- AEGIS
- Bills itself as the "largest AIDS/HIV knowledgebase in
the world." Coverage is heavily news oriented, but extensive information is
also provided for other areas such as law and health. HIV/AIDS-related publications
available via the Internet are also well represented.
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- AIDS.ORG
- Designed for and largely catering to clinicians, this site
provides a more hard-core medical perspective on HIV/AIDS. Even so, there is fairly
extensive treatment news and information, as well as an online bookstore with selected
reviews. Some patient information is available from this site.
- AIDS
Action Committee of Massachusetts - Online HIV Health Library
- Founded in 1983, AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts is
a not-for-profit, community-based health organization whose mission is to stop the
HIV/AIDS epidemic by preventing new infections and optimizing the health of those already
infected. The Online HIV Health Library includes links to hundreds of
searchable articles, along with information organized by broad topic. You can also
access the library en Español.
- AIDSinfo
- Presents federally approved information on HIV/AIDS
treatment and prevention guidelines, a comprehensive database of HIV/AIDS clinical trials,
vaccines, and information about approved and experimental HIV/AIDS drugs. The site's
Education and Resource Center contains downloadable resources specially designed for
patients and the general public, researchers, health care providers, and students.
- AIDSinfonet.org
Fact Sheets
- The New Mexico AIDS InfoNet is a project of the New Mexico AIDS Education and
Training Center in the Infectious Diseases Division of the University of New Mexico School
of Medicine. The InfoNet was originally designed to make information on HIV/AIDS services
and treatments easily accessible in both English and Spanish for residents of New Mexico.
It has become an international resource for information on HIV/AIDS. The site
provides one page fact sheets written in non-technical language at the 8th or 9th grade
reading level. All fact sheets are also available en Español.
- AIDS
Knowledge Base
- A standard reference source in print, the Web version
provides search capabilities making it easier to pull together diverse sections on the
same topic. Almost the entire publication is available at this site, including
charts, figures and other graphics. Clinical aspects of the virus and the disease
are covered thoroughly with additional sections on legal issues and prevention and
education.
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- AIDS Treatment Data
Network
- Provides extensive coverage of clinical trials, medication
and treatments for both AIDS and opportunistic infections. This site also includes
information on alternative treatments, and an extensive list of links to other clinical
trial sites throughout the United States and Canada. Some information is also
available en Español.
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- The Body
- Covers the basics of HIV/AIDS, prevention and treatment
information providing answers to many questions about the virus, transmission, disease
progression, and treatment options. Additional sections include access to conference
information, local, state and federal advocacy organizations, as well as useful
information on quality of life issues such as nutrition, workplace issues, legal issues,
art and spirituality.
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- Capacity
Project HIV/AIDS Resource Database
- A collaborative project of Community Resource Exchange
(CRE), Asian American Federation, Hispanic Federation and the Federation of Protestant
Welfare Agencies, this database provides access to prevention resources in the New York
Area, primarily aimed at communities of color.
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- CDC National
Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
- Formerly called the CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse.
A variety of materials are covered on this site, most of which are produced by the CDC
and/or other health-related government agencies. NPIN also provides access to a
number of AIDS-related database covering such topics as education, health care, social
services, news, and funding. Here, too, are online versions of various sets of
published CD guidelines. Links to other sire cover a wide variety of topics, and,
overall, is fairly extensive. Some information is available en Español.
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- Center
for AIDS Prevention Studies
- Also known as CAPS, the California-based Center has made a
great deal of information about its program available via the Internet. Materials
include descriptions, photos, evaluation results, and some full curricula, as well as a
"Prevention Toolbox" with additional information on developing and evaluating
prevention programs. The list of links available from this site is quite extensive,
as is the information made available en Español.
- Center for Special
Studies, New York-Presbyterial Hospital
- The Center for Special Studies is a designated AIDS health
care facility. They have created several documentary videos available, including "Don't Shut Me Out: HIV+ Parents
Struggling with Disclosure."
- Coming
into View: Women, Families & AIDS -- Photographs by Mary Berridge
- Mary Berridge interviewed mothers with AIDS and their
children and photographed them. This site is an archived gallery of several of her
photographs.
- HIV/AIDS
Information and Resources
- A collection of government, scientific and technical,
academic, reference, cultural and community resources.
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- HIV/AIDS
Surveillance Data Base
- Information on the AIDS pandemic and on the HIV infection
in population groups in developing countries from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Information is gathered from a variety of sources and then compiled into tabular format
for ease of use. The database can be downloaded, or tables and maps can be viewed on
screen. Links to related data sources are also provided.
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- HIV Clinical
Resource
- A collaborative effort between the New York State
Department of Health AIDS Institute and the
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases providing
access to clinical guidelines, best practices, quality improvement, and clinical education
for HIV/AIDS service providers.
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- HIV Insite
- From the University of California at San Francisco, this
site has information on everything from adolescents to xenotransplantation. A very
complete source for basic information, news, and recent research updates.
Information is also available en Español.
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- HIV
Medication Guide
- Provides information such as medication schedules,
pathology, drug interactions, and patient drug information pamphlets. The site comes
to us from two Canadian pharmacists, and is supported by a number of major pharmaceutical
companies. Much of the interaction information on the site is fairly technical, with
the exception of the information for patients, which provides more of a balance for
clinicians and consumers.
