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-- COVID-19 in Africa
-- HIV/AIDS in Africa -and- UNAIDS
-- HIV/AIDS Conferences
-- Malaria in Africa
-- Ebola
-- Other Health-Related Research
World Health Organization
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Bibliographies and Indexes

 

• "If Covid-19 is not beaten in Africa, it will return to haunt us all," March 25, 2020. By Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Financial times. (Online). (London, UK)

 

• African health monitor. (Online) -- Brazzaville, Republic of Congo ; Harare, Zimbabwe: World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO), 2001-
  See also: AFRO News and other publications
• AFRO-NETS Archive, 1997-2015: African Networks for Health Research and Development (Watertown, Massachusetts)
  The archive of a listserv with news, announcements, contact information, and links to online documents from newsletters on malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, other diseases and health issues facing African populations. "An electronic conference for the 'African Networks for Health Research & Development'...established in 1997 to facilitate exchange of information..."
• AIDS Analysis Africa. (Online) 2004-2010 -- Howard Place, South Africa: Whiteside and van Niftrik Publications, via Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Bellville, South Africa: RedRibbon and Metropolitan AIDS Solutions, 1999-2010.
  This publication, begun in 1999, was a bi-monthly electronic newsletter on HIV/AIDS in Africa.
  
• All Africa.Com: Health and Medicine News Summaries from Africa (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
  Current news updates compiled from African newspapers and the Pan African News Agency (PANA) on health issues in Africa.
  --See also: Coronavirus (2020) ; AIDS Headlines.
  Warning: articles older than 30 days are only available with a subscription.
• ARASA--AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa--Newsletter (Windhoek, Namibia)
  The web site includes recent news and campaign documents. "...established in 2002, ARASA is a regional partnership of non-governmental organisations working together to promote a human rights approach to HIV/AIDS and TB in Southern Africa through capacity building and advocacy."
• AVERT: Global Information and Education on HIV and AIDS (UK)
  • Current and recent news, as well as epidemiological data on HIV and AIDS in Africa and around the world.
    
  • East and Southern Africa
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • West and Central Africa
• Bioline International Publications: Abstracts, Full Texts for Selected Journals, and Subscriptions (Centre Referência Informação Ambiental, Brazil ; Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK)
  African medical, crop science, insect science, and/or general science journals from Africa and elsewhere are on offer at this site. There are also links to technical reports and newsletters. This program allows the reader to view abstracts for a number of titles without charge. However, to view online or received full texts, paid registration is required. There are journals from Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa.
• Electronic Networking for Health In Zimbabwe, 1994 (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
  
• Equinet newsletter. (Online) -- Oxford, UK: Equity in Health in Southern Africa; via Fahamu, 2001-
  • Current news and information about organizational activities in the health sector of southern African countries; with online back issues since April 2001.
  • See main website for: Equity in Health in Southern Africa below.
• Ethiopian journal of health development, The. (Online) – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia : Department of Community Health, Addis Ababa University, 1984–
  The current issue and full archive of back issues are online...and open access. "The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development is currently (2017) a joint scholarly publication of the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) and the School of Public Health (SPH), Addis Ababa University.
• Ethiopian journal of health sciences. (Online) -- Jimma, Ethiopia: Jimma University, 2000-  via AJOL--African Journals Online
  
  This journal was first published in 1990 by the Jimma Institute of Health Sciences. Since July 2007, it is published 3 times annually by Jimma University.
  --See also: Archive of EJHS, 2010-2017, via PubMed Central
  
• International Women's Media Foundation on Africa--Health Issues (Washington, DC)
  • IWMF Home Page
  • Writing for our lives: how the Maisha Yetu Project changed health coverage in Africa (2005) 124 pages in PDF format
    
  • Deadline for health: the media's response to covering HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria in Africa (2004) 36 pages in PDF format
    
  • Reporting on HIV/AIDS in Africa: a manual (2002) 39 pages in PDF format
    
• Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria (Lagos, Nigeria)
  • "JAAIDS Nigeria is a media-based non-governmental HIV/AIDS advocacy organisation in Nigeria." The website offers news bulletins, special reports, discussion fora, and related links on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and West Africa.
• Malaria and infectious diseases in Africa = Paludisme et maladies infectieuses en Afrique. (Online), Archive 2000 -- Paris: SmithKline Beecham International Africa, 1997-2000.
  See also: the old site. The most recent issue and links to back issues and past conferences are available. "Malaria ... is the first French/English bilingual publication completely focused on malaria. The primary objective of this publication is to give African malariologists the opportunity to know each other, exchange views, find out who is doing what and to envisage the possibilities for south-south collaboration in research."
• Rezo.Net sur le Sida (Paris, France)
  Un portail des actualités sélectionnées par un automate des médias autour du monde. Voir aussi: Rezo.Net sur l'Afrique.
• South African health review. (Online) -- Durban, South Africa: Health Systems Trust, 1995-.  --via Sabinet
  
  An annual review of health policy developments in South Africa: the most recent issue and back issues -- all downloadable in HTML or PDF formats; plus order information.

• Africa GeoPortal: COVID-19 Response, Monitoring Coronavirus in Africa (Esri, Redlands, California)
  
  
• Africa is a Country: COVID-19 Dispatches (New York)
  
  
• African Arguments: "Coronavirus in Africa Tracker: How many covid-19 cases and where?" April-June 2020.
  (Royal Africa Society, London, UK)
  --Updates every day ; see also:
  -- "Kenya and COVID-19: Pandemic Response Risks Excluding Minority Groups." May 29, 2020.
  -- "Lifeworlds in Crisis-Covid-19 Governmental Restrictions in Senegal and Chad," May 8, 2020.
  -- All "COVID-19 in Africa" articles
  
  
• African Business Magazine--Live Blog: Coronavirus Updates & Information (London)
  
  
• African Development Bank: "African Development Bank Group unveils $10 billion Response Facility to curb COVID-19," April 8, 2020.
  (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  -- All COVID-19 News
  
  
• APNET--African Publishers Network: APNET's Country Report of African Publishers in COVID-19 Period. (April 2020) (Accra, Ghana)
  --See also: APNET
  
  
• African Union--Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on COVID-19 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  General information on spread of the pandemic, policy discussions, and medical advisories.
  
  
• Afrobarometer Dispatches on COVID-19 (Institute for Democracy in South Africa, Cape Town; Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, Accra; and Michigan State University, Dept. of Political Science, East Lansing, Michigan)
  
  
• Algeria Press Service on COVID-19 (Algiers)
  
  
• Al Jazeera--English: "Traditional healers help doctors reach patients in Sierra Leone," May 20, 2020 ; "Opinion: The problem with predicting coronavirus apocalypse in Africa," May 7, 2020 ; "Healthcare workers across Africa share their coronavirus stories," April 29, 2020. (Doha, Qatar)
  
  
• AllAfrica.com news: Coronavirus in Africa, 2020. (Washington, DC)
  Current and recent news from African electronic newspapers. Warning: the searchable archive for articles older than 30 days is only available through subscription.
  
  
• Archive-It on the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 Collected by the International Internet Preservation Consortium. (The Internet Archive, USA)
  --Search by individual country and "Africa".
  
