Saturday, October 23, 2010

Avert.org

Avert.org is a very effective, accurate, clear and credible source on AIDs and HIV throughout the world. This organization focuses on the prevention, history, science and facts of AIDs and HIV. The site began in 1995 and only had 30 people reading it a month. Today it is acclaimed as the worlds most popular AIDs website. According to Avert.org on their site information page "In November 2005 AVERT.org was selected by the British Medical Association (BMA) as the winner of the BMA Patient Information Award for Websites. The website was praised by judges for being “very well referenced, information rich and possessing a clean look”." Chairman Peter Kanabus received this reward.  
This website is layed out very well. It is very methodical because it has tabs on the left side of the page to help viewers get where they want to go. It also has bold labels for finding important subjects. Such as donate AIDs, HIV, ect...Each of these brings you to a page full of information. The website is written very well, clear and easy to understand.
Avert.org is very accurate. I think the fact that they were awarded the BMA award and was reported as "very well referenced, information rich and possessing a clean look". This site is very well sourced and they obviously update it regularly because they have very up to date information throughout the entire website.
Anyone interested in AIDs or HIV can find pretty much anything they need on Avert.org. Avert covers prevention, transmission and testing, treatment and care, statistics, history, science, epidemic, the continents Africa, Asia, Americas and Europe, sex, STDs, teens and gays & lesbians. There is also a part under Contact Us that states "If you have already tried our help and advice page, or if you cannot find what it is you are looking for then try typing the keywords into our search page. If you still cannot find the information you need through this then please email us sending your question to info@avert.org, and we will do our best to answer any question you have." So a person seeking information never has to leave empty handed.
Avert.org has been a source for people seeking help and information about AIDs since 1995. For being around for such a short time they are a very well established website that helps millions of people every day. Avert has proven its self as clear, accurate, credible and affective for people seeking help across the world.

Source:

Kanabus, Peter. "Avert.org." AIDS & HIV Information from the AIDS Charity AVERT. 1995. Web. 23 Oct. 2010. <http://www.avert.org/>.

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2 comments:

  1. well obviously its a good site if it won an award haha and it also seems to be easy to navigate which is key :) good site Sarah :P

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  2. Thanks Jessie!
    :D
    Yeah its a great site. I am lucky its out there, made these blogs a lot easier! ;)

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