDAnet en Français
http://www.sidanet.asso.fr/fr/html/intro/default.htm

Sidaweb
http://www.sidaweb.com/

Stéribox - Stéricup
http://www.steribox.tm.fr/
This is a site with information about drug-use and harm reduction.

French Polynesia

AGIR CONTRE LE SIDA
Tel: 50 49 20/ 734 909
Fax: 50 49 21
agir@mail.pf
SIDA Info
Tel: (689) 444 555 (free call)

Georgia

Georgia AIDS & Clinical Immunology Research Center
http://www.aids.gol.g/e English version
http://www.aids.gol.ge/cep Georgian version
Tel: (995 32) 398018 ( 9 a.m. till 9 p.m. )
Georgian AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center is a main institution responsible for development, implementation and coordination of all activities against HIV/AIDS epidemic spread in Georgia , including counseling, prevention and testing.

Germany

AidsHilfe Münster e.V.
http://www.muenster.org/Aids-Hilfe

Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.
http://www.aidshilfe.de/

Berlin helpline: Tel: 030-19411
Look for your local telephone counseling service telephone number on the web site.

HIV Net
http://hiv.net
German site with extensive information on HIV/AIDS treatment.

Ghana

Ghana Youth Web Site
Site for youth with section on STDs and HIV/AIDS
http://www.ghana-youth.com

National STD Hotline
Mon-Fri 8am-11pm
1-800-227-8922

Greece

Mednet
http://www.mednet.gr/greek/soc/aids/

Guatemala

Linea de Informacion Sobre SIDA 1540
Tel: 1540
10:00 - 18:00 de lunes a viernes
Personal counseling

Guyana

National AIDS Hotline
Tel: 592-223-7138; 592-223-7139
8:00 am - 8:00 pm (fixed timing)
Counselors - 2 persons answer the calls providing basic information and referrals

Haiti

Act Against Aids ( AGIR CONTRE LE SIDA)
Tel: 444-555
Telephone blue
Tel: 100
8 hours per day - Business hours, from Monday to Friday

Hong Kong

AIDS Helpline - Hong Kong AIDS Foundation
http://www.aids.org.hk/
Tel: (852)2513-0513
2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Mon-Fri)
Counselor available
In Catonese, Mandarin, and English

AIDS Hotline
Tel: (852) 2780 2211
Automated (interactive voice system) - 24-hour
Live counselor - Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm

Hong Kong AIDS Information Network
http://www.csu.med.cuhk.edu.hk/hkaids/
Localized information in Chinese and English

The Virtual AIDS Office of Hong Kong
http://www.info.gov.hk/aids/
From the AIDS Unit of the Hong Kong Department of Health (In Mandarin, Cantonese, and English)

India

AIDS Awareness Group
Tel: 26187953/54
10:00-5:30 (Mon-Sat)
Information and counseling on HIV/AIDS, STIs

NAZ Foundation
Tel: 26851970/71, 10:00-6:00 , Mon-Fri
Information and counseling on HIV/AIDS related information

National AIDS Control Organization
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
Government of India, 9th Floor,
Chandralok Building, 36, Janpath,
New Delhi - 110 001 India
asec-mdg@hub.nic.in
SEE AIMS
(Social Education & Economic Awareness of India Movement Society)
EB Street, ELAPAKKAM, So 603201
Chengai MGR District Tamil nadu state, INDIA
Pin : 603 201: 536 STD : 04115-8

Indonesia

Pusat Informasi dan Layanan PMS dan HIV/AIDS
Hotline : 62 - 24 7603560

Ireland

National Drugs & HIV Helpline
Freephone: 1800 459 459
Yield
http://www,yieldireland.com
A web site with information for young people and their parents

Italy

Associazione Solidarieta AIDS (Milano)
http://www.asamilano.org/home.html
Tel: +39 02 58107084
 
LILA Milano – Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro l'AIDS
http://www.ecn.org/lilamilano/index.htm
infoaids@lilamilano.org
Tel: +39 02 58103515
Live counsellor

LILA Bologna - Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro l'AIDS
Tel: ++39 051 6350025 / 6347644
Monday thru Friday 10:15 / 18:30
Live counsellor
http://digilander.iol.it/lilabo

LILA Puglia- Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro l'AIDS
Tel: ++39 080 5353877
Monday and Friday 10:00 / 13:00 Tue, Wed, Thu 18:00 / 20:00
Live counsellor
redrib@libero.it

Lila Sicilia - Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro l'AIDS
Tel: ++39 095 551017
Monday thru Friday 15:30 / 19:30
Live counsellor
lcatania@tin.it

Nadir HIV Treatment Group
http://web.tiscali.it/nadir_ong/
HIV Treatment Group.