  
• The Brookings Institution on COVID-19 in Africa (Washington, DC)
  • "COVID-19 and the future of workers in the informal sector in Africa," May 26, 2020.
  • "COVID-19 and Debt Standstill for Africa," April 18, 2020
  • "Africa needs debt relief to fight COVID-19," April 9, 2020
  • "Africa in the news: Impacts of COVID-19 on African economies," April 4, 2020
  • Africa in Focus series (All)
  
  
• Cameroun. Ministère de la Santé: Epidémie de Coronavirus (COVID-19), avril-mai-juin 2020 (Yaoundé)
  --Veuillez voir aussi: Page d'accueil
  
  
• Challenge: "Coronavirus : 3 nouvelles contaminations, aucun nouveau décès et 5.412 guérisons au total dimanche 31 mai 2020. (Casablanca, Morocco)
  --"Le Roi ordonne une large campagne de dépistage auprès des employés du secteur privé," le 3 juin 2020
  --Veuillez voir aussi: Royaume du Maroc. Ministère de la Santé ;  Arabic version
  
  
• CIPESA--Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa: "CIPESA Submission to UN Special Rapporteur Spotlights Rights Concerns in Africa’s Covid-19 Response," April 28, 2020. (Kampala, Uganda)
  --See also: "Digital Rights in Africa Amid Combat COVID-19 Pandemic: Interactive Map," March-April 2020
  --Plus: "How Technology is Aiding the COVID-19 Fight in Africa," March 27, 2020
  
  
• COMESA--Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa: COVID-19 in COMESA: Situational Update no. 16, June 2, 2020.
  --See also: March 31 ; April 1 ; April 6 ; April 10 ; April 14 ; April 17 ; April 21 ; April 24 ; April 28 ; May 6 ; May 12 ; May 19 ; May 27, 2020
  --Plus: Measures Put in Place by Member States. May 29, 2020.
  -- COMESA Home Page
  
  
• Committee to Protect Journalists: "CPJ, 80 media and rights groups urge African heads of state to release jailed journalists," April 6, 2020. (New York)
  
  
• The Conversation Africa: COVID-19 -- News and Commentary (Braamfontein, South Africa)
  
  
• Côte d'Ivoire. Portail officiel du gouvernement: "Actualités sur la Santé, 2008 au présent (Abidjan)
  
  
• Djibouti. Agence Djiboutienne d'Information.
  
  
• ECOWAS--Economic Community of West African States: COVID-19: Daily Situation of Member States, News, and Communiques. (Abuja, Nigeria)
  
  
• Egypt
  • Egypt Independent: Coronavirus, April--June 2020. (Cairo, Egypt)
    COVID-19 news from the English language version of Al-Masry al-Youm, a daily independent newspaper in Cairo.
  • The Egyptian Cabinet, Information and Decision Support Center: News (English) -and- Corona Virus (Arabic)
  • Economic Research Forum: "Economic impact of Covid-19 on Egypt's tourism and remittances," April 14, 2020. The Forum. (Cairo)
  • Mada Masr: Daily COVID-19 Round-up -and- Coronavirus features (Cairo)
  
  
• Equity in Health in Southern Africa: Equinet Information Sheet on COVID-19 (May 2020) (Oxford, UK) 15 pages in PDF format
  --See also: Equinet
  
  
• Financial Times : "If Covid-19 is not beaten in Africa, it will return to haunt us all," March 25, 2020. By Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia. (London, UK)
  --See also: Ethiopia. Ministry of Health -and- Ethiopian Public Health Institute
  
  
• France 24: "Dr. Amadou Sall : L’Institut Pasteur de Dakar veut faciliter le dépistage du Covid-19 en Afrique," le 28 avril 2020. (Paris)  Video
  
  
• Ghana Health Service: COVID-19 : Ghana's Outbreak Response Management Updates (Accra)
  --See also: Ghana. Ministry of Health
  
  
• Global Voices on COVD-19 in Africa (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • "Quarantine debates in Zanzibar conjure memories of colonial racial segregation," May 29, 2020.
    
  • "Promoting coronavirus education through indigenous languages [in Cameroon]," May 11, 2020.
  • "Zanzibar relies on strong communities of care to confront COVID-19," April 25, 2020.
  • "Liberia's President George Weah sings his fight against COVID-19," April 21, 2020.
  
  
• Guineetime.com: Actualités sur la Santé (Conakry, Guinea)
  
  
• International Crisis Group--"The Horn" Podcast Series:  "Inside Africa's Coronavirus Response, with Africa CDC Director" ;
  "Fighting the Pandemic in the Horn of Africa" ; "Bracing for the Post-pandemic Storm" ; "Around the Horn: The Political Fallout of the Pandemic" ; "Sizing Up the Threat of Covid-19 in East Africa" ; and, "Flattening the COVID-19 Curve in East Africa." (April-May 2020)
  (Washington, DC, USA; Brussels, Belgium)
  --See also: ICG on Africa
  
  
• International Trade Centre, Market Access Map: COVID-19 Temporary Trade Measures (Geneva, Switzerland)
  Temporary trade measures enacted by government authorities in relation to COVID-19 pandemic rapidly spreading across the world.
  
  
• Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center -- World Map (Baltimore, Maryland)
  Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases.
  
  
• The Journal of African History: "COVID-19 Virtual Special Issue. " April 2020. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK)
  
  
• Kenya
  • The Daily Nation: "Tracking the coronavirus: documenting the spread of COVID-19 in Eastern Africa." April-May 2020. (Nairobi)
  • The Elephant on "Coronavirus" (Nairobi)
  • Kenya. Ministry of Health (Nairobi)
  
  
• The Lancet Global Health: "Keeping COVID-19 at bay in Africa," April 29, 2020 ; "Comment: Limiting the spread of COVID-19 in Africa: one size mitigation strategies do not fit all countries," April 28, 2020 ; "Comment: COVID-19 pandemic in West Africa," April 1, 2020. (London, UK)
  --See also: "Lancet Voice (Podcast): "COVID-19 and Sub-Saharan Africa" (May 25, 2020)
  --Plus: COVID-19 Resource Centre
  
  
• LitCovid (National Center for Biological Information and U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA)
  "...a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus...The articles are updated daily and are further categorized by different research topics and geographic locations for improved access."
  ***Note: For Africa-related research, see world map and select African countries.
  
  
• London School of Economics and Political Science (London, UK): "Governance Implications of Epidemic Disease in Africa: Updating the Agenda for COVID-19." (April 2020) By Alex de Waal.
  Conflict Research Programme, Research Memo.
  
  
• Médecins sans frontières: Coronavirus (Paris, France)
  
  • "Conflict and COVID-19 adds up to a crisis within a crisis in Libya," June 2, 2020.  Photo story
    
  • "Managing people's fear and misinformation amid COVID-19 in DRC," May 6, 2020.
    
  • "Diseases will not wait for COVID-19 in Kenya," May 5, 2020.
    
  • "COVID-10 will worsen access to healthcare in Burkina Faso," April 21, 2020.
    
  • "MSF supports COVID-19 response in Cameroon," April 16, 2020.
    
  • "Borno state [Nigeria]: In the face of COVID19 pandemic, other diseases will not relent," April 3, 2020.
  • "Preparation is key to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic in Côte d'Ivoire," March 27, 2020.
  • MSF in South Africa
    
  
  
• Nature: "African nations missing from coronavirus trials," April 3, 2020. (London, UK)
  
  
• The New Humanitarian on Coronavirus (Geneva, Switzerland)
  
  • "Africa's coronavirus safety nets cannot cover all," May 4, 2020.
    
  • "Five ideas on how to ease the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns in Kenya," April 6, 2020.
    
  • "Coronavirus in the city [Nairobi, Kenya]: A catastrophe confronting the urban poor," April 1, 2020.
  • "Coronavirus in crisis-hit Burkina Faso," March 30, 2020.
    
  • "When coronavirus came to Tanzania," March 25, 2020.
  
  
• The New Yorker: "What African Nations are Teaching the West About Fighting the Coronavirus," May 15, 2020. By Jina Moore.
  (New York)
  
  
• Niger. Agence Nigérienne de Presse (Niamey)
  
  
• Nigeria Centre for Disease Control: Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Abuja)
  
  
• Reporters Without Borders: "Coronavirus Infects Press Freedom in Africa Since March 29, 2020-- (Paris, France)
  
  
• Science: "'A ticking time bomb': Scientists worry about the coronavirus spread in Africa," March 15, 2020. By Linda Nording. (Washington, DC)
  
  
• Science of the Total Environment: "Prediction of the COVID-19 spread in African countries and implications for prevention and control: A case study in South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, Senegal and Kenya." April 25, 2020. --via ScienceDirect
  
  
• Senegal
  • Le Soleil: "L'Afrique et le monde face au Covid-19 : point de vue d'un Africain," le 8 avril 2020. Par Macky Sall, le Président de la République du Sénégal. (Dakar)
    --Veuillez voir aussi: Actualités sur COVID-19
  • Sénégal. Ministère de la Santé et de l'Action Sociale.
  
