Funded by the Ford Foundation. Has full text Seminar Papers, full text newsletter, Sexuality in Africa magazine with topics on sexuality and health, religion, violence against women and girls, adolescent education, HIV / AIDS, re-thinking masculinities. Countries of focus are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Lists conferences, events. Is compiling a database of Social Scientists, Anthropologists, Researchers. Based in Lagos, Nigeria. [KF] http://www.arsrc.org/
Annotated directory of internet resources on health in Africa. From the Stanford University Libraries.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/health.html
Journal on the social dimensions of HIV/AIDS in African contexts. Abstracts
are online. Based at the Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation)
Institute for Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown,
South Africa. [KF] http://www.ajol.info/
Extensive information resource on HIV/AIDS for researchers, the
health profession, the public, infected individuals, educators and policy-makers. Daily
news updates, significant full text documents, Events / Conferences,
and links to HIV/AIDS-related sources. Has a southern Africa focus. Links
to policies on HIV/AIDS adopted or proposed by governments, parties, lobbying
groups, businesses and individuals. Free registration provides e-newsletters,
discussion forums. Maintained by the Medical
Research Council of South Africa (MRC). [KF] http://www.afroaidsinfo.org/
Official site for the XIII International AIDS Conference, Durban, July
9-14, 2000, Has news and reports about the conference, conference events,
schedules, an e-mail information and alert forum, etc. Readers can send comments
regarding the conference. http://www.aids2000.com/
Free full text articles from 2004 April-May to date."bi-monthly electronic newsletter focusing on the wide-ranging impact of HIV and AIDS on Africa." You can subscribe for free. Published by Metropolitan Holdings. Based in South Africa. http://www.redribbon.co.za/aaao/
"established in 1988, was the first registered AIDS Non-Government Organisation (NGO) in South Africa. AFSA acts as a link between donors and Community Based Organizations (CBOs)" Describes their projects. Photographs (such as Elton John's visit with traditional healers). Based in Cape Town. http://www.aids.org.za/
Works to promote equal rights and justice for people with HIV. Information on the Legal system Health rights, Access to treatment, Workplace rights, Domestic workers, The Military, Women's rights, Children's rights, Gays, Lesbians and transgendered people, Customary rights, Criminal law, Prisoners, HIV/AIDS & discrimination cases (such as the case regarding the book by Charlene Smith, Patricia de Lille (New Africa Books, 2002), etc. Links to related organizations. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa. [KF] http://www.alp.org.za/
AIDS-RSA
Discussion forum to bring together all those working and living with HIV/AIDS
in South Africa. Supported by the AIDS2000 Development Project, Centre for
the Study of AIDS at the University of Pretoria and the AIDS Foundation of
South Africa. To join send email to: majordomo@kendy.up.ac.za In the Message area put: subscribe aids-rsa
"Offers understanding & support to families and friends of problem
drinkers. Our program is adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous and is based upon
the Twelve Steps,..." Based in Cape Town, South Africa. [KF] http://www.alanon.org.za/
Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2006. Report no. 03-09-05 (2006). Death rates for adults rose sharply from 1997 to 2004. "death rates for females age 20-39 more than tripled and for males age 30-44 more than doubled. By 2004, for those age 20-44, female death rates were higher than those for males." "Death rates from diabetes and obesity rose for each sex – 35% for males and 18% for females." "The homicide rate in South Africa is very high, probably second only to that in Colombia." http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/statsdownload.asp?PPN=Report-03-09-05&SCH=3731
See also New York Times article, Sept. 8, 2006, A8, "AIDS cited in the climb in South Africa's death rate" by Michael Wines.