Jamaica

Jamaica National HIV/STD control Programme
STD/HIV/AIDS Helpline: 967-3830, 907-3704, 1-888-991-4444
24 hours a day.
Monday - Friday 10:00 A.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Japan

ACC -- AIDS Clinical Center
http://www.acc.go.jp/accmenu.htm

AIDS Hotline Service
Isamu Harada
No. 3 - 1 - 9 Komaba, Meguro-Ku
Tokyo , Japan -153

AIDS Prevention Information Network
http://api-net.jfap.or.jp/
HIVKensa
http://www.hivkensa.com/

Life AIDS Project
http://www.lap.jp/
Women & AIDS Symposium
c/o Nagano Law Offices
Nishitenma 2-8-1, #405
Kitaku Osaka-shi, 530 JAPAN

Kenya

Coalition of Youths with AIDS
P.M.B. 489
Mumias , Kenya - Africa

Kenya AIDS Intervention Prevention Project Group
KAIPPG is a community based volunteer organization located in Mumias , Kenya , which is dedicated to preventing and ameliorating HIV/AIDS, poverty, malnutrition, and lack of education and healthcare.
http://www.kaippg.org

Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya
nascap@arcc.or.ke
Tel: + 254 2 7295 02/29

Lebanon

Lebanese Family Planning Association (LFPA)
Tel: 05-435337
8:00a.m. - 16:00p.m.
Live counselor

Lebanon Hotlines:
Family planning center: (+ 961) 01 617 460
Youth anti drug: (+ 961) 09 932 549

Malaysia

Malaysian AIDS Council
http://www.mac.org.my/
HIV/AIDS Interactive Phone Line - automated
Tel: (+6.03) 707 7007 24hrs hours

Malaysian AIDS Council HIV Treatment Information Toll-Free Line
Tel: 1800 - 881848
Monday - Fridays: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Counsellor available

Mexico

Amigos Contra El Sida
http://www.aids-sida.org
Centro Nacional para la Prevención y Control del VIH/SIDA
http://www.ssa.gob.mx/conasida/
Red de Atención y Prevención en VIH/SIDA Mexico
http://www.citaid.com.mx/red.html

Moldova

Hotline for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Independent Drug Users
Tel: 373 31 61472
10.00 am - 8.00 pm on work days
Live counselors available

Tinerii pentru dreptul la viata, TDV
http://www.iatp.md/tdv
tdv@mdl.net
Tel: 567-489 ( 10:00 - 22:00 every day)
Live counselors available
The prevention of the social exclusion of youth and the promotion of healthy lifestyles through health education seminars and trainings on the topics of HIV prevention, sexuality and drug abuse.

Morocco

Association Marocaine des Jeunes Contre le Sida -- Casablanca, Morocco
http://www.maroc.net/ipm/amjcs.html

Morocco Hotline:
Association de Lutte contre le Sida (ALCS):.(+212) 08 100 2525

Association Marocaine de Lutte Contre le Sida (ALCS)- Morocco.
ALCS focuses its efforts on HIV/AIDS prevention and support for persons living with HIV/AIDS

Mozambique

Health Center Alto Mae - Counseling office (Ministry of Health)
Tel: ++ 258-1-403073
8 - 11:30, 14-16 (Mon-Fri)
Live counselor

Namibia

Child/Lifeline Namibia
Tel: 061 232221
Live Counselor 08:00-23:00, at other times recorded message giving the direct number to Lifeline South Africa which has a 24hrs live counselor.  

Netherlands, The

AIDS Fonds
http://www.aidsfonds.nl
The major Dutch HIV/AIDS charity, which has also a section designed for young people.

