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Avert: Global Hiv and Aids Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides in-depth coverage of the AIDS epidemic as it affects countries around the world. Content includes a look at the disease as it has spread from being a minor danger to an uncontrolled epidemic.
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United Nations

United Nations Cyberschoolbus: Hiv Aids Briefing Paper for Students

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the UN Cyberschool program provides a briefing for students on the global struggle against HIV/AIDS. In addition to basic facts, it examines what is happening in Zambia to fight AIDS. It also provides; suggestions for...
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Scientific American

Scientific American: Aids Today and Tomorrow: In Depth Reports

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of Scientific American articles from 2008 on the topic of AIDS.
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BBC

Bbc News: The Global Spread of Hiv

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from BBC News provides a clickable map of the world which shows the spread of the HIV infection. When you click on an area, you will also get a more detailed map with information on the spread of HIV over time.
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Peace Corps

Peace Corps: Where Life Is Too Short

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson enhances students' understanding of the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa and the rest of the world.
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New York Times

New York Times: Aids and Tradition in Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive resource discusses rituals in Africa that could lead to the spread of AIDS. The ritual is a hut cleansing ritual that could spread AIDS very quickly through families.
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Other

The Global Hiv:aids Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the strides made in treatment and prevention over the past 30 years.
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Other

Unaids: The Joint United Nations Programme on Hiv:aids

For Students 9th - 10th
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, is the main advocate for global action on the epidemic. Their resource contains numerous statistical data by region/country, publications, news articles, fact sheets, information on...
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A&E Television

History.com: How Aids Activists Used "Die Ins" to Demand Attention to the Growing Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
As the AIDS crisis took hold in the 1980s, killing thousands of Americans and ravaging gay communities, the deadly epidemic went unaddressed by U.S. public health agencies -- and unacknowledged by President Ronald Reagan -- for years. In...