In English and French. Site of the Association François-Xavier Bagnoud
on children affected and orphaned by AIDS. Reports on projects
in Africa, a 28 page report in
Adobe PDF, "Orphan Alert: Children Orphaned by AIDS," stories
from the field, projects, facts on Africa, South Africa, Uganda, a video
clip of "Nkosi: A Voice of Africa's AIDS Orphans" about 12
year old Nkosi
Johnson's crusade to end the discrimination endured by HIV/AIDS sufferers,
a mailing
list and an AIDS
Orphans Assistance Database. Based in Lutry, Switzerland. http://www.afxb.org/
and http://www.albinasactionfororphans.org/ [KF]
Extensive site. Includes statistics, personal stories, sections on Botswana, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia; each section covers "the impact of
AIDS; a history of the government's response; information about
funding; and accounts of prevention, treatment and care
programmes." Sections on issues regarding HIV / AIDS worldwide. From AVERT, an international HIV and AIDS charity based in Horsham, UK. It operates especially in Southern Africa. [KF] http://www.avert.org/aidsinafrica.htm
The
Bezwoda Affair
Need to register (free) to access articles. "On Feb 3, 2000, the University
of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa) issued a terse statement
noting
that Prof Werner
Bezwoda, head
of its department of haematology and oncology, had been removed from his
position..." "Bezwoda had admitted "a serious breach of scientific
honesty and integrity" over the results of a breast-cancer trial he
first presented at the May, 1999, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
meeting." - information from The Lancet (London) medical journal.
See The Lancet, March 18, 2000 v355 i9208 p999/ http://www.thelancet.com/
Provides fund-raising for health, education, community development in South
Africa. Dennis and Susan Wadley are co-directors of Bridges of Hope. Dennis
Wadley is also Senior Pastor of Community Covenant Church in Santa Barbara,
California. http://www.community-covenant.org/boh/
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA
"a South African non-profit organisation working in the area of HIV/AIDS
social research, project development and communications." Full
text publications including bibliographies online such as "Rape
and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in South Africa: A Review." "Gender-Based
Violence and HIV/AIDS in South Africa," "Nelson Mandela/HSRC
Study of HIV/AIDS:South African National HIV Prevalence, Behavioural Risks
and Mass Media, Household Survey (2002)," "HIV/AIDS,
Economics and Governance in South Africa," and other publications.
Produced Tsha Tsha, a edutainment television drama series commissioned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation "depicting the lives of four young adults in an impoverished rural town in the Eastern Cape. The series explores the choices that young South Africans are faced with, and deals with AIDS, death, love, relationships, and sex and its consequences." Publishes the African Journal of AIDS Research. LInks to related sites. Based in Johannesburg. [KF] http://www.cadre.org.za/
"Community H.E.A.R.T. (Health Education And Reconstruction
Training), a UK based Registered Charity." Founded by Denis Goldberg
who spent 22 years in prison in South Africa, sentenced at the Rivonia Trial.
Has a book donation project for schools in South Africa, sends
computers to schools, has math, art, nutrition projects. http://www.community-heart.org.uk/
"an independent, non-partisan not-for-profit section 21 company that assists healthcare facilities to provide quality health care to all Southern African citizens..." Has the full text report, “The Impact of Accreditation on the Quality of Hospital Care: KwaZulu–Natal Province, Republic of South Africa," 2003, 56 p. (in PDF). Links to South African health sites. Lists all accredited hospitals, clinics, hospices. Publishes the COHSASA News Bulletin. Based in Pinelands, South Africa. [KF] http://www.cohsasa.co.za
Directories - South Africa Health
Ananzi -
Health http://www.ananzi.co.za/catalog/HealthandBeauty/index.html
Health24 - Health, Beauty,
Fitness section, from M-Web. http://www.health24.com/
Zebra- like a South African Altavista,
use the keyword search
"an economic policy center in Johannesburg that does research to promote sustainable growth, development and distributional equity."
Explores "policy alternatives for South Africa's economic and social development."
http://www.the-edge.org.za/publications.htm
Full text reports online on Foreign Direct Investment, Developing Africa: South Africa and NEPAD, South Africa: Growth and Equity, SA and the WTO, HIV/AIDS, such as -
Fragile stability: State and Society in South Africa. 2005.