HIV Vereniging Nederland
http://www.hivnet.org
Phone line offering peer support: 020 6872577 (Monday- Frida, 2pm-10pm )
Dutch organization that provides general information about HIV/AIDS and provides support for people living with HIV/AIDS and their relatives

Jong Positief
www.jongpositief.nl
Website with information for young people living with HIV (in Dutch and English)
Korrelatie
http://www.korrelatie.nl/
Tel: 0900 1450 (9.00 till 22.00)
Health care issues and psychological help

Mainline Foundation
http://www.mainline.nl
This is a harm reduction organization, based in Amsterdam and strives to improve the health and quality of life of drug users.
Stichting SOA Bestrijding
www.soa.nl

AIDS Soa infolijn
Tel: 0900 2042040 or 0900AIDSSOA
From 14.00 till 22.00 hours
Counselors available. Other times automated response
General information site about Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

New Zealand

New Zealand AIDS Foundation
http://www.nzaf.org.nz/
24 Hour AIDS Hotline: 0800 802 437
Positive Women
Ali Churchill
76 Graften Road
Auckland , New Zealand

Nigeria

Action Health Incorporated
http://www.actionhealthinc.org/index.htm
Dedicated to working with adolescents.

Journalists Against AIDS
www.nigeria-aids.org

Youth Empowerment Foundation
Lagos State , Nigeria
Tel: 01-773-2200 and 01-773-2201
24 hours a day.
Live counselors available.

Norway

Hivfondet
http://hivfondet.no/index.htm
PLUSS -- Landsforeningen mot aids
http://www.pluss-lma.no/

Oman

Oman Hotline Counseling Services:
Toll Free number: 800-711-711 accessible from any part of the country.
4 Jumping lines with 2 counselors.
Counselors available 4 days a week on Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4-8pm.

Pakistan

AIDS Hotline
Lahore Pakistan
Tel: 92-42-7601313
Timings: 10:00 - 22:00
live counselor

Panama

SIDA-AUXILIO Linea de Información
Ciudad de Panama, Panama
Tel: 800-2525
10:00 - 18:00 de lunes a viernes

Peru

PROCETSS - Programa de Control de Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual y SIDA
http://www.minsa.gob.pe/procetss/
La MISION del PROCETSS es liderar, fortalecer y evaluar la respuesta nacional para prevenir la transmisión de las Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual (ETS) y el Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana (VIH) y reducir el impacto individual, social y económico de las ETS/VIH/SIDA.

SIDAFONO ASOCIACION VIA LIBRE, Lima
Tel: 51-1-433-0003
Monday to Fraday 9:00am - 9:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am- 1:00 pm
Live Counsellor
mailto:sida@vialibre.org.pe
http://www.vialibre.org.pe/

Philippine

AIDS Project Phillipine
Beth Marcelino
47 San Antonio , San Francisco
Del Monte, Quezon City
Phillipines 961312
Sentrong Sigla
http://www.doh.gov.ph/sigla/index.htm

The Sentrong Sigla (Filipino for " Center of Vitality ") Movement in the Department of Health enables local government units to provide high-quality services within a decentralized health care system. Sentrong Sigla, as a national quality improvement program, certifies and publicly awards government health facilities that meet national quality standards.

Remedios AIDS Foundation, Inc.
http://www.remedios.com.ph
AIDS Hotline: (632) 524-0551.
Women's AIDS Hotline: 524-4427, 524-4507
Mondays to Saturdays 10:00 am to 10:00 pm for counseling services.

Portugal

AidsPortugal
http://www.aidsportugal.com
Associção de Apio a pessoas com VIH/SIDA
http://abraco.esoterica.pt/

Comissão Nacional de Luta Contra SIDA
LINHA SIDA: +351 800 26 66 66
Monday to Saturday 10:00am to 08:00pm
cnlcs@cnlcs.min-saude.pt

Puerto Rico

CONCRA
Juan Carlos-Suazo
Box 30 One Stop Station Ave. Uni.103
RioPiedras, PR 00925
Tel: 809.753.9443
Fax: 809.753.2894

Romania

Asociatia Romana Anti-SIDA
http://www.aras.home.ro/ (romanian and english)
Bucharest Tel: + (40) (1) 252 41 41
Lasi Tel: + (40)(3)221 00 24,
Constanta Tel: (40) (4) 161 96 66
9:00 a.m. - 18:00 p.m.
Live counselors

