Selected Web Sites and Organizations
Agencias de Noticias da AIDS
This Web site includes HIV/AIDS news and resources in Portuguese.
Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS (ABIA)
This Web site includes HIV/AIDS news and resources in Portuguese.
AVERT -- HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
The page includes information about HIV transmission routes and treatment in Caribbean countries, including Brazil.
CIA World Fact Book Country Profile
This page includes general health, developmental, geographic, demographic, governmental and economic information in Brazil.
EarthTrends Country Profile
This profile features selected indicators, trends and vital statistics.
HIV InSite Country Profile
This site features links to organizations, reports and other documents related to HIV/AIDS in Brazil.
International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Brazil
This page outlines the organization's current work and future plans relating to HIV/AIDS in the region.
Ministy of Health STD/AIDS Program
This site includes information in Portuguese on prevention, treatment and care of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.
Department for International Development Country Profile
The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of the British government that manages the U.K.'s aid to poor countries and works to eliminate extreme poverty.
Family Health International Country Profile
This page include's an overview of FHI's program in Brazil, as well as a description of activities and links to many HIV/AIDS-related reports.
MONITORaids
This site contains information in Portuguese about the growth and current state of HIV/AIDS in Brazil and details how much money different organizations spend to fight the disease.
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - FIOCRUZ
Linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the foundation develops actions in the area of science and technology in health, including activities in basic and applied research, teaching, reference hospital and ambulatory assistance, strategies formulation in public health, information and diffusion, personnel training, vaccines, drugs, diagnostic kits and reagents production, quality control and development of technologies for health.
Pela Vidda-Niterói
The organization, whose Web site is available in English and Portugese, fights discrimination against people living with AIDS.
RED SALUD
RED SALUD is a Web-based network of Latin American health journalists, with 600 members from 29 countries. The network allows a sustained dialogue aimed at improving health reporting through informal peer exchanges and professionally moderated discussions.
UNAIDS Country Profile
This page provides a brief summary of national socioeconomic conditions in the context of the HIV epidemic, and information on UNAIDS' country-level activities.
UNDP Country Profile
The page summarizes UNDP's activities in Brazil.
USAID Country Profile
A description of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in selected countries, the national response, and USAID programs and support.
WHO Country Page
The profile features selected indicators, disease outbreaks and vital statistics.
Key Reports and Data Sources
amfAR Special Report: AIDS in the Caribbean and Latin America
The report provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as progress made in the fight against the disease. This page also includes a related article on Brazil.
Globalis
Globalis provides data on numerous health issues, including HIV/AIDS data. The project is a collaboration among the Norwegian U.N. Association, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, UNU/Global Virtual University, the University College of Hedmark and the INTIS schools. It is supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.
UNICEF Country Tables
This page includes population, mortality, general, reproductive health and education statistics.
UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2007
The report finds that global HIV/AIDS prevalence is stabilizing and that the number of new HIV cases is decreasing worldwide.
UNAIDS 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. May 2006.
This report reviews progress made toward meeting targets set at the 2001 U.N. General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS. Country data for Brazil is available in the annexes.
AIDS Epidemic in Latin America. UNAIDS/WHO, December 2005.
This report examines the state of the epidemic in Latin America, including Brazil.
Action Against AIDS in the Workplace. UNAIDS, August 2005.
This report describes the impact of HIV/AIDS in the workplace in Latin America and the Caribbean and outlines strategies to lessen the impact of the disease on businesses and ways to support HIV-positive workers.
UNAIDS Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Brazil: 2004 Update
Statistics on the prevalence and incidence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, and discussion of knowledge and behaviors related to HIV transmission.
Promoting Healthy Relationships and HIV/STI Prevention for Young Men: Positive Findings from an Intervention Study in Brazil. Horizons/Population Council, April 2004
This report examines the effectiveness of programs to improve young men's attitudes toward gender roles and sexual relationships and to reduce HIV risk behaviors.
HIV/AIDS in Latin American Countries: the Challenges Ahead. World Bank, 2003.
This report says that Latin American countries need increased support and action from the civil society to control the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Teixeira et al. The Brazilian Experience in Providing Universal Access to Antiretroviral Therapy. International AIDS Economics Network, June 2003.
This report examines how Brazil managed to implement universal access to antiretroviral drugs.
Orsi et al. Intellectual Property Rights, Anti-AIDS Policy and Generic Drugs: Lessons from the Brazilian Public Health Program. International AIDS Economics Network, June 2003.
This report examines Brazil's policies regarding intellectual property rights with regards to generic antiretroviral drugs.
