Resources

AIDS Health Fraud Task Forces (Food and Drug Administration)
FDA program designed to help combat health treatment fraud related to HVI/AIDS. This website includes some basic information about HIV/AIDS-related treatment fraud, and links to local fraud task force web pages.

FDA Advisory Committee Meetings (Food and Drug Administration)
Index of FDA advisory committee meetings by year and by topic, related to HIV/AIDS and associated conditions, from 1996 to present. This website includes HIV-specific FDA advisory committee meetings for drugs and biologics, and policy issues related to HIV/AIDS.

HIV Cost Effectiveness (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Cost effectiveness has long been a criterion in setting HIV program priorities. This resource provides access to tools and guidance to help programs identify prevention efforts that can provide the greatest outcome for the least cost.

Management of HIV in Federal Inmates (PDF - 337KB) (Federal Bureau of Prisons)
The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of HIV Infection provides guidance on the screening, evaluation, and treatment of federal inmates with HIV infection, with a focus on primary care.

Office for Civil Rights (Health and Human Services)
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, and disability (which may include HIV/AIDS). OCR also enforces the Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), which protects the privacy of health information and gives consumers the right to review and make corrections to their medical records. Persons with HIV/AIDS who believe they have been discriminated against in health care or human services, or believe that their health privacy rights have been violated, may file a complaint with OCR.