Do you know how many children die of AIDS every year?

Watch this short animation to learn more about mother-to-child transmission - a problem for which solutions exist but are reaching far too few of those in need.

© AVERT

A video of children helped by the Tholulwazi project singing 'Never Give Up'. The Tholulwazi project operates in a rural area in South Africa's KwaZulu Natal province, which has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world.

The Tholulwazi project provides school uniforms, as well as food, support and many other things for local children affected by AIDS.

© AVERT

This video shows a community group learning about HIV-related treatment through song in Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Singing together is an excellent way of memorising important information about the various drugs against the opportunistic infections that affect people with HIV. Although the women sing in Xhosa, it is possible to make out the names of drugs including fluconazole, which is used to treat fungal infections.

AVERT supports this community group through the Sisonke Project.

© AVERT

The Sisonke project, funded by AVERT, provides food, education and support for adults and children living with or orphaned by HIV.

Here local people welcome visitors to the community building.

This project helps the children in this video to stay in school.

© AVERT

Confused about HIV and AIDS? Watch this short film for an overview of the essential facts that everyone needs to know, from how you can get HIV to what treatments are available.

The video mixes expert interviews with entertaining animations and film clips. Well worth ten minutes of anyone's time.

For more information see our "What is AIDS?" page.

© CARE, Inc.

This is the story of Annabella, a young girl living with HIV in Uganda, East Africa.

The film shows the dramatic benefits of anti-AIDS treatment, which has kept Annabella alive and healthy. It also highlights how interventions can prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to their children. Tragically, both treatment and services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV are still unavailable to most people who need them in Africa.

© Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Set 25 years in the future, this film first celebrates a utopian world, and then reveals the heart-rending prospect of the AIDS pandemic run amok within this utopia.

© Cundari

HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. This computer-generated animation shows how HIV makes new copies of itself.

The process begins with HIV attaching to a human cell and getting inside. Next the virus' genetic material is integrated with the human genetic material. The cell is then primed to produce the building blocks of new HIV particles.

See our HIV structure and life cycle page to learn more.