Specific Populations: Infants and Children
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Series of tables listing the various Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs used to treat HIV in pediatric patients, organized by class, with links to information on each drug.
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForPatientAdvocates/HIVandAIDSActivities/ucm118951.htm
Source: Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center
Pocket reference card for clinicians about antiretroviral (ARV) medications used in the treatment of HIV infection in children.
http://www.faetc.org/PDF/Pocket_Guides/Pediatrics_Letter_web.pdf
Source: AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center
Slide set based on the pediatric HIV treatment guidelines, including information about clinical monitoring, initiation of treatment, pediatric-specific drugs, and managing complications.
http://aidsetc.org/aidsetc?page=etres-display&resource=etres-7
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Report with information and statistics on HIV infection among youth in the United States.
http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/HIVAmongYouth/
Source: International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group
Official website of the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Group, which is a cooperative group of institutions, investigators, and other collaborators organized for the purpose of evaluating potential therapies for HIV infection in the infant, pediatric, adolescent, and pregnant women populations.
http://www.impaactgroup.org######
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Guidelines about preventing the spread of HIV among children and adolescents in school settings.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001751.htm
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Report containing information on the prevalence of premastication (i.e., chewing food or medicine before feeding it to a child) by caregivers of HIV-exposed children.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6009a2.htm?s_cid=mm6009a2_e
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Report containing information about perinatal HIV infection rates, broken down by race/ethnicity.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5904a2.htm?s_cid=mm5904a2_e
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Recommended immunization schedules of currently licensed vaccines for children aged 0 through 6 years and 7 through 18 years.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6105a5.htm
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Information about HIV/AIDS targeted to teenagers, including risk factors for and symptoms of HIV/AIDS.
http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content//PHD725/PHD725.pdf
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information about Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in children, including prevention strategies and treatment options.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/brochures/pcpkidz.htm
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