Intellectual Property Rights in South Africa: A Review. 2002.
75 pages in PDF
HIV/AIDS, Economics and Governance in South Africa: Key Issues in Understanding Response: A Literature Review . 2002. 164 pages
The Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS on South Africa and its implications for Governance: A Literature Review
. 2001. 70 pages
"a network of research, civil society and health sector organisations
working towards and influencing equity in health in Southern Africa." works
with the SADC (Southern African Development Community), has a mailing list,
an annotated health bibliography, the full text of a 1997 Kasane, Botswana
health conference, summary of a report on the Training & Research Support
Centre (TARSC), Zimbabwe, etc. http://www.equinet.org.zw
GFF produced a documentary (fall 2000), "Not My Child: AIDS in South
Africa" which covers the 13th International Conference on AIDS in
Durban and the lives of people with AIDS in South Africa. Has photographs,
accounts of South Africans with HIV/AIDS, role of traditional healers. Based
in Denver, Colorado. http://www.hometown.aol.com/globalfocusfilms/index.html
"a news agency that produces news and in-depth analysis....Our particular focus is HIV/AIDS, public health and issues regarding health policy and practice in South Africa. Facts about HIV / AIDS. Find articles by topics such as HIV/AIDS Treatment, Health Economics, Health Management, Malaria, Mental Health, Nutrition, Occupational Health, Pharmaceutical Drugs, Policy and Legislation, Public Health & Health Systems, Reproductive Health, Rural Health, Traditional Medicine, Women's Health, etc. [KF] http://www.health-e.co.za/index.php
"...an independent non-government organisation established in 1992." Has full
text reports, many in Adobe .pdf format. They operate Healthlink.
http://www.hst.org.za
Has -
hlinfo-l - email
list providing news on developments in the health sector, and additions
to the internet-base of resources
Parliamentary
Health Directory - compiled by the South African National
Assembly, Portfolio Committee on Health. The directory has contact
details of members of government and parliament specialising in the
field of health at provincial and national levels.
A project of the Health Systems Trust, provides computer networking, e-mail,
information to health workers in South Africa. Has an e-newsletter, Healthlink
Bulletin, discussion lists, health
statistics, over 500 reports, publications and papers, the annual
South African Health Review (full text of older annuals). [KF]
http://www.healthlink.org.za/
An extensive resource. Has full text reports, articles, important documents,
a database/directory of individuals and organisations working in the field
of HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal, news, web sites esp. in South Africa. Established
by the University of Natal in 2001, based in Durban, South Africa. [KF] http://www.hivan.co.za/
On the implications of HIV/AIDS for democracy in Southern Africa and elsewhere. Articles, case studies. Governance and AIDS. Links to related sites. "Idasa is an independent public interest organisation committed to promoting sustainable democracy based on active citizenship, democratic institutions, and social justice." Based in Cape Town and Pretoria, South Africa. http://www.idasa.org.za/
Case studies include Parliament, Politics and AIDS: The Cases of South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya; Citizens find ways to deal with HIV/AIDS and Unemployment.
The Brotherhood of Blessed Gerard is the relief organisation of the Knights
of Malta in South Africa. Site briefly describes their projects - nutrition
scheme for infants, a hospice for the sick, a club for the elderly, a rural
pre-primary school. http://servus.smom-za.org/www1/gtl/bbg/bbg.htm
Inventory of the Leo Kuper Papers microfilmed by CAMP, the Cooperative
Africana Microform Project, based at the Center for Research Libraries in
Chicago. Kuper, a South African sociologist, conducted interviews with over
100 South African black professionals in the 1950s/early 1960s for the book, An
African Bourgeoisie. Interviewees included black nurses, doctors, medical
school students, health educators. The microfilm may be borrowed from CAMP.
