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AVERT Website

Organisation aims and activities: AVERT is a leading UK AIDS Education and Medical Research charity. We are responsible for a wide range of education and medical research work with the overall aim of: preventing people from becoming infected with HIV, improving the quality of life of those already infected, through medical research working to develop a cure for AIDS.

Further details: The AVERT web site was started in 1995. It currently consists of over 150 pages of information, and is accessed by more than 30,000 people a week from almost every country in the world. These are just a few of the things that people have said about the site: "Your wonderful site has even given me ideas on how to teach kids about this ever-spreading disease" "Thank God, I've found a site where I can talk about how I feel about being HIV+ve. And a site where I can hear other women tell their stories … They have made me have hope" "Being gay is not easy and finding out about things is very hard, but this site has given me everything I need to know" The final part of AVERT's education work is the "Making A Difference" grant scheme. This provides financial help to projects which will either prevent people becoming infected, or which will provide improved care for people who are HIV positive. AVERT currently funds projects in a number of different countries including South Africa, China and England.

Operational level: International

Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation

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