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Welcome to AIDSinfo’s Health Topics section. To find resources on an HIV/AIDS-related topic, please click on the topic of your choice from the blue menu on the left.


Need help finding information? Call our health information specialists at 1-800-448-0440 (Monday to Friday, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern time). You can also send us an e-mail or use our Live Help service (Monday to Friday, 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) to contact us. Spanish-speaking health information specialists are available.

Below are links to some of the most popular HIV/AIDS resources. These are also listed in the “Quick Links” box that appears on every page throughout the Health Topics section.

Questions about HIV prevention?

Contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Prevention Information Network (NPIN), Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Eastern time:

1-800-458-5231
1-919-361-4892 (international)
1-800-243-7012 (TTY)
1-919-316-4884 (international TTY)
info@cdcnpin.org

Questions about HIV transmission or HIV testing?

Contact CDC-INFO (formerly known as the CDC AIDS Hotline), open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:

1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636)
1-888-232-6348 (TTY)
cdcinfo@cdc.gov

The CDC's National HIV Testing Resources Web site at http://hivtest.org/ also provides information about HIV testing and includes a national database of HIV testing sites.

General questions about HIV and AIDS?

These Federal Web sites provide a wealth of HIV/AIDS information:
  • National Library of Medicine (NLM)
            AIDS Portal: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv.html
            MedlinePlus AIDS page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aids.html

  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
            Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (DAIDS): http://www.niaid.nih.gov/daids/


  • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS): http://www.aids.gov/index.html


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