http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/info/camp/kuper.htm
Site for teenagers and South Africa's national HIV prevention campaign
for teenagers. Involves media campaigns, youth-focused television
and radio programming, weekly youth news sheets, billboards, service and
support programmes, including youth centres, etc. http://www.lovelife.org.za/
Established when its Chairperson Nelson Mandela pledged 1/3 of his salary
for five years to the fund. Report on its activities (includes feeding schemes
for children, etc.), trustees. http://www.mandela-children.ca/
Has links to South
African medical journals, to medical lab related companies in South
Africa, and to South African medical related organizations. http://www.medicalinfo.co.za/index.html
Has policy briefs to government (traditional healers, care of rape victims,
tobacco use by children and women, reducing malaria transmission, HIV prevention),
research reports (1998 Demographic & Health Survey, abuses of gays and
lesbians during the apartheid era, health and environment in Cape Town, Guidelines
on Ethics for Medical Research), the 2001 report, Impact
of HIV/AIDS on Adult Mortality in South Africa, which calculates that
AIDS already accounts for about 40% of adult deaths in the 15 to 49 age category
and 20% of all adult deaths. [KF] http://www.mrc.ac.za/bod/index.htm
A professional journal, written and edited by doctors Has the table of
contents for the latest issue only. Other features are restricted to subscribers.
http://www.modmedsa.co.za/
"The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, in June 1994, commissioned
this national household health survey, the first of its kind in South Africa." The
survey was prepared by the Community Agency for Social Enquiry (CASE). http://www.hst.org.za/case/
South African "forum of researchers and practitioners that facilitates
community-driven research-based policy formation....on drug-related
prevention and treatment in South Africa." Full
text documents in MS Word or Adobe PDF. A directory
of related associations, online articles,
links to members' sites.
Documents include: National Strategic Action Plan for the Prevention of Substance
Abuse Among the Youth in South Africa; The nature and extent
of drug use among South African young people: A review of research; Alcohol,
tobacco and other drug use: Young South Africans (10-24 years).
[KF] http://www.nrf.ac.za/netpro/
Information on infectious diseases in South Africa (and other countries).
For South Africa discussues hemorrhagic
fever and ebola. By registering (is free), one has access to more information. http://www.outbreak.org/
A non-profit founded in the 1920s. "supports family planning and
reproductive health initiatives in 37 countries in Africa, Latin America
and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Near East." Full text articles
on Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,
with photographs, statistics. http://www.pathfind.org
The Chapel Street Clinic treats the residents of the city of Cape Town's central
district. Patients who are under going treatment for TB or HIV/AIDS can use their
cell phones to receive SMS reminders about appointments, tests, and to take their
medications.
http://umunhum.org/
Has full text articles on traditional healers, TB, HIV
in South Africa, etc. Use PubMed to
locate articles in PubMed Central. Journals include the British
Medical Journal, National Academy of Sciences Proceedings.
Site from the U.S. National Institute of Health. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/
Has a full text report, in
MS Word, HIV/AIDS and Students at RAU, Final Report,
by Tina Uys, Lindsey Martin, Meera Ichharam, Peter Alexander, Riaan Els,
Riëtte Eiselen. Pub. 2000. Based in Auckland Park Johannesburg. http://general.rau.ac.za/csr/
and http://general.rau.ac.za/csr/Documents/AIDSFINALRAU.doc
Some parts of the site work only in Microsoft's browser. South African
AIDS education and awareness site. Includes a directory of South African
AIDS education and training organizations. Has "HIV/AIDS and the Law:
a Resource Manual" and "The Ecology of the AIDS Epidemic in South
Africa" in MS Word format plus other full text documents. http://www.Redribbon.co.za/
Research reports (full text in pdf), HIV/AIDS social aspects, HIV/AIDS
statistics, the SAHARA J: Journal
of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS (abstracts free only, full content requires a subscription). Based in Cape Town, South Africa.
