Medical Research Council Programme on AIDS in Uganda (MRC UGANDA) Uganda Expand view P O Box 49 Entebbe MRC UGANDA aims to investigate within a broad remit aspects of HIV/AIDS that are of public health relevance in Uganda
Jimma University Ethiopia Expand view P O Box 378 Jimma University with five faculties: Medical Sciences; Public Health; Business; Technology; and Agriculture. Also runs a busy 250 bed rural hospital. Aims to support and educate staff to supply appropriate services. The Resource Centre is not open to the public
ActionAid Kenya Kenya Expand view PO Box 42814 Nairobi ActionAid Kenya exists to facilitate processes that eradicate poverty and ensure social justice and equality. Their vision in the AIDS department is to see that the poor and marginalised communities are empowered to gain control over the causes of their vulnerability to HIV, secure basic rights and needs, live with dignity and achieve sustainable development in the face of AIDS http://www.actionaid.org
The AREPP Educational Trust South Africa Expand view PO Box 51022, Raedene Johannesburg 2124 arepp wishes to communicate to achieve a society in which individual members make constructive choices/decisions for healthy mantal and physical growth.development. Positive self image and information ensure sound choices about self in society http://www.arepp.org.za
Salvation Army Chikankata Health Services Zambia Expand view Private Bag S2 Mazabuka The aim of the organisation is to encourage community participaiton and ownership of personal health. Its objectives are to deliver holistic health as close to the family as possible
AIDS Counselling Trust (ACT) Zimbabwe Expand view PO Box 7225 Harare ACTs aim: To complement government efforts in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and also provide psycho-social support to the infected and affected. ACTSs objectives: Train a wide range of people in counselling, including potential care givers and those in contact with persons living with HIV/AIDS. Provide over the phone and face to face counselling . Identify, mobilise suitable resourse persons in the community who will facilitate the work of ACT. Develop, distribute and use appropriate materials, courses and other resources for the dissemination of informatnion on HIV/AIDS in order to influence behavioural change. The ACT resource centre is open to the public
World Vision Uganda (WVU) Uganda Expand view PO Box 5319 Kampala This is a Christian, development and child care agency. It believes that all development is integral to improving the well-being of children. Its aims are to contribute to the reduction of infant and maternal mortality rates through community-based programmes and empowerment of the beneficiaries; to improve water and sanitation; to increase education rates; to improve agriculture and the environment and to assist in the development of midro-enterprises. It s resource centre is not open to the public, but it is planned that in the future it will be http://www.wvi.org
Primary Health Care / Community Based Rehabilitation (PHC/CBR) Kenya Expand view District Hospital Nandi Box 5 Kapsabet PHC/CBR aim to transfer technology to the community and offer rehabilitative services to people in their own environment using locally available resources at a cost they can afford in order to promote project sustainability
National Council on Women and Development (NCWD) Ghana Expand view P O Box 304 Sekondi NCWD's objectives are to advise the government on all matters relating to the full integration of women into national development; to serve as the official national body liasing with national and international organisations on matters relating to the status of women; and to collect and disseminate information relating to gender and development and to undertake and encourage intervention work regarding gender issues. The resource centre is open to the public
Society for Women and AIDS in Africa - Tanzania Branch (SWAAT) Tanzania Expand view P O Box 65081 Dar Es Salaam
Developing Countries Health Radio Network Ghana Expand view HP667 Ho Volta Region Aims to provide primary medical care in conjunction with epidemic prevention services to youth, mothers, the elderly and children under five; to identify health service delivery problems through situation analysis studies and other diagnostic approaches and disseminating such information nationwide; and to train community health workers to take primary health care to rural communities. Its resource centre is not open to the public
Mozambique Red Cross Mozambique Expand view PO Bix 2986 Maputo The Mozambique Red Cross' objective for the next three years is to strengthen the capacity of the host vulneranable members of the population by supporting their development, particularly in protecting their health and improving their social conditions. In order to achieve this objective, the MRCS must first of all strengthen itself, becoming a national association that is capable, strong and independent http://www.recross.org.mz
Matabeleland AIDS Council (MAC) Zimbabwe Expand view PO Box 1280 Bulawayo MAC provide public education and research on HIV prevention and care. They run a youth programme and workplace programme, counselling, information, training and prevention. Their two resource centres are in `high density housing' areas of Bulawayo. They are open to the public. Actual Address: 97a Josiah Tongagara St.
Uganda Women Concern Ministry (UWCM) Uganda Expand view PO Box 1820 Mbale UWCM aim: to train community women in income generating skills and access them to financial and other resources; to build capacity of the community to handle issues of HIV/AIDS; to train and provide conditional grants to the poorest of the poor families; to support orphaned and needy children; to advocate for and promote child participaction, rights and responsibilities; to monitor and evaluate UWCM activities
Rural Libraries and Resources Development Programme (RLRDP) Zimbabwe Expand view PO Box 439 Bulawayo The organisation seeks to facilitate the establishment of rural information resource centres/libraries through the training of librarians and the placement of relevent reading materials in centres for use by all segments of the rural community. The RLRDP resource centre is open to the public
