Mar-12-10
		WHY CREATE A VIRTUAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR PVOs/NGOs AND NGOS? In response to the major burden of HIV/AIDS on many poor nations, an increasing number of PVOs/NGOs in the Child Survival and Health Grants Program are engaged in HIV-related activities. There are thousands of HIV/AIDS publications available on the Internet. However, many PVO/NGO staff do not have the time or the resources to navigate through them and identify programmatically useful materials. To facilitate PVO/NGO access to state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS technical information, CSTS+, in collaboration with the CORE HIV/AIDS Working Group, has developed the HIV/AIDS Virtual Resource Center for PVOs/NGOs and NGOs (VRC). The VRC is not designed to be the end point in your quest for information, but rather the entry point to a host of resources that can assist you in designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating your HIV/AIDS activities. It has a "one-stop shopping" appeal that will save PVOs/NGOs and NGOs time in locating relevant information, and it will help users stay up-to-date on the latest developments. START BROWSING THE VRC BACK TO HOME PAGE    FEATURES OF THE VRC The VRC provides PVO/NGO users with the following: Access to technical guidelines, best practices, and other state-of-the-art information We've created a listing of selected web-based resources from various agencies and institutions. To make your navigation easier, we've organized them into specific categories and sub-categories. Just click on the hyperlinks to gain access to those resources. Information on M&E indicators For most sub-categories, we've listed the standard monitoring and evaluation (M&E) indicators recommended by UNAIDS and UNGASS. Access to HIV/AIDS data A useful feature of the VRC is the option to calculate the UNAIDS and UNGASS indicators using actual HIV/AIDS data. The data come from the Demographic and Heath Surveys (DHS) and other large-scale, population-based assessments included in the HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Database. Access to other useful information such as the following: Daily HIV updates from the Kaiser Foundation Information on upcoming conferences, meetings, and workshops UNAIDS Best Practices Funding information The International HIV/AIDS Alliance's NGO/CBO HIV/AIDS Support Toolkit Glossary of AIDS-related technical terms Information on agencies that provide HIV/AIDS technical assistance The VRC also has a Featured Country section that highlights the nature of the epidemic, VRC technical resources, and Child Survival and Health Grants Program activities for a particular country. The featured country will change on a regular basis. START BROWSING THE VRC BACK TO HOME PAGE    THE VRC'S RELATION TO OTHER USEFUL TOOLS The VRC is not designed to be a clearinghouse for all materials related to HIV/AIDS. As mentioned in the first section of this introduction, it is simply a tool to facilitate PVO/NGO access to HIV resources. We encourage you to consult other useful tools such as the following: The Synergy Project's Resource Center, which contains over 2,500 documents related to HIV program management and research. Visit http://www.synergyaids.com/resources.asp. The International HIV/AIDS Alliance's NGO/CBO HIV/AIDS Support Toolkit (available at http://www.aidsalliance.org/ngosupport/). The Synergy Project’s APDIME (Assessment, Planning, Design, Implementation, Monitoring, and Evaluation) Toolkit is a resource to support program managers and designers with HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support programming. Visit http://www.synergyaids.com/apdime/index.htm to access the APDIME Toolkit. START BROWSING THE VRC BACK TO HOME PAGE
		PVO/NGO Support Project(MCHIP)  ICF Macro  Phone: 301-572-0823  Email: csts@macrointernational.com