- Ineternational
Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- An organization of health professionals, it provides a view
of AIDS from a global perspective. The association's monthly newsletter, IAPAC
Monthly, is available full-text online and includes articles on patient care,
policy issues, and other AIDS-related information. They also make a number "HIV
Care Tools" available with publications geared toward both the physician and the
patient.
- The
Inter-Q-Zone
- An archived site of an Internet magazine for
Transgender/Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/HIV+ people
and their friends addressing issues of health, nutrition, spirituality, and community.
- Johns Hopkins
AIDS Service
- Major topics covered by this site include epidemiology,
treatment, managed care and prevention with information for both patients and
professionals. Additional resources include educational opportunities, clinical
trial information, conferences and events, continuing medical education, and an
interactive question and answer forum for patients. Selected full-text publications
are available from the "Publications" section.
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- KaiserNetwork.org
Daily HIV/AIDS Report
- The Daily HIV/AIDS Report provides daily summaries of
HIV/AIDS-related news stories with links to the original articles. E-mail
alerting service is avaiable.
- Medem
Medical Library: HIV/AIDS
- Medem's Medical Library is a collaboration between leading
medical societies and targeted to patients. Their HIV/AIDS information includes
information on testing, treatment, prevention, women's issues, opportunistic infections,
research journals, and much more. Medem provides a complexity index, indicating
which of four levels each bit of information is geared towards: introductory health
info, general health info, advanced resources, professional/research.
- MedlinePlus:
AIDS
- The National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus is a great
consumer health resource. It includes extensive information from the National
Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 650 diseases and conditions and
includes lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia, a medical dictionary,
prescription and non-prescription drug information, and more. MedlinePlus has interactive tutorials on a
huge variety of topics. MedlinePlus is also available en Español.
- Medscape
HIV/AIDS Homepage
- Medscape offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health
professionals integrated medical information and education tools. Includes details
about CME, conference coverage, patient education, and resource listings in the section
called "library." The site requires a one-time FREE registration.
- Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report
- Prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
this site is a good source for statistics for the United States, with additional links to
statistical sources for the rest of the world. This site also has data on disease
trends, and fact sheets for health issues that have been covered in the MMWR.
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- National HIV
Testing Resources
- Sponsored by the CDC, this site provides basic information
about HIV & AIDS as well as lists of testing sites for all 50 States. Also
available are resources for persons who have test positive, and counseling and
referral services.
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- National AIDS
Treatment Advocacy Project (NATAP)
- NATAP is a New York State non-profit corporation with a
mission to educate individuals about HIV and Hepatitis treatments and to advocate on the
behalf of all people living with HIV/AIDS and HCV. The site includes regular news
updates.
- New York City
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: HIV/AIDS Information
- Includes several regular HIV surveillance reports, a fact
sheet, links to provider information and testing sites.
- New York State
Department of Health - AIDS/HIV in New York State
- HIV/AIDS statistics and information for New York State,
including data for metropolitan areas. Also included is information on HIV/AIDS
testing and counseling, with regional phone numbers for information and referrals.
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- NOAH
- New York Online Access to Health -- AIDS
- Collection of links to consumer health Internet resources
compiled by librarians. NOAH also provides information en Español.
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- NSW
Health - HIV/AIDS
- A collaborative health information initiative from New
South Wales, Australia, this site provides basic HIV/AIDS information in a number of
different languages including Asian and Middle Eastern languages.
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- PubMed
- A service of the National Library of Medicine,
PubMed includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the
1950's. NLM provides a comprehensive tutorial on how to use
the database.
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- Specialized
Information Services - HIV/AIDS Information
- Another good source for the basic facts on HIV and AIDS,
this site also includes clinical trial and treatment information from the U.S. Public
Health Service. Tutorials for searching the National Library of Medicine's AIDS
databases are available through this site, as is access to NLM fact sheets, manuals and
bibliographies.
- Substance
Abuse Treatment Locator
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides
this on-line resource for locating drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs. The
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator lists: Private and public facilities that
are licensed, certified, or otherwise approved for inclusion by their State substance
abuse agency AND treatment facilities administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs,
the Indian Health Service and the Department of Defense.
- TA
Clearinghouse
- Hosted by Bailey House, the TA Clearinghouse website is a
service for New York City community-based AIDS organizations, and people living with
HIV/AIDS. It includes a Guide to Technical Assistance and searchable databases of
technical assistance providers, other TA and HIV-related resources, funding alerts for
HIV/AIDS service organizations, and a job bank.
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- UNAIDS - Joint
United Nations Programme on AIDS
- A good source of information and statistics on the
International HIV/AIDS situation, in addition to some rather bare-bones information about
the organization itself. The "Information" and "Documents"
sections are extremely valuable resources with almost all of the documents available
full-text. There is also a graphics library containing Power Point presentations.
Selected publications are available in languages other than English.
- USAID
Health: HIV/AIDS
- This site is especially useful for international
organzations. Includes statistics on the global AIDS pandemic, along with resources
on treatment, prevention, care and support, monitoring, and research. USAID also has
a monthly e-newsletter detailing its HIV/AIDS activities around the world. Use the
menu under HIV/AIDS on the right side of the page to navigate.
- Virtual
Web Health Clinic
- A unique resource providing basic AIDS/HIV information in
English, Urdu and Arabic, with plans to include other local and regional languages
and dialects.
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