AIDS

Resources in this category:

AIDS Education Global Information System
http://www.aegis.org/

AEGiS offers cutting edge information via HIV/AIDS specific publications and news sources from around the world. In addition, an array of reference materials are offered.

AIDSinfo
http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/

AIDSinfo is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) project that offers the latest federally approved information on HIV/AIDS clinical research, treatment and prevention, and medical practice guidelines for people living with HIV/AIDS, their families and friends, health care providers, scientists, and researchers. AIDSinfo serves as the main dissemination point for federally approved HIV treatment and prevention guidelines, AIDSinfo provides information about the current treatment regimens for HIV infection and AIDS-related illnesses, including the prevention of HIV transmission from occupational exposure and mother-to-child transmission during pregnancy. The AIDSinfo project is 100% federally funded. This project neither allows advertising on this site nor endorses any company or products. All of the information from the AIDSinfo staff, Web site, and other project resources is from federal government agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and others.

The Body: A Multimedia AIDS and HIV Resource
http://www.thebody.com/

The Body's mission is to "use the Web to lower barriers between patients and clinicians; demystify HIV/AIDS and its treatment; improve patients' quality of life; and to foster community through human connection." This site contains basic information about HIV/AIDS, as well as how to cope with a diagnosis. Additional resources include an online magazine called POZ, conference articles, forums for sharing experiences and expert answers to a variety of questions. There is also information on medications and treatements and links to hotlines, service organizations, and news groups.

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/

This page, published by the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at University of Califoria, San Francisco, provides links to fact sheets (both html and pdf) on various topics about HIV/AIDS. Many of the fact sheets are also available in Spanish and Kiswahili.

Critical Path AIDS Project
http://www.critpath.org/

"Founded by persons with AIDS (PWAs) to provide treatment, resource, and prevention information in wide-ranging levels of detail--for researchers, service providers, treatment activists, but, first and foremost, for other PWAs who often find themselves in urgent need of information quickly and painlessly. Critical Path provides easy access to the full range of potentially life-extending or life-saving AIDS prevention, treatment and referral information."

HIV InSite
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite

"HIV InSite's mission is to be a source for comprehensive, in-depth HIV/AIDS information and knowledge. The site has an extensive collection of original material, including the HIV InSite Knowledge Base, a complete textbook with extensive references and related links organized by topic." All resources made available by HIV InSite are free.

HIVpositive
http://www.HIVpositive.com/

Comprehensive, patient-based resource for those with AIDS or are HIV positive. Includes medical and social information.

The Johns Hopkins AIDS Service
http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/

"The mission of The Johns Hopkins AIDS Service is to pursue research, education, prevention strategies and clinical care to combat the HIV pandemic." This site includes a wealth of information about AIDS treatment, research, epidemiology, clinical trials, events and conferences, and women's issues.

Medicine On Line
http://www.meds.com/

"Provides cancer related educational content, discussion groups, and links to other related information services." Both professional and patient information is available.

National AIDS Treatment Information Project
http://www.natip.org/

"NATIP has developed 60 topics, with over 30 of them also available in Spanish translations. The roster of topics is divided into four categories: Clinical Manifestations (for example: fever, weight loss, anemia) Opportunistic Diseases (for example: pneumocystis pneumonia, toxoplasmosis, Candidiasis) Therapeutics (for example: antiretroviral therapy, PCP prophylaxis, MAC prophylaxis and information sheets on 14 different drugs) Miscellaneous (for example: CD4 cell count, viral load testing, health care maintenance, HIV in IV drug users)."

Staying Alive
http://eu.staying-alive.org/stayingalive/shells/h_home.jhtml

This site is part of a project sponsored by MTV and other organizations to promote awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS in the international youth community, and includes clips from Staying Alive documentaries and the 2002 World Aids Day Concert.

UK Law and HIV/AIDS Project
http://www.keele.ac.uk/research/lpj/Law_HIV-AIDSProject/

"The UK Law and HIV/AIDS Project is an initiative intended to provide a source of information for people interested in the impact of law on people living with HIV and AIDS, whether in an academic, professional or personal capacity". View announcements, seminars, and other events related to UK and international law and living with AIDS.