  
• South Africa
  • The Daily Maverick: "An open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa: The buying, selling and reading of books is an essential service."April 28, 2020. (Johannesburg)
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections: "Social distancing : how religion, culture, and burial ceremony undermine the effort to curb COVID-19 in South Africa." April 29, 2020. Vol. 9, no. 1. (Shangai, China ; via Taylor & Francis)
  • South African Government: COVID-19 Coronavirus: South African Resource Portal (Pretoria)
  • South African medical journal --Search "COVID-19" (Cape Town)
    
  • Wits journal of clinical medicine. vol. 2, Special Issue 1, 2020. (Johannesburg)
  
  
• Southern African Development Community: COVID-19 Update (April--June 2020) (Gaborone, Botswana)
  --SADC Regional Response to COVID-19 Pandemic, Bulletin no. 4, May 7, 2020
  
  
• République Tunisienne sur le Coronavirus (Covid-19). (Tunis)
  --Arabic version
  
  
• United Nations: Africa UN Knowledge Hub for COVID-19 (New York)
  "A one-stop-shop on information and resources."
  
  
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa: COVID-19 Response (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  • COVID-19 Lockdown Exit Strategies for Africa. May 7, 2020.
  • COVID-19 in Africa: Protecting Lives and Economies. April 24, 2020.
  
  
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization: COVID-19 Educational Disruption and Response (Paris, France)
  
  
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on COVID-19 in Africa (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Southern Africa, May 14, 2020
  • East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region, May 19, 2020
  • West & Central Africa, May 20, 2020
    
  • Impact of COVID-19 on the protection of displaced and stateless populations: West & Central Africa, April 15, 2020
  • COVID-19 Situation: Global, Regional and Country Updates (All)
    
  
  
• WHO Regional Office for Africa on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Brazzaville, Republic of Congo)
  • Global research on coronavirus disease (COVID-10)
  • Coronavirus Disease Situation Reports for Africa Region, March 4, 2020 to present
    --See also: Global Situation Reports, January 21, 2020 to present
  • Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies, May 25-31, 2020.
    --See All Weekly Bulletins
  
  
• The World Bank on COVD-19 in Africa (Washington, DC)
  • "Coordinating Public Health Responses to COVID-19," May 20, 2020. Afronomics Podcast
    
  • "The World Bank and IMF mobilize partners to fight against COVID-19 in Africa," April 17, 2020.
  • "COVID-19 drives Sub-Saharan Africa towards first recession in 25 years, April 9, 2020.
  • "For Sub-Saharan Africa, Coronavirus crisis calls for policies of greater resilience," April 8, 2020.
  • "In the face of Coronavirus, African countries apply lessons from Ebola response," April 3, 2020.
  • Operational Response to COVID-19 Projects List--By Country
  • The World Bank in Africa

• African Union (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  • Abuja +12: shaping the future of health in Africa (2013) via UNAIDS; 24 pages in PDF format
• AVERT: Global Information and Education on HIV and AIDS--Africa (UK) --See above
  
• CCISD: Centre de coopération internationale en santé et développement (Québec, Canada)
  • Projets du CCISD sur la lutte contre le Sida en Afrique de l'Ouest; sur la santé des femmes au Burkina Faso; sur le Sida en Afrique francophone et dans les Grands Lacs, etc.
  • Publications publiées par le CCISD
  • CCISD Home Page in English
• Centre de Recherche Cultures, Santé, Sociétés (Aix-en-Provence, France)
  • "L'équipe s'intéresse aux recherches sur l'interface entre biologie et culture, et plus précisément sur les questions relevant de la santé, de la maladie et de son traitement."
  • Lettre du CRECSS, La. (Online)--Archive, 2005-2010. Bulletin d'information bimestriel. -- Aix-en-Provence, France: CRECSS, 2005-.
  • Publications du CRECSS, 2004-2009
• CADRE--Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (2017) (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • "CADRE is committed to fast-tracking appropriate and effective responses to HIV/AIDS through informing policy and developing coherent strategic models for interventions. CADRE works in sub-Saharan Africa with a primary focus on southern Africa." 
    --See especially: Publications
• CAPRISA--Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (Cape Town, South Africa)
  A multi-institutional collaboration involving the University of Kwazulu-Natal, University of Cape Town, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, University of the Western Cape, and Columbia University. See especially:
  -- Newsletters
  -- Publications (abstracts and full-text via institutional subscriptions)
• Center for Strategic & International Studies, Global Health Policy Center (Washington, DC):
  Addressing HIV Risk in Adolescent Girls and Young Women. (April 2015) by Janet Fleischman & Katherine Peck.
  24 pages in PDF format
• Centre for Sexualities, AIDS, and Gender (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
• Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health -- AIDS Research and Treatment Programs in Africa
  (New York)
  • ICAP--International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Program--Publications

 

• Conferences and Fora on AIDS (and Africa):
  -- ICASA 2019--20th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually-Transmitted Infections in Africa, December 2-7, 2019, Kigali, Rwanda
  -- 21st International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa, July 18-22, 2016
  -- International AIDS Society--Conferences, 2006-2015: Presentations and Programmes (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
  -- 4th Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, August 2-5, 2010 (Africa First, LLC, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
  -- 4th South African AIDS Conference, March 31-April 3, 2009, Durban, South Africa
  -- "Africa Region Workshop on Vulnerable Groups and HIV/AIDS," Cape Town South Africa, March 11-13, 2009 (via World Bank)
  -- 15ème ICASA: Conférence internationale sur le SIDA et les infections sexuellement transmissibles en Afrique, Dakar, Sénégal, du 3 au 7 décembre 2008
  -- AIDS 2008: XVII International AIDS Conference, 3-8 August 2008, Mexico City, Mexico
  -- Mangosteen Conference on HIV/AIDS 2007, Kololi, The Gambia, June 6-11, 2007 (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
  -- AIDS 2006: XVI International AIDS Conference, 13-18 August 2006, Toronto, Canada

  Search the Abstracts for Africa-related content.

  --3rd South African AIDS Conference, 5-8 June 2007, International Conference Centre, Durban, South Africa

  The site includes a link to information from the First and Second SA AIDS Conferences.

  -- 11th International Conference on People Living with HIV/AIDS, Kampala, Uganda, October 26-30, 2003--Conference Report (Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  -- UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS: : "Global Crisis--Global Action", June 25-27, 2001, New York
  -- African Development Forum: "AIDS: The Greatest Leadership Challenge," 22-26 October 2000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (UN Economic Commission for Africa)

  General information on the conference, registration, pre-conference discussion list, etc. (See also, country profiles for ADF 2000 via JAAIDS Nigeria.)

  -- African Online Digital Library, Gallery: Collection de Charles Becker -- Actes, programmes, et résumés des congrés internationaux sur le VIH/SIDA et les MTS, 1984-2000 (MATRIX, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
  Remarque: Tous les fichiers sont en format PDF.
  
  
• CODESRIA -- Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique = Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa: Experiencing and understanding AIDS in Africa (1998). Edited by Charles Becker et al. 712 pages, downloadable by chapter in PDF format.
  