Russia

Infoshare International
American organization in Moscow providing support and information on HIV and AIDS(In English)
HIV / AIDS Help-Line
Tel: (7-095) 381 89 83
Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 21:00 p.m.
Moscow

Fund Focus
(095) 250-6176/77
fondfocus@mtu-net.ru

AIDS Infoshare
(095) 250-6341 mon-fr 15.00 - 21.00
Gera
(095) 916-3966
Center of supporting and help for development of public health AKCENT
(095) 178-2743
"OGONYOK-VID-Antispid"
(095) 203-0396
Sanam
(095) 245-5470
Russian AIDS/HIV hotlines' Association
Free consulting services for teenagers
(095) 247-5036
(095) 381-8983
Tver
Tvoy vybor (Your choice)
(0822) 41-2550
Novorossiysk
SPID-stop (Stop AIDS)
(8617) 23-4006
Cheliabinsk
Beregi Sebya (Save yourself)
(3512) 65-3942
Novosibirsk-9
Gumanitarny Proect (Humane Project)
(3832) 66-4228
Tomsk
Sibir-SPID-pomosch (Siberia-AIDS-help)
(3822) 24-4459
Kazan
Noviy vek (New century)
(8432) 38-4735
Arkhangelsk
Regional departmant RAPS (HIV/AIDS prevention)
(8182) 65-5186
Barnaul
Regional AIDS-center, hot line service
(3852) 33-4699
Zhensky Aliance (Women's aliance), hot line service
(3852) 42-8462
Blagoveschensk Amurskiy region
Regional AIDS-center, hot line service
(4162) 42-4980
Bryansk
Regional AIDS-center, hot line service
(0832) 41-0771/4825
Materi protiv narkotikov (Mothers against drugs)
(0832) 55-0537
Vladivostok
Regional AIDS-center, hot line service
(4232) 23-6311
Vladikavkaz

North-Asetia Republican AIDS-Center, hot line service
(8672) 3-3943
Volgograd

Regional AIDS-Center, hot line service
(8442) 73-0478
Ekaterinburg

Center of Medical-Psychological and Social Help for Population Holis
(3432) 56-4319
Kemerovo

Center of AIDS/HIV Prevention
(3842) 51-0332
Krasnoyarsk

Center of Medical and Psychological Help for Teenagers and Youth, Hot Line Service
(3912) 60-2720

Sechelles
Faith and Hope Association (FAHA)
Tel: 248-589822

Singapore

Action for AIDS Singapore
http://www.afa.org.sg/
Tel: 2540212 , 6:30-9:30 Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
Live Counselor Action for AIDS (AFA) is a NGO committed to AIDS prevention, advocacy and support. (In Malay and English)

Slovak Republic

HIV/AIDS/STI/ illicit drugs counseling
Tel: 421 2 44 45 47 21
1pm - 3pm (Monday and Thursday)
Live counselor available

National Reference Laboratory for HIV/AIDS Prevention
Tel: 421 2 54 78 92 49
8am - 2pm (daily)
Live counselor available

Slovenia

Aids Fondation Robert / Project Stigma
Helpline related to drugs and AIDS.
Tel: 01 241 9999
from 9 AM - 8 PM , from Monday to Friday
Live counsellor available
stigma@email.si

South Africa

AIDS Law Project
http://www.alp.org.za
The AIDS Law Project (ALP) is at Wits University Centre for Applied Legal Studies. It is an organization that specializes in helping people with HIV/AIDS to deal with these problems. We also research many of the difficult social, legal and human rights issues around AIDS. We use this research to develop law, policies and "best practice" recommendations on questions such as AIDS and employment, AIDS and pregnancy, AIDS and development, AIDS and women.

AIDS Foundation
South Africa
John Malone, ED
114 Mout Street - Cape Town - 8001
Box 6065
Roggebaai - 8012
Tel: 021.26.1980
Fax: 021.26.1989

The AIDS Helpline
http://www.aidshelpline.org.za/
pamillam@lifeline.org.za
Tel: 0800 0123 22
24 hour service
Live Counselor, Information and Referral services available in all 11 official languages of South Africa

AIDSLINK South Africa
http://www.aidslink.org.za/
AIDSLINK was founded early in 1991, with the main aim of supporting destitute individuals facing the progression of HIV/AIDS. It has consistently been active in awareness and education projects. Currently our focus is support through, training and education, financial grants, food parcels, clothing, legal support, hospice placements and referrals, counseling and especially support groups and self empowerment

Bellville Com. Health Project
c/o J. Mabrahams
PO Box 381
Kasselsvlei Bellville So. 7530
Cape Town , South Africa
Tel: 951.5928

The Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE)
http://www.cadre.org.za
CADRE is a South African non-profit organization working in the area of HIV/AIDS social research, project development and communications. CADRE is committed to fast-tracking appropriate and effective response to HIV/AIDS through developing coherent strategic models for interventions.

