Extractions: David M. Sander, Ph.D. (david.sander@virology.net ) If you are interested in developing a WWW site for your lab or organization, please feel free to contact me for any needed advice and/or assistance. Introduction Internet information resources for HIV/AIDS are numerous and easily accessible through the World Wide Web. Like other subject areas, this vast amount of information has not been adequately organized. For my attempt, I have grouped all the HIV/AIDS sites that we have located into several general categories. These are not exclusive and some sites may appear in more than one area. Clinical Resources Clinical AIDS and Patient Care
Florida HIV/AIDS Hotline The statewide resource for information, referrals, and supportive telephone counseling related to hiv, aids, and sexually transmitted diseases. http://www.tcrs211.org/hiv/
KNOWHIVAIDS.org KNOW hiv/aids KNOW, Enter zip code / key word. hiv/aids FAQ Get Involved enter your zip code to find an hiv testing site in your area http://www.knowhivaids.org/
Children With AIDS Charity (CWAC) National UK charity offering support and services for families with children affected by or infected with hiv and aids. News and events, information on help offered, FAQs, hiv risks information. http://www.cwac.org/
Extractions: English Deutsch Italiano Welcome to CWAC Children With AIDS Charity Children with AIDS Charity was set up in 1992 to help the youngest of those infected or affected by HIV and AIDS to maintain a good quality of life. It is a national UK charity with the aim of working towards a future without prejudice for these children and their families. How Do We Help Children? The Rebecca Handel Scholarship Award is offered annually to an individual working within the field of paediatric HIV. Applicants are invited to submit proposals from 1st December 2004 (World AIDS Day) until 1st June 2005. Decisions will be made late July 2005. To find out more about the award and how to apply, please click here
FHI Family Health International More hiv/aids Features Reproductive Health Graphic. Research on ReproductiveHealth and hiv/aids mainredline.gif. FHI s journal Network explores the link http://www.fhi.org/
AIDSStatsMain The Office of aids, hiv/aids Case Registry Section, provides basic aids and hivstatistics. Select the monthly aids or hiv statistics for 2005 http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/ooa/Statistics/default.htm
Extractions: My CA This Site HIV/AIDS Epidemiology The Office of AIDS, HIV/AIDS Case Registry Section, provides basic AIDS and HIV statistics. The monthly report is available after the beginning of the next month, for example, January HIV/AIDS statistics is available in early February. The HIV statistics became available starting in 2003. Select the monthly AIDS or HIV statistics for 2005 Monthly HIV/AIDS statistics for 2005 AIDS HIV Select the monthly AIDS or HIV statistics for 2004 Monthly HIV/AIDS statistics for 2004 AIDS HIV Select the yearly AIDS or HIV statistics for 2003 Yearly HIV/AIDS Statistics for 2003 AIDS HIV Select the yearly AIDS statistics for 2002 and prior years Yearly AIDS Statistics for 2002 and Prior Years The Office of AIDS also provides other statistical information: If you need more specific data, please submit a data request form. It is an Adobe Acrobat formatted form and it is available by clicking this link:
AIDSinfo - HIV / AIDS Information Information about current clinical trials for the treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and hivrelated conditions. http://www.actis.org/
Extractions: The Catholic Church is telling people in countries stricken by Aids not to use condoms because they have tiny holes in them through which the HIV virus can pass - potentially exposing thousands of people to risk. Vatican advice on condoms is at odds with the WHO The church is making the claims across four continents despite a widespread scientific consensus that condoms are impermeable to the HIV virus. A senior Vatican spokesman backs the claims about permeable condoms, despite assurances by the World Health Organisation that they are untrue. The church's claims are revealed in a BBC1 Panorama programme, Sex and the Holy City, to be broadcast on Sunday. The president of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Family, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, told the programme: "The Aids virus is roughly 450 times smaller than the spermatozoon. The spermatozoon can easily pass through the 'net' that is formed by the condom. They are wrong "These margins of uncertainty... should represent an obligation on the part of the health ministries and all these campaigns to act in the same way as they do with regard to cigarettes, which they state to be a danger."