• Conselho Nacional de Combate ao HIV/SIDA (CNCS) (Maputo, Mozambique)
  "CNCS é uma agência do governo que tem como tarefa coordenar, monitorar, avaliar e angariar financiamentos de toda a acção nacional de combate ao HIV-SIDA conforme preconizado no Plano Estatégico Nacional."
• Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health: Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group (Atlanta, Georgia)
  See especially: RZHRG Conference Papers and Other Resources
• Family Health International on Family Planning, HIV/AIDS & STDs (Arlington, Virginia)
  • FHI on Family Planning (General)
    
  • FHI on HIV/AIDS (General)
    "The HIVNET International Program is sponsoring projects in eight countries, five in Africa (Senegal, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, & Zimbabwe), two in Asia (India, Thailand), and one in the Americas (Brazil). Various U.S. universities are subcontracted to implement these studies, with close collaboration of host country universities or research institutions."
• FHI 360--US and Global Reach: News, Project Reports, and Resources. (Durham, North Carolina, USA)
  "FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions...In 2011, the teams of experts from Family Health International and Academy for Educational Development came together to create FHI 360." The site includes reports on activities and projects in 25 Sub-Saharan African countries especially in the fields of health, education, communications, social services, and technology.
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Reports on Health in Africa:
  -- "HIV/AIDS, Agriculture and Food Security in Mainland and Small Island Countries of Africa" (2002): presented at the 22nd FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Cairo, Egypt, 4-8 February 2002.
  -- FAO Focus: AIDS -- A Threat to Rural Africa (2000-2001)
  -- FAO News & Highlights: "Obsolete pesticides threaten communities in Ethiopia" (2001)
  -- AIDS and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1996 (FAO-SDD)
  -- Effect of HIV/AIDS on Agricultural Production Systems in West Africa, 1996 (FAO-SDD)
  -- Impact of HIV/AIDS on rural households/communities--with special emphasis on Africa, 1997 (FAO/UN-Popin)
• Foreign Policy in Focus: "HIV/AIDS in Africa: time to stop the killing fields," by Chinua Akukwe and Melvin Foote (October 2005) (Interhemispheric Resource Center, Albuquerque and Silver City, New Mexico ; Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC)
  See also, the home page of Foreign Policy in Focus.
• Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (See below.)
  
• Harvard University's "AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria," 2001-2005 (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  General information about the research project and reports on prevention measures against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.
• International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (New York)
  IAVI has research programs in Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia.
• International Organization for Migration -- HIV/AIDS in Africa (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • IOM Home Page
  • Briefing notes (in PDF format) on HIV and labour migration: Angola, 2005 | Lesotho, 2006
    Malawi, 2006 | Mozambique, 2007 | Swaziland, 2006 | Zambia, 2006 | Zimbabwe, 2006
    
  • "Mobility and HIV/AIDS in southern Africa: a field study in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique" (September 2003). A joint publication of IOM and CARE International, in partnership with SIDA. 51 pages in PDF format.
  • << Mobilités internationales et VIH/SIDA en Algérie: étude qualitative--approche exploratoire de type ethno-sociologique >> (décembre 2003). Par l'OIM et le Ministère de la Santé, de la Population et de la Réforme Hospitalière du République Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire. 93 pages en format PDF.
• KIT: Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen = Royal Tropical Institute: Health Research in Africa and Elsewhere (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Global Health--All areas of KIT research
  • SRHR and HIV Project in Bangladesh and Kenya
  • Mapping of SRHR and migration actors in Eastern and Southern Africa (2017)
    
  • Search for All Projects
    
  • KIT Home Page
• Réseau africain de recherche sur le Sida: un cadre d'échanges et de collaboration en Afrique (Dakar, Sénégal; via Refer)
  Ce site comprend les renseignements essentiels sur le réseau. On peut aussi accéder à un catalogue des périodiques du centre d'information et de documentation.
  --Voir surtout: The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa in a Historical Perspective. Edited by Philippe Denis & Charles Becker. -- Dakar, Sénégal: RARS, 2006. Electronic version of a book jointly published originally by Academia-Bruylant (Louvain-la-Neuve) and Karthala (Paris) in French.  -- via ResearchGate
  
• SAfAIDS: Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (Pretoria, South Africa)
  • "Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) is a subregional non-governmental organisation that was established in 1994. Its main purpose is to help strengthen capacity to address the socio-economic impact of AIDS and to promote HIV prevention in southern Africa. ... SAfAIDS' main role is promoting policy, research, planning and programme development around HIV/AIDS in the southern Africa region. It works with NGOs, PWAs, government bodies, international agencies, research institutes, media organisations, the private sector, labour and others to assist them to explore and implement responses to HIV/AIDS in a development context."
  • Publications
  • Useful links on HIV/AIDS in Africa
• SAHARA--Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Research Alliance (Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
  • "SAHARA is an alliance of partners established to conduct, support and use social sciences research to prevent further spread of HIV and mitigate the impact of its devastation on South Africa, the SADC region and sub-Saharan Africa."
• Society for AIDS in Africa Founded in 1989. (Abuja, Nigeria)
  The web site features information about the SAA, related news, and conference information. In partnership with International AIDS Society, based in Geneva, Switzerland.
• South Africa -- HIV/AIDS
  • South Africa. Department of Health: Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment Plan (Pretoria)
  • South African National AIDS Council (Pretoria)
    "...established to oversee and advise government on HIV and AIDS in South Africa."
  • For more information, see AIDS Information for South Africa (via Columbia University Libraries)
  • See also: Treatment Action Campaign below.
• Stop AIDS : Uniting UK voices on the Global Response (London, UK)
  "... the network of UK agencies working since 1986 to secure an effective global response to HIV and AIDS...Re-launched on the 2nd September 2013, our new name brings together our previous identities – the UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development and the Stop AIDS Campaign."
  --See especially: Responding to HIV and AIDS globally
• TAC: Treatment Action Campaign (Nonkqubela, Cape Town, South Africa)
  This website contains information on current awareness and health campaigns, HIV/AIDS news for South African and the region, documents, and related links. "The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) was launched on 10 December 1998, International Human Rights Day. Its main objective is to campaign for greater access to treatment for all South Africans, by raising public awareness and understanding about issues surrounding the availability, affordability and use of HIV treatments."
• Uganda AIDS Commission and the National AIDS Documentation & Information Center (NADIC) (Kampala)
  General information about the commission and the center, its programs, research updates, news, and related links. "The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) was established by Statute of Parliament in 1992 and placed under the Office of the President to coordinate the multi-sectoral efforts."
• Uganda Virus Research Institute / International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (Entebbe, Uganda)
  "This research is sponsored by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), working as partners with the Government of the Republic of Uganda since August 2001 to accelerate the development and testing of vaccines to prevent HIV/AIDS."
  ---Publications
  ---News
  --National HIV Drug Resistance Prevention, Monitoring, and Surveillance Activities: National Status Report (August 2018)
  ---See also: Uganda AIDS Commission above
• UNAIDS: Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (Co-sponsored by WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNESCO, & The World Bank)
  • UNAIDS Home Page
  • UNAIDS Data 2019. (December 2019) 476 pages in PDF format
  • Global AIDS Update 2018--Miles to Go. 268 pages in PDF format
  • All Country Reports
    
  • Global AIDS Update 2016
  • 2016 Country Progress Reports -and- Epidemiology -- Subnational Estimates from Survey Data
  • UNAIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa ; West and Central Africa ; and, Middle East and North Africa
  • Getting to zero: HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa (2013) Regional report -- Geneva, Switzerland: UNAIDS, 2013. 116 pages in PDF format
  • 2010 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
  • AIDS epidemic update : November 2009 -- Geneva, Switzerland: UNAIDS, 2009.
    100 pages in PDF format
    
  • UNAIDS on Sub-Saharan Africa, 2008-
    -- Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa
    -- Middle East and North Africa
  • 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
  • AIDS Epidemic Update : November 2007.
  • 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
  • AIDS epidemic update : December 2005.
  • 2004 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
    
  • AIDS in Africa: Three Scenarios to 2025. (January 2006) -- Geneva, Switzerland: UNAIDS, 2006. PDF format
    
  • Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: 'Global Crisis -- Global Action", June 27, 2001
    See UN Special Session on AIDS, June 25-27, 2001 above.
  
