Featured Work
World AIDS Day 2008
World AIDS Day is an important opportunity to take stock of the progress made in responding to HIV and AIDS and a chance to act together for an AIDS-free future. HIV is now a predominately female disease and it the spread is being accelerated by the very high level of violence against women in many countries.
Healing Begins in Congo
ActionAid came to the Democratic Republic of Congo when the troubles began. Our work focused on meeting immediate needs of poor people caught in the throes of conflict while pushing for peace. Violence persists throughout the country, in spite of the 2002 peace agreement. ActionAid continues to work toward peace and our work to make life better for people in the Congo. While success will not come overnight, we see progress every day.
Education and HIV & AIDS
HIV & AIDS does not have a cure so prevention is essential. ActionAid promotes awareness of the disease and safe behaviors while highlighting the increased vulnerability of specific populations transmission of the disease.
ActionAid’s Work on HIV AIDS
ActionAid has been working on HIV and AIDS since 1987 and has been giving practical support to people living with AIDS-related diseases in 23 countries. We work in villages, cities and the corridors of power to support groups that are campaigning to reverse the devastating impact of HIV and AIDS on millions of lives.
The Twin Pandemics: Violence Against Women and HIV & AIDS
Women make up 61% of those infected with HIV & AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 64% of 15 to 24 year-olds living with HIV in all developing countries. The world is only beginning to recognize that the HIV is now a predominately female disease and that its spread is being accelerated by the very high level of violence against women in many countries. ActionAid works on making the connection between Violence Against Women and HIV & AIDS.
Publications
Media Gallery
A Broken Landscape: HIV & AIDS in Africa, a book and photo exhibition by Gideon Mendel, presented by Network Photographers in Association with ActionAid is an intimate account of how individuals, families and communities are responding to the epidemic sweeping Africa.
