AIDS infoshare (SPID infosvyaz') is a Russian NGO which was founded to continue and enhance the work started by infoshare international. Infoshare international is a U.S. 501(c)(3) organization, which was founded October 15, 1993. AIDS infoshare/infoshare international was started in Moscow by an American and three Russians, because we discovered that very few Russians had access to the information that is needed to take any actions against the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or HIV/AIDS in Russia.