Good news services

These sites provide good news on various aspects of HIV/AIDS

• Kaiser Network
• IRIN Plusnews (UN)
• BBC News
• Avert for a simple introduction to HIV and AIDS and issues surrounding them.

UNAIDS - the joint UN programme on AIDS, for the latest statistics and reports

Towards Universal Access - for statistics and reviews on ‘Universal Access for All’

In more depth

If you’re interested in knowing more about HIV/AIDS, the history of the epidemic and its current and potential future impact, then the following books are good to start with. They’ll also be useful if you want to include something on HIV/AIDS into any of your uni work.

• AIDS in the 21st Century: disease and globalisation. Tony Barnett and Alan Whiteside (2nd edition: 2006) Palgrave Macmillan
• AIDS and Power: why there is no political crisis - yet. Alex de Waal (2006) More from Justice Africa
• Recommended reading from LSEAIDS