Children In Distress- CINDI
http://www.cindi.org.za
This is an NGO, which works for children affected by HIV/AIDS.

The Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking
http://www.hivan.org.za
HIVAN's core mission is to facilitate excellence, efficiency and effectiveness in HIV/AIDS-related research, training and intervention in the province of KwaZulu-Natal . The vision is one of a proactive and responsive multi-disciplinary and multi-purpose bridge between the academy and society. Through effective networking, HIVAN generates innovative responses, and provides and trains leadership to deal with the challenges provoked by HIV/AIDS. HIVAN strives to become an exemplar and facilitating agent for other provinces in South Africa , and the rest of Africa .

Life-Line
Tel: 0800-012-322
24 hours a day
Live counselors available
http://www.lifeline.org.za/

Population Service Instruction (PSI) hotlines
0800 123 223
0800 121 900

Soul City Institute of Health & Development Communication
http://www.soulcity.org.za/index.asp
The Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication (SC IHDC) is a social change project that aims to impact on society at the individual, community and socio-political levels. SC IHDC is South Africa ’s premier edutainment project.

Treatment Action Campaign
http://www.tac.org.za
TAC’s main objective is to campaign for greater access to treatment for all South Africans, by raising public awareness and understanding about issues surrounding the availability, affordability and use of HIV treatments. TAC campaigns against the view that AIDS is a ‘death sentence’.

Spain

900 ROSA
Hotline
900 601 601
El SIDA en Cifras
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/fpardo/vihdat.htm
Demographics: AIDS in Spain

Junta de Andalucia
Hotline 900 850 100
Grupo de Trabajo sobre Tratamientos del VIH
http://www.gtt-vih.org/

Fundación Antisida de España (FASE)
900 111 000
Stop SIDA
http://www.stopsida.org/
(In Spanish, English, and Finnish)

Sida Studi
Sant Pere mes Alt, 17, baixos-08003
Barcelona , Spain
Tel: 93.268.14 84
Fax: 93.268.23.18

Sri Lanka

Aidsline
Tel: 074-516496 / 586000 ( 24 hrs.)
Live Counsellor
Nestline (AIDS & Mental Health)
Tel: 931680 (24 hrs.)
Live Counsellor

Suriname

Aidsinfolijn
Tel: (597) 42 70 90
24hrs service

Sweden

AIDSJOUREN – The Noah’s Ark Red Cross Foundation
http://www.noaksark.redcross.se/
Hotline: 020 - 78 44 40
Live counseling only
Organization to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS
Stiftelsen Noaks Ark Röda-Korset
http://www.noaksark.redcross.se/svensk/index_svensk.htm

Switzerland

AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz
http://www.aids.ch
(in German, French, Italian and English)

Swiss AIDS Portal Site
http://www.aidsnet.ch

INFO-SIDA Suisse
http://www.info-sida.ch/

Swiss Aids Foundation / Stop Aids
http://www.stopaids.ch/
Helpines: 1 447 11 11 / 0800 866 455 (second number is free)
Monday - Friday 8.30 - 12.00 and 13.30 - 17.00
Live counsellor available

OFSP
http://www.suchtundaids.bag.admin.ch/themen/aids/
(German, French, Italian and English)

Taiwan

Light of Friendship AIDS Control Association of Taiwan
http://www.lofaa.org.tw/
(in Taiwanese)

Tajikistan

NEP in Khujand
Tel: (3422) 6-73-72
9a.m. -16p.m.
Live counselor
NEP in Khorog
Tel: (35220) 32-81
9a.m. -16p.m.
Live counsellor

Republican Center for AIDS Prevention and Control Dushanbe
Tel: (992 372) 21-54-23
9a.m. -16p.m.
Live counselor

Thailand

AIDS Resources in Thailand
http://www.floatinglotus.com
Comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS resources in Thailand (In English)

Ministry of Public Health Information Network of Thailand
http://www.moph.go.th/
(In Thai and English)

Population and Community Development Organisation
http://www.pda.or.th
(In Thai and English)
PDA operates a wide variety of programs designed to serve and assist the rural poor of Thailand . Their main activity in the field of HIV/AIDS is awareness raising and prevention.