http://www.sahara.org.za/
Research reports includes - Impact of HIV on the Health sector, HIV/AIDS
Prevalence Among South African Health Workers, Nelson
Mandela/HSRC Study of HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS in the SADC
region,
HIV/AIDS/STD knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours
in a rural South African adult population, Evaluation of Soul City School
and Mass Media Life Skills Education. [KF]
An umbrella body of South African NGOs. "The Coalition was formed
in August 1995 to co-ordinate NGO input into the Reconstruction and Development
Programme. It consists of provincial and sectoral affiliates, working in
a wide range of development fields including health." http://www.sangoco.org.za/
Site for the NGO sector in South Africa. Has an NGO directory, PRODDER. Provides Website Design, Hosting, Database Design for civil society organizations. Offers internet training, information communication technology (ICT) strategic planning, linux local area networks setup. Based in Johannesburg. http://sangonet.org.za/
Facts and Statistics on malaria, pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases,
disabilities. Annual reports, legislation, full text policy documents (White
Paper for the Transformation of the Health System in South Africa, drugs
policy, child and women's health), reports, links to provincial
health web sites. [KF] http://www.doh.gov.za/
"A synthesis report of the deliberations by the panel of experts invited
by the President of the Republic of South Africa, the Honourable Mr Thabo
Mbeki." Pub. March 2001. Full text, includes Socio--economic factors
in the context of HIV/AIDS. http://www.polity.org.za/govdocs/reports/aids/aidspanel.htm
"(SAAVI) was formed in 1999 as a lead programme of the Medical Research Council (MRC) of South Africa." . Co-ordinates the research, development and testing of AIDS vaccines in South Africa. Press releases, links to related sites. [KF] http://www.saavi.org.za/
Site does not work in older Netscape browsers. "SAA Netcare Travel
Clinics can help you with all your travel health requirements....They are
happy to offer advice to anyone planning to travel, whether by land, air
or sea..." recomended Immunisations, health news, facts about malaria
with a map showing prevalence in Southern Africa. [KF] http://www.travelclinic.co.za/index.asp
Information for businesses. Programs, survey results, legal rights, etc.
See also the AIDS
Legal Network (http://www.redribbon.co.za/legal/default.asp). Hosted
by the RedRibbon AIDS education
and awareness site. http://www.redribbon.co.za/business/default.asp
The SAIRR, a liberal research institute, was founded in 1929. Their site
has, for members only, the full text of the highly regarded, Race Relations
Survey. Members can also receive their journals, Fast Facts, and Frontiers
of Freedom by email. http://www.sairr.org.za/
Publishes the South African Medical Journal. "The South African
Medical Association was established on 21 May 1998. It was born out of a
unification of the Medical Association of South Africa (MASA), founded in
1927, and the Progressive Doctors Group (formerly NAMDA), which was formed
after severe dissatisfaction with MASA's response to the death in detention
of Steve Biko in 1977." Has links to health sites selected by SAMA.
http://www.samedical.org/
Citations to articles in South African journals. For
Subscribers Only by IP filtering. [Stanford, and other subscribers,
click on -
"BiblioLine. Subscribers
click here for databases"]
Includes the Index to South African Periodicals,
South African Theses and Dissertations. Citations can be emailed
to you. They offer certain databases free for 30 day trials. The National
Information Services Corporation (NISC) is in Baltimore, Maryland http://www.nisc.com
SAfAIDS is an NGO established in 1994 whose "main role is promoting
policy, research, planning and programme development around HIV/AIDS in the
southern Africa region." Has full text issues of SAfAIDS News, Men
and HIV In Zimbabwe (a report, in Adobe PDF), a newsletter Southern
Africa Aids Action,
its Annual Report, Factsheets. http://www.safaids.org.zw
Site established by South African rape survivors and those with HIV/AIDS.
