AIDS

General Alternative Therapies Children/Teenagers Clinical Trials
International Legal Race/Ethnicity Social Security
Spanish Statistics Testing Travel
Treatment Women    


General Information
  • AIDS Controversy - http://www.virusmyth.com
    This well organized and regularly updated website contains more than 500 web pages with over 350 articles.
  • AIDS Education Global Information System - http://www.aegis.com/ -
    (AEGIS) Daily news updates, newsletters, trials, search engines; run by Sister Mary Elizabeth.
  • CDC National Aids Clearinghouse - http://www.cdcnpin.org -
    This site, from the Centers for Disease Control, provides access to databases containing information on research, funding, education, and the NCHSTP (National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention) Daily News Update.
  • Gay Men's Health Crisis - http://www.gmhc.org -
    (GMHC) Legal issues, prevention, treatment, counseling and support groups.
  • Immunet - http://www.immunet.org -
    This site contains the archives of AIDS Treatment News, AIDS news, an online AIDS bookstore, and other resource information.
  • MedWeb - www.medweb.emory.edu/medweb
    Emory University's site on HIV/Aids diseases and conditions provides a comprehensive listing of subject index on HIV/AIDS  websites from  A-Z, both national and international coverage.
  • Project Inform Home Page - http://www.ProjectInform.org -
    Information on treatment, public policy, outreach and education, and more. Also provides access to information en español.
Alternative Therapies
  • Alive & Well AIDS Alternatives - http://www.aliveandwell.org
    The website for this non-profit education, action and support network founded by a group of HIV positive diagnosed people who live in wellness without AIDS drugs and without fear of AIDS. Lots of information and regularly updated.
  • Alternative AIDS Therapies (Index) - http://www.critpath.org/aric/library/altern.htm -
    These articles provide a basic understanding of the most popular alternative treatments now used by people with HIV/AIDS, and an idea of the role nutrition can play in AIDS medical care.
  • Bastyr University, AIDS Research Center - http://www.bastyr.edu/research/buarc/ -
    The Center is investigating the forms and patterns of alternative medicine use and effectiveness of treatments.
  • The Body: A Multimedia AIDS/HIV Information Source - http://www.thebody.com -
    This is a comprehensive AIDS/HIV resource with sections covering all aspects of CAM, diet and nutrition, and wellness.
  • The Yoga Group: Yoga for HIV/AIDS - http://www.yogagroup.org/ -
    A non-profit organization that provides free Yoga classes to persons living with HIV/AIDS and assists Yoga instructors to initiate similar programs.
Children/Teenagers
  • Children With AIDS Project of America - http://www.aidskids.org/ -
    This site provides links to information about adopting children with HIV/AIDS, education and support for those caring for children with HIV/AIDS, and more.
  • The Park School AIDS Awareness Committee Home Page - http://pages.prodigy.com/parkaidsaware/ - Provided by The Park School AIDS Awareness Committee, this site is specifically devoted to adolescents age 14 to 18 and includes true stores about teens living with HIV.
  • Talking to Children about AIDS and HIV - http://www.avert.org/children.htm -
    Written in adult language, the page provides a launching pad (many links) to other sites listing children's organizations.  It also provides information about talking with children about HIV.
Clinical Trials
  • AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service - http://www.actis.org/ -
    This site contains information about federally and privately sponsored clinical trials.
  • HIV InfoWeb HIV/AIDS Experimental Drug/Clinical Trials Information - http://www.infoweb.org/trials/trials.html - Provides access to databases of HIV/AIDS clinical trials, trial reports, and trial reviews.
International
  • Treatment Update (CATIE - Community AIDs Treatment Info Exchange) - http://www.catie.ca -
    Canada's newsletter that provides clear information on conventional and alternative treatments.
  • UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - http://www.unaids.org/ -
    This site is a source for information about the global AIDS epidemic.
Legal
  • AIDS and the Law - This is the site for the New York State Bar Association's information about AIDS and legal issues.
Race/Ethnicity
Social Security
  • Social Security Administration - http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10020.html -
    This site provides online access to the Social Security Administration's booklet "A Guide to Social Security and SSI Disability Benefits for People with HIV Infection."
Spanish Language
Statistics
Testing
  • Positively Aware (Test Positive Aware Network) - http://www.tpan.com -
    "Treatment Lite" - Reader-friendly and practical with good charts and graphics.
Travel
Treatment
  • AIDS Institute - http://www.hamptons.com/eeawp/nystate.htm -
    This site, from the New York State Department of Health, contains information about programs that provide health care for NY residents with HIV who are uninsured or underinsured.
  • AIDS Treatment News - http://www.aidsnews.org -
    Timely treatment information plus policy analysis and activist bites.
  • Critical Path AIDS Project - http://www.critpath.org/ -
    This site provides treatment resources, prevention information, and links to many AIDS-related subjects.
  • HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory - http://www.amfar.org -
    Comprehensive information on approved and experimental treatments and clinical trials from AmfAR.
  • HIV Treatment Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents - http://www.hivatis.org -
    The HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) provides information about federally approved treatment guidelines for HIV and AIDS.
  • National Association of People with AIDS - http://www.napwa.org -
    Information, advocacy, referrals.
Women
  • Mothers’ Voiceshttp://www.mvoices.org
    Advocacy network for improved HIV prevention research and medical treatments.
  • Women Alive - http://www.thebody.com/wa/wapage.html -
    This site, from "The Body," focuses on AIDS and HIV issues as they relate to women. Includes access to articles in both current and back issues of the "Women Alive" newsletter.
  • WORLD (Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases) - http://www.womenhiv.org -
    Graceful, gritty stories about women with HIV, plus women- and child-specific treatment information.