Trinidad and Tobago

National AIDS Hotline
Tel: (868) 625-2437 or 868-625-0646
7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m
Counsellor available
aidsline@tstt.net.tt

Tunisia

Hotline: INFO SIDA: (+ 216) 71 70 11 95 

Turkmenistan

AIDS Prevention Center, Anonymous unit
Tel: +99312-345124
09:00 to 18:00
Live counselor

Uganda

Straight Talk
http://www.straight-talk.or.ug/

The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO)
http://www.tasouganda.org/

United Kingdom

Aids Hotline NI
Tel: 0800 137437 free confidential counselling
Tel: 028 90249268
http://www.aidshelpline.org.uk/

AVERT.org - UK AIDS Helplines
http://www.avert.org/ukhelplines.htm

Body & Soul
http://www.bodyandsoul.demon.co.uk/
A UK charity supporting children, teenagers, women, heterosexual men and their families who are living with or closely affected by HIV and AIDS.

Crusaid
http://www.crusaid.org.uk/
Crusaid is the leading UK charity devoted to fundraising on behalf of people living with HIV and AIDS.

Health Education Unit
The Valley Anguilla
Tel: 1264- 497-3555
Live counselor

HIV i-Base
http://www.i-base.org.uk/
HIV treatment information for healthcare professionals and HIV-positive people.
International Community of Women Living With AIDS.

Joanne Manchester
PO Box 2338
London - W8 4ZG, United Kingdom
Tel: 44.71.221.1316
Fax: 44.71.243.8481

National AIDS Helpline
Tel: 0800 567 123
Advisors available 24 hours a day.

The National AIDS Trust
http://www.nat.org.uk/

The National AIDS Trust (NAT) is the UK 's leading HIV and AIDS policy development and advocacy organization.

Right Online (SCUK)
www.savethechildren.org.uk
We are the UK 's leading international children's charity, working to create a better future for children. We are active in the UK , as well as around 70 countries worldwide. We involve children in what we do - we believe in listening and learning from them.

Stop AIDS Campaign
http://www.stopaidscampaign.org.uk/
The Stop AIDS Campaign is an unprecedented initiative of the UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development, bringing together some of the UK 's leading development and HIV/AIDS groups. Launched on World AIDS Day 2001, the campaign works to raise awareness in the UK about global HIV/AIDS epidemic and to campaign for urgently scaled up international action.

Student Partnership Worldwide
http://www.spw.org
Through mobilizing, educating and empowering young people and connecting them across the UK and internationally SPW and Youth Stop AIDS seeks to build a new social movement of young people as the key agents for change in public policy on HIV/AIDS.

Terrence Higgins Trust
http://www.tht.org.uk/
Tel: 02 07 242 1010
12pm to 10pm daily
Live counselor
THT is the leading HIV & AIDS charity in the UK and the largest in Europe . It was one of the first charities to be set up in response to the HIV epidemic and has been at the forefront of the fight against HIV & AIDS ever since.

Wolverhampton Reach
http://www.reach-hiv.demon.co.uk
Self-help group for people living with HIV/AIDS

United States of America

The AIDS Handbook
http://www.eastchester.k12.ny.us/schools/ms/AIDS/AIDS1.html
This handbook was written by middle school kids for middle school kids and contains information on AIDS prevention, transmission, symptoms and treatment. Also contains links to other web-based resources.

BET - Rap It Up
www.bet.com/health
(click on the "Health" Section, Health News) Find out the latest information on the sexual health of African Americans - provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation in partnership with Black Entertainment Television. They also have a recorded hotline that provides information on safer sex and reproductive health, as well as connections to the HIV, STD and Planned Parenthood Hotlines. 1-866-RAP-IT-UP
CDC National HIV & AIDS Hotline: 1-800-342-AIDS
This hotline will provide information about HIV/AIDS, answer questions about testing and prevention, and will provide referrals to callers. They will also send out free literature on HIV and AIDS.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National STD Hotline: 1-800-227-8922

This hotline will answer general questions about STDs, their symptoms, trans- mission, treatment and testing, and can also provide referrals to clinics and other hotlines.