  
• United Nations Development Programme: HIV, Health and Development Strategy, 2016-2021 (September 2019)
  
  
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa: Securing our future: report of the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (2008).
  -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: UNECA, c2008. PDF format
  
  
• UNESCO--United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on HIV/AIDS (Paris, France)
  • UNESCO HIV and Health Education Clearinghouse
    --See especially: Resources on Africa
  • EDUCAIDS--a comprehensive education sector response to HIV/AIDS
    --See especially: Country Snapshots
  • UNESCO Management of Social Transformations--MOST: "VIH/SIDA et entreprise en Afrique: une réponse socio-médicale à l'impact économique? L'exemple de la Côte d'Ivoire." (1997) par Laurent Aventin, Pierre Huard. MOST documents de travail ; no. 19.
    -- Paris, France: MOST Programme, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1997.
    Voir aussi, la version anglaise.
  • UNESCO Webworld: Media & HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa: a resource book. Edited by S.T. Kwame Boafo, in collaboration with Carlos A. Arnaldo. -- Paris: UNESCO, 2000. PDF format
    
• United States Agencies on HIV/AIDS in Africa
  • USAID Global Health on HIV and AIDS
    
  • US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Global HIV & Tuberculosis (Atlanta, Georgia)
    Select country on a map for brief overview of epidemiological situation, related news, and reports.
  • U.S. State Department on The Preisdent's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
    
    "... the U.S. Government initiative to help save the lives of those suffering from HIV/AIDS around the world."
• University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban: HEARD--Research (South Africa)
  The HEARD was originally established in 1998 to undertake research and teaching concerned with health economics and HIV/AIDS. The Centre has expanded its research mandate to encompass all aspects of health and economic well-being in South Africa and across Africa. The website includes online publications: workshop reports, newsletters, other reports, etc.
• University of Pretoria: Centre for the Study of AIDS (South Africa)
  The website includes downloadable research reports and news from the Centre, UN agencies, and news agencies. "[Established in 1999] the Centre operates ...to plan for, and cope with, the impact that HIV/AIDS is likely to have on the institution and the tertiary sector as a whole."
• VSO: Voluntary Services International -- HIV/AIDS (United Kingdom)
  • "VSO works to support people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS in 16 programmes across Africa, Asia and the Pacific."
  • All VSO projects in Africa: search by country.
• West African Rice Development Association: Systemwide Initiative on HIV/AIDS and Agriculture (SWIHA) (Centre du riz pour l'Afrique, WARDA/ADRAO, Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire) -- Reports up through 2003.
  
• The World Bank on HIV/AIDS in Africa (Washington, DC)
  
• World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa: "AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria" Division (Brazzaville, Republic of Congo)

 

• Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab: Evaluation Projects in Africa
  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; University of Cape Town, South Africa)
  --Select "Africa" and "Health"
• Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (Lagos, Nigeria)
  "...established in 2003, is part of a Ford Foundation initiative, 'Global Dialogue of Sexual Health and Well Being' aimed at giving visibility, depth and legitimacy to the field of sexuality."
  --See especially: ARSRC Publications -and- ARSRC Resource Library--Documents
• African Coalition on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (2013) (Lagos, Nigeria)
  This site features conference news and program documents. "...works on a multi sectoral basis to advance improvement in policy and investment for girls, women and children’s health and development, across a diverse but connected spectrum of health and non-health issues..." The coalition has it origins in the Pre Summit Conference of the July 2010 AU Summit on the theme "Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa".
• African Human Genome Education Institute (South Africa)
  The website features information and news from the 2004 Cairo Conference on "Genomics & Society: The Future Health of Africa" as well as the 2005 Nairobi Conference and related information. Plus: The Journal of Genomics and African Society. (Online) in PDF format ; and, sample issues of the African scientist. (Online).
• African Medical and Research Foundation (Nairobi, Kenya)
  This site offers news and other information about AMREF programmes (including "Flying Doctor Service") -- with offices in 4 countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and South Africa. "AMREF is Africa's largest indigenous health charity, and for 44 years in partnership with local communities, governments and donors, has worked to research and alleviate Africa's health problems."  
  --See especially: AMREF research papers
• African Population & Health Research Center, Inc. (Nairobi, Kenya)
  This website includes downloadable publications--newsletter, research reports, working papers, etc. "The Center was established in 1995 as a Population Policy Research Fellowship program of the Population Council, with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation. In 2001, it became an autonomous institution with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya."
  -- APHRC Publications
• African Union: AU Summit Final Declaration on "Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development," 19-27 July 2010, Kampala, Uganda (via WHO, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, Geneva, Switzerland)
  --See also: NEPAD Policy Brief on Maternal, Infant Health and Development in Africa -- Scaling up Nursing and Midwifery Education, August 2010 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
• Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas
  This site offers general information about ANPA, its annual conferences, and related events and activities.
• The Carter Center: Health Programs---Countries (Atlanta, Georgia)
  Includes reports on African countries relating to agriculture (in Ethiopia), guinea worm eradication (West Africa), the fight against river blindness, mental health, etc. See also, The Carter Center Home Page.
• Demographic & Health Surveys (DHS)--By Country and By Survey Type (Macro International, Calverton, MD)
  Search especially under individual countries or the Sub Saharan Africa region.

 

 

• Ebola Virus in West and Central Africa ...and elsewhere, 2014 to present
  • AfricaFocus Bulletin: "Ebola Response Shows Lessons Learned." (June 20, 2018)   By William Minter, Washington, DC.
    
  • African Studies Centre, Leiden University (The Netherlands): Information Portal on the Ebola Outbreak in Africa (2014): information links mostly for Dutch research community and the public
  • BBC News on Ebola Virus--updates (2018-2020) (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
    --See also: "DR Congo Ebola outbreak..." (May 18, 2018)
    
  • Beyond Niamey (USA): "Multilingual extension in Africa: The response to Ebola" ...and related articles (November 2014-May 2016)  Blog
    
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia, USA): Ebola Virus Disease
    --See also: Ebola Radio Health Messages in Local Languages
  • Columbia University, National Center for Disaster Preparedness: Ebola Perspectives (2014) (New York)
    
  • Ebola Response Anthropology Platform (2016) (UK)
    "Anthropologists providing advice on how to engage with crucial socio-cultural and political dimensions of the Ebola outbreak and build locally-appropriate interventions."
  • Evidence Aid: Resources Following the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa, 2014-2019. (Abington, UK)
    • "... a not-for-profit organisation which specialises in collating and summarising the best-available evidence about how to effectively prepare for and respond to disasters and emergencies." The web site includes citations to medical humanitarian research, with frequent updates, and a blog article series.
    • "Ebola in the literature vs. in the field: a summary of two student experiences," August 29, 2019.
    • "Ebola and evidence: five years on," March 29, 2019.
  • Médecins Sans Frontières (Paris, France; Brussels, Belgium):
    -- DRC Ebola Outbreaks, 2018-2020
    --"DRC Ebola outbreak crisis update May 2020"
    --"Democratic Republic of Congo; Ebola update June 2018"
    --"DRC: Ninth Ebola outbreak in 40 years hits urban area," May 17, 2018...and related articles
    -- Urgence Ebola: dossier et les actualités
    -- Épidémie d'Ébola en Afrique de l'Ouest (septembre 2014)
  • The Pulitzer Prize 2015 Winner for Journalism--International Reporting (New York):
    The New York Times Works on Ebola, July-December 2014
  • Réseau Ouest Africain Anthropologie des Epidémies Emergentes (2014-) (via OpenEdition; Paris, France)
    "[Créé en septembre 2014 par des anthropologues et d'autres chercheurs en sciences sociales]...lorsque l’épidémie a touché 5 pays (Guinée, Sierra Léone, Libéria, Nigéria, Sénégal). Ils ont étendu le réseau au Mali, Niger, Ghana, Bénin, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroun, Burkina Faso et Guinée Bissau pour développer l’analyse des effets sociaux de la lutte contre l’épidémie dans les pays voisins."
  • United Nations on Ebola Crisis (New York, USA)
    • UN Department of Public Information: Global Ebola Response (2014-2015) : news and related links
    • UNECA--United Nations Economic Commission for Africa: Socio-Economic Impacts of Ebola on Africa. (January 2015) -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: UNECA, c2015. 101 pages in PDF format
      