AIDS & HIV: The Alternative Medicine Homepage aids hiv Alternative Medicine Resources. The aids Education and TrainingCenters (AETC) National Resource Center (NRC) website maintains links to http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/hiv.html
Extractions: The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) National Resource Center (NRC) website maintains links to Alternative and Complementary Therapies sponsored by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),The National AIDS Education and Training Centers Program (AETCs) AIDS Links Index from ARIC, AIDS Research Information Center contains Alternative / Complementary Therapies (and Questionable Theories) , a good starting point for specific therapies AIDS Manual: Alternative Therapies , "Putting the Pieces Together" revision supported by National Library of Medicine Contract No. 467-MX-701531 to Allegheny University of the Health Sciences. Original Manual supported under contract number 45014106 from the National Library of Medicine AIDS Treatment News : internationally recognized bi-monthly newsletter containing new therapeutic information, archive of past issues as an index and database of articles AEGIS Alternative Treatments FACT SHEET: HIV/AIDS and Alternative Therapies Supplements: Vitamins, Minerals, and Trace Elements
Nyaka AIDS Orphans School, Uganda, East Africa Provides education and extracurricular activities to children who have been orphaned due to hiv/aids. Includes history, list of volunteers and wish list. Village of Nyakagyezi. http://www.nyakaschool.org/
CDCNPIN CDC s service for distributing hiv/aids, STD and TB information. http://www.cdcnpin.org/
Extractions: @import url(/css/thebody.css); @import url(/css/article.css); var zflag_nid="362"; var zflag_cid="1"; var zflag_sid="0"; var zflag_width="728"; var zflag_height="102"; var zflag_sz="26"; HIV and Insurance: Some Questions and Answers Mark Scherzer, Esq. updated October, 1998 1. I just found out I am HIV-positive, but I don't have insurance. Can I get insurance now? Life and disability insurance will be much more difficult. In some states, you can purchase small amounts on a "guaranteed issue" basis from special risk brokers. Most people, however, will only be able to get life and disability coverage by going to work full time as part of a large employee group. 2. I do not know if I am HIV-positive, but I have had several sexually-transmitted diseases and I have used drugs. Will this affect my application for insurance? If you are applying for health insurance in an "open enrollment" environment, you will have the same opportunities as anyone else (see answer to question 1). In states that do not offer that opportunity, or if you are applying for life and disability insurance, a history of sexually transmitted diseases might lead the insurer to decline your application or at least to request a blood test, including an HIV antibody test, and a physician's statement. A history of drug use may cause the insurer to decline your application or to charge you a higher premium. Rules will vary from company to company.
Extractions: HIV/AIDS STDs ... Order Free Materials Search for: Organizations Materials News Conferences ... New Conferences (Posted Wednesdays) National HIV/AIDS Update CDC Satellite Broadcast/Webcast: Revised Recommendations for HIV Screening of Adults, Adolescents and Pregnant Women in Health Care Settings Combating Pediatric TB Course Inaugural Protein Engineering Conference: Defining the Next Generation of Biotherapeutics ... New Funding (Posted Fridays) Strengthening and Expanding HIV/AIDS Treatment, Care and Support for Prostitutes and Their Associated Sexual Partners in the Republic of Haiti as Part of the PEPFAR Developing Centers for Innovation in Services and Intervention Research (DCISIR) Enhancement of Laboratory Quality System Approach in Building the Capacity of Health Laboratories to Support HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment Services in the United Republic of Tanzania More funding ... Features AAHIVM- IDSA Triage Tips for Primary Care Providers Providing Care to Disaster Survivors with HIV/AIDS
Extractions: Did you know that Growth House offers many electronic discussion lists for professionals working in end-of-life care? Learn more in our Professional Forum About Growth House, Inc. Growth House, Inc. , provides content development and syndication services for organizations working with death and dying issues. Health care providers may call for further information. Our general email address is info@growthhouse.org . Due to the heavy volume of electronic mail we may be unable to provide a personal reply to your messages. We celebrate diversity, not just tolerate it! For details read our statement on diversity Growth House celebrates the memory of William John Garvey. The adventure is not yet over. Growth House, Inc., provides this award-winning portal as your international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life care. Our primary mission is to improve the quality of compassionate care for people who are dying through public education and global professional collaboration. Our search engine gives you access to the Internet's most comprehensive collection of reviewed resources for end-of-life care.