Critical Path AIDS Project
www.critpath.org
Extends technology education for advocacy to underserved communities

KNOW HIV/AIDS
http://www.knowhivaids.org
Hotline: 1-866-344-KNOW (5669)
The website and helpline both offer an educational guide, additional information on HIV/AIDS as well as links to other resources.

Latino Commission on AIDS
http://www.latinoaids.org/
The Latino Commission on AIDS is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to improving and expanding health promotion, research, treatment and other services to the Latino community through organizing, education, model program development, capacity building and training.

Mentors
http://www.mentorsny.org
The Middle East Natives, Testing, Orientation and Referrals Service is a new New York based HIV/AIDS prevention and control program among Arab communities.

National Teenage AIDS Hotline: 1-800-440-TEEN, Fridays and Saturdays, 6pm to midnight, EST.
Sponsored by the American Red Cross, this hotline uses a staff of peer educators to provide information about HIV/AIDS and other STDs and to refer callers to other numbers.

National HIV Testing Resources
http://www.hivtest.org
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website connects you with HIV testing resources in your local community.

Pep/LA
http://www.pepla.org/internat.html
The Peer Education Program of Los Angeles (PEP/LA) is a non-profit organization in which multi-cultural teens from high schools, residential facilities and probation centers are trained to be peer educators in HIV/AIDS information.

Uruguay

Asociación del sero positive (ASEPO)
Tel: (598 - 2) 402 1010 (24 hrs.)
Peer counselors.

Venezuela

Acción Ciudadana Contra el SIDA
http://www.internet.ve/accsi/
ACCSI, es una asociación civil sin fines de lucro fundada en 1987 como respuesta a la frecuente violación de los derechos humanos de las personas que viven con VIH/SIDA, sus familiares, allegados y las personas socialmente vulnerables a la epidemia.

ACSOL
NGO with prevention and treatment programmes.
Info@acsol.org
http://www.acsol.org
ASOVIDA, Una mano amiga
Tel: (58 216)774 5619 4. (24 hrs)
Counsellor available
NGO with prevention and treatment programs

Centro de Información Nacional VIH/SIDA
Tel: (58 212) 952 2009
(58) 274 - 271 0220
Monday to Friday 9:00am to 6:00 pm
Counsellor available

Sociedad Wills Wilde, Centro de Información y Consejería en VIH/SIDA – Henry Ardila
Mérida
http://swwilde.tripod.com
Línea sobre SIDA / AIDS Hotline: (58 274) 2710438
Llamadas de Emergencia / Emergency calls: (58 416) 6740956
swwilde@cantv.net

Yugoslavia

Belgrade Public Health Institute, HIV/AIDS Counseling Center
Tel. (38 1 11) 3230038
Monday to Friday 07:30am - 10:30am
Live Counselor available

EMPRONA Novi Sad , Center for Prevention of Drug Addictions
Substance Abuse Info Telephone: (38 1 21) 27 061
Monday to Friday 05:00pm - 08:00pm
Students Institute of Public Health, Center for Prevention of AIDS and STDs
Tel. (38 1 11) 432 192
Monday to Friday 08:00am - 01:00pm
Live Counselor available

Youth of Yugoslav Association Against AIDS (Youth of JAZAS)
http://www.jazas.org.yu
AIDS Info Telephone: (38 1 11) 3248235
Every day 05:00pm - 09:00pm

Zambia

Youth Media
http://www.youthmedia.org.zm
Youth Media is a Zambian youth NGO that specializes in Information, Education and Communication. Our objective is providing information to young people about sexuality using various forms of media.

Zimbabwe

Women and AIDS Support Network
http://www.wasn.org.zw/
Women and AIDS Support Network (WASN) is a local NGO/ASO that deals specifically with women’s issues in the advent of HIV/AIDS, advocating for policies in favor of women in various issues related to their reproductive health rights.

Global

Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS

Sources:

Staying-alive.org

HIVinfocus.net