    • UNICEF-Liberia (Monrovia): Liberia Ebola Situation Reports, March 2014 to present -and- Ebola Radio Programs (via SoundCloud)
  • United States. Department of Health & Human Services: Ebola Outbreak 2014 Information Resources (Wahsington, DC)
    
  • United States. The White House: The Administrations's Response to Ebola (2014-2015) (Washington, DC)
  • The Washington Post (Washington, DC)
    • Ebola news reports--Current (2020)
    • "The Secret to Curing West Africa from Ebola," by Paul Farmer (Jan. 16, 2015); plus links to related articles on Ebola
    • "Map: The Africa without Ebola," November 3, 2014
  • World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland):
    --Ebola Virus Disease--Current (2020)
    --Ebola Fact Sheet (February 12, 2018)
    --Global Alert & Response: Ebola Virus Disease
    --Ebola Response Roadmap Situation Reports, August 2014 to December 2015
    

   

   

• Equity in Health in Southern Africa (Equinet - The Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe)
  • 'In March 1997, a Southern African meeting on Equity in Health was held in Kasane, Botswana. This meeting, hosted by the National Institute of Development Research and Documentation (Botswana) and the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation (Sweden) gathered representatives of government, non government and academic institutions involved in health. The meeting confirmed the regional commitment towards equity in health as a policy goal and an agenda for action.'
  • Equinet newsletter
  • Equinet Policy reports (downloadable in PDF)
  • Annotated Bibliography: Literature on Equity in Health in Southern Africa (downloadable in PDF)
  • Equinet publications, 1997-- (downloadable in PDF)
  
  
• Food Security Information Network (Rome, Italy)
  • "FSIN is a technical platform for exchanging expertise and best practices on food security and nutrition analysis...FSIN’s work spans the effort of 16 global and regional partners."
  • 2020 Global Report on Food Crises. -- Rome, Italy: Food Security Information Network, 2020. 236 pages in PDF format
  • Resources on Africa (including maps)
  
  
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria -- Country Projects (Geneva, Switzerland)
  The website includes information about grant projects and reports. "[The Fund]...was created to dramatically increase resources to fight three of the world's most devastating diseases, and to direct those resources to areas of greatest need. As a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities..."
  -- See also: World Health Organization below
• Harvard University Center for Population and Development (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  "[Founded in 1964]...The Center’s research activities are currently focused on three areas. First is the issue of access to medicines in the developing world, which has advanced onto the international policy agenda around anti-AIDS medications. A second area is population policies and reproductive health, with particular attention to the roles of gender and politics. The third area is the neglected health problems of the global poor, such as the impact of road traffic injuries on the poor in developing countries."
  See especially: HCPDS Working Papers, 1990 to present.
• Health Systems Trust (Durban, South Africa)
  • This website offers current health news, downloadable reports, and links to a wide variety of health information for South Africa and the southern Africa region. "Health Systems Trust is a dynamic independent non-government organisation established in 1992 to support the transformation of the South African health system."
  • South African health review. (Online). -- Durban, South Africa: Health Systems Trust, 1995-
    An annual review of health policy developments in South Africa: the most recent issue and back issues -- all downloadable in HTML or PDF formats; plus order information.
  • District Health Barometer, 2004--
    DHB 2015/16 is the most recent issue. "Funded by the National Department of Health, the DHB tracks, over time, important aspects of health system performance at district level."
  • For HIV/AIDS research, see also: University of Natal--Durban and University of Pretoria below.
• International Planned Parenthood Federation on Africa (Nairobi, Kenya ; London, UK)
  • Africa Regional Office -- Resource List
  • Maputo Plan of Action, 2007-2010
  • IPPF Vision 2000 Strategic Plan reports: Sudan (2005) | Kenya (2000) | Guinea (2003)
    Ghana (2002) | The Gambia (2005) | Ethiopia (2002)
  • IPPF Reports (General)
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (Washington, DC)
  • "Through its policy analyses, which is of broad relevance to the developing world, IFPRI directly supports developing-country policymakers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and civil society in their efforts to help the poor."
  • IFPRI Home Page (General)
  • IFPRI Publications -- Search all
    Selected reports on Africa in PDF format, with order information:
    -- East African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis (2013) Edited by Michael Waithaka ...[et al.] 434 pages in PDF format
    -- "Evaluation of Ethiopia's Food Security Program" (2013) by Guush Berhane ...et al.  EDRI Report; 235 pages in PDF format.
    
    -- "Evaluation of Ethiopia's Food Security Program" (2011) by Guush Berhane ...et al.  Background report ; 255 pages in PDF format.
    
    -- "Managing resources in erratic environments...Ethiopia, Niger, and Burkina Faso," by Nancy McCarthy ...[et al.] (2004). Research report ; 135.
    -- "Human capital, household welfare, and children's schooling in Mozambique," by Sudhanshu Handa ...[et al.] (2004). Research report ; 134.
    -- "Strategies for sustainable land management and poverty reduction in Uganda," by Ephraim Nkonya ...[et al.] (2004). Research report ; 133.
    -- "Rebuilding after war: micro-level determinants of poverty reduction in Mozambique," by Kenneth R. Simler ...[et al.] (2003). Research report ; 132.
    -- "Macroeconomic policy reforms and agriculture...Zimbabwe," by Romeo M. Bautista ...[et al.] (2002). Research report ; 128.
    -- "Market institutions, transaction costs, and social capital in the Ethiopian grain market," by Eleni Z. Gabre-Madhin (2001). Research report ; 124.
    -- "The Egyptian food subsidy system...options for reform," by Akhter U. Ahmed ...[et al.] (2001). Research report ; 119.
    -- "Seasonal undernutrition in rural Ethiopia...functional significance," by Anna Ferro-Luzzi ...[et al.] (2001). Research report ; 118.
    -- "Structural adjustment and intersectoral shifts in Tanzania...equilibirum analysis," by Peter Wobst (2001). Research report ; 117.
    -- "Access to credit and its impact on welfare in Malawi," by Aliou Diagne, Manfred Zeller (2001). Research report ; 116.
    -- "Wheat policy reform in Egypt...future reforms," by Mylène Kherallah ...[et al.] (2000). Research report ; 115.
    -- "Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Greater Accra, Ghana," by Daniel Maxwell ...[et al.] (2000). Research report ; 112.
    -- "Agricultural growth linkages in Sub-Saharan Africa," by Christopher L. Delgado ...[et al.] (1998) Research report ; 107.
• International Medical Corps Online (Los Angeles, California)
  • "International Medical Corps (IMC) is a nonprofit, humanitarian, relief organization established in 1984 by volunteer United States physicians and nurses. In war-torn and impoverished regions worldwide, IMC saves lives and relieves suffering while providing the critical knowledge and skills to help people help themselves and foster self-reliance." This site provides general information on IMC activities, means of support, and employment opportunities.
  • Home Page
  • IMC Programs: Angola | Burundi | Somalia | Sudan
• International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (Paris, France)
  << L'Union internationale pour l'étude scientifique de la population (UIESP) vise à promouvoir et à encourager les recherches en démographie et sur des sujets ayant trait à la population. Fondée en 1928 et reconstituée en 1947, l'UIESP est une association scientifique internationale composée de près de 2000 membres individuels intéressés par les questions de population. Plus d'un tiers de nos membres sont originaires de pays en développement.>>
  Voir surtout: Publications ; Conferences & other events
  

