Our activities currently cover four broad programme areas

Research and monitoring:
AIDS Alert carries out methodical studies into the root causes & socio economic effects of HIV/AIDS. AIDS Alert conducts researches into AIDS orphans, provisions available to them and measures relating to the care and integration into society of these children. Our research activities also cover care provision available to both children and adults affected and infected by HIV/AIDS.

We also conduct studies into ancillary or related issues such as reproductive health, the results of which will enable people to protect themselves and their partners and ultimately, their unborn children from becoming infected with HIV/AIDS.

As opposed to mainstream conventional research, our research activities are mainly community based - conducted by, for and with the active participation and of neighbourhoods, community groups, grassroots advocates and people living with HIV/AIDS.

In the specific countries or regions that we work, we monitor developments and progress in the causes, conduct and effects of HIV/AIDS. Our activities are carried out in consultation and where possible in collaboration with appropriate NGOs, other AIDS agencies and the relevant Health agencies.

Publications & Dissemination:
AIDS Alert's activities in this area of work include the production of useful materials on HIV/AIDS prevention and control, either electronically through our website, email mailing lists or through hard copy printing such as leaflets and periodicals.

Dissemination of information is primarily through our website, linkages to other sites, newspaper articles and other publications. Propagation is additionally done through AIDS Alert's participation in television and radio discussion programmes, thus ensuring continued dialogue to deepen the understanding and promotion of public consensus on HIV/AIDS prevention and control.

AIDS Alert occasionally publishes findings and useful results of research and monitoring activities, on its website and in hard copy form. Publications and event notes, as may be necessary, produced in local languages for easier digestion by a broader cross section of the populace.

Training workshops, conferences and seminars:
Our training activities in the main, but not exclusively, take the form of workshops or lectures aimed at specific target groups with the view to educate them on HIV/AIDS preventive/control actions. Examples of training events include:

• Workshops to train the youth and equip them with 'Peer Counselling' skills on HIV/AIDS prevention and control, so that they can communicate the right messages or information to their peers.

  
  

• Workshops and lectures on destigmatising HIV/AIDS, with the view to creating an enabling society for People Living with HIV and AIDS.

  
  

• Training events for policy makers and other people in positions to make decisions that affect people living with HIV/AIDS.

  
  

• Training HIV counsellors to equip them with skills that will enable them to give professional and consistent advice and counselling to people affected and infected by HIV/AIDS

AIDS Alert's conferences and seminars are aimed at wider audiences, providing  for discussing and promoting dialogue to educate on the causes and socio economic effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The conferences and seminars also aim to promote consensus and heighten peoples' awareness on HIV/AIDS.

Advocacy:
Our activities in furtherance of our advocacy programme include the representation at a global level, of the views, concerns, plight and well being of both children and adults affected and infected by HIV/AIDS. This is achieved through developing partnerships and networks with governments, policy makers and other NGOs working on HIV and AIDS and using meetings, conferences, the media and internet as a means of further fulfilling the aims of this programme.

As part of our work, AIDS Alert advocates for improvements in care and other service provision to people affected and infected by HIV/AIDS.

We monitor developments in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention and control and pursue relevant dialogue with decision makers to ensure that the subject HIV/AIDS stays high on the agenda.

AIDS Alert is continuously seeking consultative status with governments and other key players in the field of HIV/AIDS to enable us make material contributions or input into declarations and policies on the subject.