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The Report Cards are advocacy tools aimed at increasing and improving the programmatic, policy and funding actions taken on HIV prevention for girls and young women.

They build on global policy commitments, particularly those outlined in the 'Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS' from the UN General Assembly Special Session on AIDS (UNGASS).

Their key audiences are national, regional and international policy and decision-makers, and service providers.

Access the resource: www.unfpa.org

The theme of the conference will be 'Strengthening resource capacity and transfer of adequate technology for an integrated development in Africa'. Its aims include promoting research relevant to the diseases found in and particular to Africa; identifying and evaluating old and existing technologies for healthcare in Africa; and strengthening the international lobbying of governments on certain African health issues.

Topics to be covered include: avian flu; health systems and policy; HIV, AIDS and opportunistic diseases; malaria and insecticides; neglected diseases and orphan medicines; non-communicable diseases; quality management; and reproduction and maternal health.

For more information, go to: www.mrc.ac.za

One of the major challenges facing the continent is to gather resources and translate knowledge and experience into treatment and prevention programmes.

This conference at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, South Africa, seeks to address the consequences if business continues to ignore current warnings and statistics on HIV/AIDS.

Register at www.aidsafricaconference.com.