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service- Infectious Diseases A resource for physicians and other health care professionals in providing careand treatment to patients with hiv/aids. http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/
Extractions: Other Hopkins Specialties: Allergy Antibiotic Guide Arthritis Biodefense Hepatitis C Gastroenterology Infection Control Infectious Diseases Pulmonary Tuberculosis For all new and recent Hopkins HIV Reports, please visit the new Johns Hopkins HIV Guide (requires free registration) The Pocket Guide to Adult HIV/AIDS Treatment: January 2005 A quick reference by John G. Bartlett, M.D. for antiretroviral drugs, antiretroviral therapy, opportunistic infections, and related issues. posted 01/27/2005 I've been HIV positive since 2001 (CD4-129, viral load-399,00). My doctor started me on combivir/sustiva, which has worked really well (CD4-607, no virus in blood). However, my viral load has now become detectable twice over the past year. (CD4-491, v. load-1,172 and 1,615). My doctor ordered a genotypic test, but it could not be done because of "insufficient virus". Do I just wait until the viral load increases to have the test repeated? Thank you. Read Answer . . .
AIDS / HIV Resources Feminist Women s Health Center provides empowering information about abortionand reproductive freedom so women may determine their own destinies. http://www.fwhc.org/hivres.htm
Extractions: Seattle, Washington State and USA WASHINGTON STATE AIDS Care Access Project: 206-284-9277 AIDS Caregiver Support Network: 206-937-3368 AIDS Housing of Washington: 206-322-9444 AIDS Prevention Project: 206-296-4999 AIDS Project of the Deaf: 206-328-4808 TTY AIDS/HIV Yakima: 509-575-2939 or 575-7959 Asian Pacific AIDS Council: 206-467-0884 The Babes Network, Seattle: 206-720-4377 Bailey Boushay House, Seattle: 206-322-5300 Bastyr Naturopathy Clinic, Seattle: 206-632-0354 Chicken Soup Brigade, Seattle: 206-328-8979 (meals, household assistance) Central WA AIDS Hotline: 1-800-535-2271 County Health Dept - in your local phone book Delta Society: 206-226-7357 - for HIV+ people who own pets Harborview Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic, Seattle: 206-223-3590 In Touch, Seattle: 206-328-2711 - Massage therapy for people with AIDS Kang Wen Clinic, Seattle: 206-322-6945 - Chinese herbal medicine, Acupuncture, acupressure and naturopathic medicine Latinos United Against AIDS: 206-322-7061 education and referral for Latinos Madison HIV/AIDS Clinic (Harborview Medical Center), Seattle: 206-720-4200
HIV/AIDS In Burundi Interview with the minister for hiv/aids issues, Genevieve Sindabizera. Â http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2002/february/burundi.htm
Extractions: BURUNDI: IRIN interview with HIV/AIDS Minister Sindabizera NAIROBI (IRIN) - The Burundi government says although the HIV infection prevalence in urban areas has stabilised at 18.6 percent, it is concerned by a significant increase in the level of infection in rural areas. At 1 percent in 1989, HIV prevalence in rural areas was 7.5 percent by 2001, the Burundi minister for HIV/AIDS issues, Genevieve Sindabizera, told IRIN on Wednesday. She attributed the stabilisation in urban areas to a higher literacy rate, better means of communication, and increased acceptance and availability of condoms. In order to avoid further deterioration of the situation in rural areas, she said a national action plan targets vulnerable groups by way of an information campaign carried out through peer educators, the promotion of condom use, counselling of people living with HIV/AIDS, the reduction of the epidemic's socioeconomic impact on people by the promotion of revenue-generating activities, and the social integration and education of orphans. With an average annual per capita income of US $140, the economic impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has been dramatic in a country wracked by years of civil strife. Burundi's HIV/AIDS secretariat has estimated that if transmission of the virus continues at the current rate, life expectancy will drop below 40 years in 2010, compared to 60 years if there were no AIDS.