 

 

 

• Malaria in Africa
  • AMMREN--African Media and Malaria Research Network (Accra, Ghana)
    "...formed in November 2006, and it is a network of African journalists and scientists working together to reduce the burden of malaria, which is endemic in most parts of Africa and the number one killer of children under five."
    --Eyes on Malaria. (Online) -- Accra, Ghana: AMMREN, 2006-
  • Center for Strategic & International Studies, Global Health Policy Center -- Malaria (Washington, DC)
    • Transformative Tools for Malaria Elimination (December 2014) By PATH Malaria Centre of Excellence.
      18 pages in PDF format
    • The Danger of Untreatable Malaria is Real and Present (December 2014) By Christopher B. Plowe.
      12 pages in PDF format
  • Demographic and Health Surveys--Malaria Indicator Surveys (Calverton, Maryland)
    
  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine--Malaria Centre (London, UK)
    --See especially: Publications ; Research Projects--by country
  • Malaria Consortium in Africa (London, UK)
    • "Established in 2003, Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable populations."
    • News
    • Resources
  • Malaria journal. (Online) -- London, UK: BioMed Central, 2007-
    
  • Mapping Malaria Risk in Africa = Atlas du Risque de la Malaria [du Paludisme] en Afrique (South Africa)
    Registration required. MARA/ARMA is an international effort in support of the compilation, dissemination, and advance of malaria research in Africa. General information about conferences and workshops; plus "Publications," including 1st technical report and maps on malaria distribution and other demographic data.
  • Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (Stockholm, Sweden)
    • Last updated in 2013, the website --in English or in French-- features news and information about conferences; plus related links. 'Founded in the mid-1990s, MIM is an alliance of organizations and individuals who are seeking to maximize the impact of scientific research against malaria in Africa, through promoting capacity building and facilitating global collaboration and coordination.'
    • 7th edition International MIM Conference, April 15-18, 2018, Dakar, Senegal, Abstracts -- "Dakar II, Two Decades of Progress, Challenges and Perspective in Ending Malaria" --via MESA--Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance (Barcelona, Spain)
      --See also: Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance Correspondents on the 7th MIM Conference, Complete Series
      
    • MIM news, reports, and conference information
      
  • World Health Organization's World Malaria Report 2016 -- Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2016 (186 pages in PDF format) ;  plus: Country Profiles (2016) ; see also: WHO on Malaria below

 

• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF):
  • MSF International Home Page
• South African Medical Research Council (Tygerberg, South Africa)
  See also: MRC publications and press releases.
• PASCAR--Pan African Society of Cardiology (Cape Town, South Africa)
  "PASCAR had its beginnings in 1981 in Badagry, Nigeria in response to the total lack of interest in cardiovascular disorders by many health authorities on the continent...In March 1989...[PASCAR created] 5 regional bodies (East, West, Central, North and South)."
  --See also: Highlights from Cardiovascular journal of Africa. (Online)
• RAND Corporation -- Africa (Washington, DC)
  • RAND Issue Paper: "Population growth in Egypt: a continuing policy challenge" (2000) By Mona Khalifa, Julie DaVanzo, David M. Adamson. Population matters. (RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy)
  • RAND Research Brief: "Contraception and fertility in Zimbabwe" (1997) (RAND Labor and Population Program, Yale University Center for International Studies; and RAND, Washington, DC)
• Union Pour l'Etude de la Population Africaine = Union for African Population Studies (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • << L'UEPA est une organisation scientifique, panafricaine, à but non lucratif, a été créée ...en mars 1984. >>
  • Les tables de matières de la revue Etude de la Population Africaine = African Population Studies. (Yaoundé, Cameroun)
  • UAPS newsletter. (Online)
  • Sixth African Population Conference, 5-9 December 2011, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso---Program and Abstracts (via Pampa, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa: Scoring African leadership for better health. (2004). -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2004. PDF format
  • See also: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa: "An Assessment of African Experiences"--1999 Follow-up to the Dakar/Ngor Declaration at the 1994 "International Conference on Population & Development"; the annual "Economic Report for Africa" ; and, the UNECA's Food Security and Sustainable Development Division (FSSD) reports on population.
• UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund (New York)
  • UNFPA assists in gathering data on population and health as well as promoting development worldwide. The web site includes statistical data for each country on population, socio-economic development, and reproductive health; and, special reports.
  • UNFPA Home Page
  • State of the World Population Annual Report
  • Country profiles for population and reproductive health: policy developments and indicators (2005) -- New York: UNFPA, 2005. 368 pages in PDF format
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Health in Africa:
  • DOLPHN--Data Online for Population, Health & Nutrition
    --See especially: Country Reports
  • SARA: Support for Analysis and Research in Africa
    "The SARA project supports the work of USAID's Bureau for Africa, Office of Sustainable Development (AFR/SD) to improve policies and programs in health and basic education."
    -- SARA Home Page
    -- Online full-text publications on child survival, health education, family planning and other health-related topics Search by topic and country in "USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse"
• WaterAid: a development charity (UK)
  • Home Page
  • WaterAid in Africa:
    -- Burkina Faso
    -- Ethiopia
    -- Ghana
    -- Madagascar
    -- Malawi
    -- Mali
    -- Mozambique
    -- Nigeria
    -- Tanzania
    -- Uganda
    -- Zambia
  
  
  
• The World Bank on Health (Washington, DC)
  • Health, Nutrition, and Population (General)
  • Millennium Development Goals in Health -- Data (General)
  • Country reports, 1992-2004
  
  
• World Health Organization on Africa (WHO) (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Home Page
  • WHO Publications
  • WHO Digital Library (IRIS)
    
    Selected WHO publications from 1930 to the present..
  • WHO Countries or Members = Pays ou Membres de l'OMS
    
  • Atlas of African health statistics 2019
    • See also: 2011 ; 2012 ; 2014 ; 2016 ; 2017 ; 2018
  • WHO African Region--Current and Recent Publications
  • WHO InfoBase -- Country Data
    
  • World Health Statistics, 2005 to present
    
  • WHO Regional Office for Africa--WHO/AFRO (Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; via WHO, Geneva)
    • Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies, April 27--May 3, 2020.
      --See All Weekly Bulletins
    • WHO Regional Office for Africa on the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
      --See especially: COVID-19: Situational update. (April 1, 2020)
      --All Situation Reports, March 4, 2020 to present
      
    • AFRO Library
    • The health of the people: the African regional health report (2006) -- Brazzaville: WHO Regional Office for Africa, 2006. 194 pages in PDF format
    • African Index Medicus (Online)
  • WHO African Region on Malaria
    • Handbook on vector control in malaria elimination. (2015) -- Brazzaville, Congo: WHO Regional Office for Africa, 2015.
    • WHO World Malaria Report 2016 -- Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2016 (186 pages in PDF format) ;  plus: Country Profiles (2016)
    • WHO Regional Office for Africa--Publications
      
    • WHO World Malaria Report 2008 -- Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2008. 215 pages in PDF format
      
    • WHO Global Malaria Programme (formerly "Roll Back Malaria")
      The site -- in English or in French -- includes current news and an archive of reports.
      -- See also: The Africa Malaria Report 2003. -- Geneva, Switzerland : WHO ; New York : UNICEF, c2003.
      -- Plus: The African Summit on Roll Back Malaria, Abuja, April 25, 2000 -- "Abuja Declaration" (PDF file only)
  • World Health report 2008--Primary health care-now more than ever = Les soins de santé primaires: maintenant plus que jamais. -- Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2008.
    
  • World health report 2007--A safer future: global public health security in the 21st century = Un avenir plus sûr: la sécurité sanitaire mondiale au XXIe siècle. -- Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2007.
    
  • World health report 2006: working together for health = Rapport sur la santé dans le monde 2006: travailler ensemble pour la santé. -- Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2006.
    
