About Us

Welcome to the VA National HIV/AIDS Website. The site is designed to be an informational and educational resource on HIV and AIDS for health care providers inside and outside the VA system, veterans, and the general public.

The site is a product of a collaboration between the VA's Public Health Strategic Health Care Group (PHSHG) and the Center for HIV Information (CHI) at the University of California San Francisco.

We hope the layout and navigation of the site allow for quick access to the materials you need. Please consult the Search engine (located in the top banner) or the Site Map for assistance. For details on the technologies we use, please read our Technology Accessibility Statement below.

Questions or feedback related to the site may be directed to the Web support staff via the Contact Us page.

The Center for HIV Information is a program of the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, which partners with government agencies, foundations, and international organizations to identify and develop information on HIV care, prevention, and policy. This information is disseminated to care providers, researchers, and policymakers nationally and worldwide through electronic media, including Internet and CD-ROM. CHI develops strategies for reaching those areas and individuals in greatest need of high-quality, practical information on HIV/AIDS.

UCSF CHI's Advisory Board is chaired by Paul A. Volberding, MD.

VA patient content was developed with the help of the following CHI editorial staff:

• Oliver Bacon, MD
• Mike Donnelly
• Charlotte Graeber
• Jayson Jaynes
• Patricia Long
• Nicolé Mandel
• Mark Vogel

Our site is hosted on a Sun Enterprise 280R. Our production server is a Sun T2000. Both servers are running Sun Solaris 10, Orion version 2.0.5, the Lucene search engine, and Java 1.5.0_11.

CHI strives to connect with the largest audience possible and, at the same time, to take advantage of cutting-edge technology that provides maximum efficiency and flexibility. Our sites are "dynamic," meaning that information can be stored in one place but also can be easily presented at multiple locations and in different ways. While this makes the inner workings of our projects fairly complex, we aim for a clean, simple, and accessible exterior. We approach this goal in several ways.

• We attempt to comply with HTML 4.01 standards on our Web sites.
  Our content is accessible to people using older browsers.
• We manage site updates with an eye toward the latest browsers, protocols, and security alerts.
  Users have access to the latest versions of our files, regardless of their personal browser versions or settings.
• We minimize the use of JavaScript and unnecessary images.
  Our sites work well with slower connections and older computers.
• We appreciate feedback from users as to what works for them and what doesn't.