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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
Country
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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/fbs/flabs.htm
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.
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