  • World health report 2005: make every mother and child count = Rapport sur la santé dans le monde 2005. -- Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2005.
    
  • World health report 2004: changing history = Rapport sur la santé dans le monde 2004: changer le cours de l'histoire. -- Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2004.
    -- Country profiles
    -- 1995-2003 reports
  • WHOLIS -- World Health Organization Library Database
    "WHOLIS indexes all WHO publications from 1948 onwards and articles from WHO-produced journals and technical documents from 1985 to the present [***including selected online full text documents]."
  • WHO -- Health Action in Crises
    WHO documents on current health situations and assistance around the world....including Angola, Congo Rep., D.R.C., Eritrea/Ethiopia, Great Lakes, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and Sudan.
  • WHO African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control - APOC, 1997-
    "Its goal is the elimination of onchocerciasis as a disease of public health and socio-economic importance throughout Africa. Building upon the success of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP), which is on the verge of eliminating the disease from 11 West African countries, the new Programme will establish sustainable control in the remaining 19 countries in Africa, where the disease is still a public health problem."
  • WHO Global Tuberculosis Program (General)
    
  • WHO Report of a Meeting on the Optimal Use of Regional Drug Quality Control Laboratories in Africa (Niamey, Niger, 8-12 November 1993) (Full text in downloadable PDF file)
    

 

 

• 9th Africa Conference on Sexual & Reproductive Health --"Advancing the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls in Urban in Informal Settlements," February 10-14, 2020, Nairobi, Kenya
  
• 7th International Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Conference, April 15-18, 2018, Dakar, Senegal -- "Dakar II, Two Decades of Progress, Challenges and Perspective in Ending Malaria"
  Proposal deadline is August 31, 2017.
• 27th IUSSP International Population Conference, Busan, Republic of Korea,
  26-31 August 2013 (Union Internationale pour l'Etude Scientifique de la Population, Paris, France)
  See also: 26th IUSSP Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, 27 Sept--2 Oct 2009 -and- 25th IUSSP Conference, Tours, France, 18-23 July 2005 (via Princeton University, New Jersey)
• New Approaches to Maternal Mortality in Africa, July 2-3, 2012, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities, King's College, University of Cambridge, UK
  "...to provide a forum within which people with very different expertise and experience can explore the latest research findings...The following two areas, taken together, will form the focus of the conference: biological mechanisms determining birth outcomes ; the social and historical context for maternal mortality in Africa."
• "Population, développement, et planification familiale en Afrique de l'Ouest francophone: l'urgence d'agir," 8-10 fevrier 2011, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
• 15th African Union Summit--Final Declaration on "Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa," 19-27 July 2010, Kampala, Uganda  (via WHO, The Partnership for Maternal, Infant and Child Health, Geneva, Switzerland)
  
• International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo 1994-2020
  • Final Report (1994) 197 pages in PDF format
  • Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 (November 12-14, 2019)
  • 20th Anniversary Edition -- "International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action" (2014) 296 pages in PDF format ; via United Nations Population Fund.
    
• Other Conferences on HIV/AIDS in Africa (See HIV/AIDS section above)
  
• The World Bank: Sustainable Health Care Financing in Southern Africa: 1996 Seminar Papers. (The World Bank Group, Washington, DC)
  An online library of the proceedings and papers in PDF format  from an EDI Health Policy Seminar held in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 1996. There are papers on Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, and Mozambique.

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• African Studies Centre Library, Leiden University: Dossier on HIV/AIDS in Africa (Library, Documentation & Information Department; Leiden, The Netherlands)
  "The dossier contains a selection of titles from the library's online catalogue, as well as selected web links on HIV/AIDS in Africa. It covers monographs, articles and chapters from edited works published in the last five years (1999-2003), which are arranged in three sections: Africa (general), South Africa, and Other African countries."
• Annotated Bibliography on Gender and HIV/AIDS (2003). Compiled by Marita Eibl and Valerie Foster. (Michigan State University, Center for Gender in Global Context; East Lansing, Michigan)
  
• Bioline International Publications: Abstracts, Full Texts for Selected Journals, and Subscriptions (Centro Referência Informação Ambiental, Brazil ; Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK)
  • Twelve African science journals, plus numerous others from outside of Africa, can be accessed online. There are also links to technical reports and newsletters. This is a program that allows the reader to view the abstracts of a small number of science journals without charge. Recent issues of selected journals are available in full text for free. However, to view online or receive full texts for other titles, paid registration is required. There are journals from Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa....including:
  • African journal of biotechnology. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: Academic Journals, Inc, 2002-
  • African journal of food and nutritional security. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: Quest and Insight Publishers ; Friends-of-the Book Foundation, 2001-
  • African journal of neurological sciences. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: Pan African Association of Neurological Sciences, 1995--
  • African population studies. (Online) -- Dakar, Senegal: Union for African Population Studies, 2002-
• CODESRIA--Centre de documentation et d'information (Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique, Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Access and Equity in African Health Systems: Bibliography = Accès et équité dans les systèmes de santé en Afrique: bibliographie (du 11 juillet au 5 août 2005). 57 pages en format PDF.
    
  • Governing the African Health System: Bibliography = Gérer le système sanitaire africain: bibliographie (du 8 mars au 2 avril 2004) 33 pages en format PDF.
    
  • Primary health care and women in Cape Town (South Africa) and Harare (Zimbabwe): annotated bibliography (2009) 28 pages in PDF format.
    
  • Private health provisioning in Africa = Offre privée de santé en Afrique: bibliographie (du 5 au 30 novembre 2007). 55 pages en format PDF.
    
  • Traditional forms of health provisioning in Africa: Bibliography = Formes traditionnelles de fournitures de santé en Afrique: bibliographie (du 16 juillet au 4 août 2006).
    35 pages en format PDF.
• ELDIS Resource Guide on HIV/AIDS. Electronic Development and Environment Information System, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. (Brighton, UK)
  A general guide to resources on HIV/AIDS and development issues on the Internet.
• Annotated bibliography: Literature on Equity in Health in Southern Africa. (2005) Compiled for Equinet - The Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe.
  Downloadable in PDF Format only. See also, the Equinet Home Page above.
• "Female circumcision and infibulation in Africa," by David M. Westley (1999). Electronic journal of Africana bibliography ; no. 4. -- Iowa City : University of Iowa Libraries, 1999.
  An extensive bibliography of over 560 entries on the subject, with a linked country & ethnic group index.
• IREDA--Inventaire des recensements et enquêtes démographiques en Afrique (CePeD--Centre Population et Développement, Université Paris Descartes, France)
  Un inventaire des publications de plusieurs pays de l'Afrique de l'ouest et de l'Afrique centrale: Bénin; Cameroun; Congo RD; Côte d'Ivoire; Mali; et Niger.
  --Veuillez voir aussi: Bibliographie générale -et- une liste de liens et des autres ressources
• "Medical / health periodicals and books on Africa," by John Bruce Howell, International Studies Bibliographer, University of Iowa Libraries. In Electronic journal of Africana bibliography. (Online) no. 3., 1997. (University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City)
  
• World Health Organization -- Library Resources on the Internet
  • WHO Library: African Index Medicus (English)
    A newly revised, web-based international index to publications on health in Africa; with Quick and Advanced Search options.
    See also: List of African Medical Journals: with articles in AIM and web links!

• CDC Travelers' Health Advisories, 2001--. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia)
  • CDC Travel Information: Main Page (includes travel notices on disease outbreaks around the world)
  • Search by country  for latest CDC advisories and warnings
    
• Travel Health Online (Shoreland, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
  This site provides health precautions and travel warnings for individual countries -- many with recent updates -- based on reports from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Dept. of State, and medical news services. Registration is required to access the database.
• United States Department of State Travel Advisories on Africa (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
• United States Embassies and Other Diplomatic Missions (Africa and elsewhere)