LIBERIAN AIDS PREVENTION & AWARENESS(LAPA) PROGRAM

LAPA's event on March 28th went well.. Look for an update on the activity and pictures from the event... PLEASE VISIT THE BLOG AND VARIOUS LINKS ON THIS WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EVENTS AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY, INCREASED EFFORTS AGAINST THIS GLOBAL EPIDEMIC, AND WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING AROUND THE WORLD.

	About HIV/AIDS and other STDs
	About the HIV/AIDS epidemic
	Prevention Strategies

About HIV/AIDS and other STDs

There are numerous resources available to learn more about HIV/AIDS and other STDs. For more information about the virus, syndrome, causes and transmission, please visit these well documented websites:

HIV

AIDS & HIV information from AVERT.org, an organization dedciated to averting HIV and AIDS http://www.avert.org/trans.htm
The World Bank's "You think! But do you know? HIV/AIDS Information Site http://youthink.worldbank.org/issues/aids/
amfAR, one of the world's leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to the support of HIV/AIDS research http://www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/abouthiv/index.html
HIV/AIDS 101 Video: http://www.avert.org/aids-videos.htm

STDs

Information about Sexually Transmitted Diseases from AVERT.org http://www.avert.org/std.htm%20

DOCUMENTARIES/FILMS

10 mini-documentaries on HIV and AIDS - South Asia http://www.unesco-ci.org/cgi-bin/media/page.cgi?g=Detailed%2F12.html;d=1
IRIN/PlusNews's new film, Love, Positively looks at the lives of young adults who have been infected with HIV since birth http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=78926
Pain in My Heart, an unflinching insight into the never ending Aids deaths in Zimbabwe. http://www.youtube.com/tvnews2000
TRAVIS is the story of the fight to save the life of a remarkable young boy living with AIDS. http://www.itvs.org/travis/
A 240 minute PBS special: "The Age of AIDS." After a quarter century of political denial and social stigma, of stunning scientific breakthroughs, bitter policy battles and inadequate prevention campaigns, HIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly throughout much of the world, particularly in developing nations. Watch in its entirety online. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/view/