What to do in a rape situation, conference news, book lists, letters from
readers, news, legal aspects (police, legislation, party positions), survivors
stories. [KF] http://www.speakout.org.za
State of the Nation
Full text of this important annual reference source beginning with the 2003/2004 volume. The 2007 edition, State of the Nation: South Africa 2007, is edited by
Sakhela Buhlungu; John Daniel; Roger Southall; Jessica Lutchman. Published by the HSRC Press. Use the Search box to locate the title. Access may be slow. http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/
For affordable treatment for people with HIV. Has an FAQ about AIDS in
South Africa, a mailing list, the full text online of their Newsletter,
fact sheets (ex. Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in South Africa), speeches (for
ex. Judge Edwin Cameron's speech at the second National Conference for People
Living with HIV/AIDS, Winnie Mandela's speech delivered at the Global March
for Treatment Access.) TAC campaigns against the view that AIDS is a 'death
sentence'. Based in South Africa. http://www.tac.org.za/
Full text in Adobe PDF,
107 p. concerns malaria control practices in South Africa. Opposes banning
DDT. (Occasional Paper 117 of the Institute of Economic Affairs, London,
2001). http://www.iea.org.uk/books/op117.htm
"supports research into the social/economic impact of AIDS and the
challenges facing policy makers." Has many full text publications.
http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/cssr/asrupub.html
"The Centre for Social Science Research is made up of ...... The Aids and Society Research Unit; the Data First Resource Unit; the Democracy in Africa Research Unit; the Social Surveys Unit and the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit." Has full text Working Papers (need to be unzipped). http://www.cssr.uct.ac.za/pubs_cssr.html
Working Paper topics include -
the Labour Market in South Africa
Surviving unemployment without state support
South African press reporting on children affected by AIDS
Media coverage and the election
Race, class and justice in post-apartheid South Africa Inequality and diversity in Cape Town
Relationships between adolescents and adults
Labour force withdrawal of the elderly
Health seeking behaviour in Northern KwaZulu Natal
The School day in South Africa
Economic infrastructure investment in South Africa Informal savings groups in South Africa
Results of election '04 Corruption in......Nigeria
Role of social grants in.......HIV/AIDS
Understanding black households
KHAYELITSHA / MITCHELL’S PLAIN SURVEY 2000; Survey Report and Baseline Information (98 p. in PDF)
Series of 6-8 page guidelines and checklists, in PDF format, for
specific groups - civil service, education, military, mining, prisons, sports,
tourism, trade unions, human resource managers, insurance personnel, politicians,
etc. [KF] http://www.nu.ac.za/heard/aidsbriefs/
"tax-exempt charitable organization that offers scholarship opportunities
to South African students....Since 1990, USSAS has offered scholarships
at South African universities and Technikons to more than twelve
hundred young African, Coloured, and Indian men and women of South Africa.
USSAS now focuses its support on young people who are committed through their
studies and community action to the fight against HIV-AIDS in
South Africa." Program
history. Desmond Tutu is Honorary Advisor. Based in Pelham, Massachusetts.
http://www.ussas.com
Pub. July 2003. "HIV/AIDS causes far greater long-term damage to
national economies than previously assumed, for by killing mostly
young adults, the disease is robbing the children of AIDS victims
of one or both parents to love, raise and educate them, and so undermines
the basis of economic growth over the long haul.....a country like South
Africa could face progressive economic collapse within several
generations unless it combats its AIDS epidemic more urgently." Report
by Shanta Devarajan, Chief Economist of the World Bank's Human Development
Network, Clive Bell, and Hans Gersbach. Full text, 118 pages, in Adobe
pdf. http://www1.worldbank.org/hiv_aids/
April 2007 Conference. Full text of papers such as AIDS and the Scientific Governance of Medicine in Post-Apartheid South Africa, by Nicoli Nattrass (27 p. in pdf) and Health Care in a Democratic South Africa (22 p. in pdf). http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/apartheid/
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