LINKS

Useful AIDS/HIV Internet Links

Statistics and Epidemiology

• AVERT http://www.avert.org/statindx.htm (Statistics, U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and worldwide).
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov/

AIDS Treatment Web Sites

• AIDS.ORG, http://www.aids.org/index.html
• AEGIS (AIDS Educational Global Information System), http://www.aegis.com/
• AIDS Treatment Data Network, http://www.atdn.org/
• AIDS Treatment Information Service, http://www.hivatis.org/
• Alliance for Advancement of HIV and AIDS Therapy, http://www.hiv4site.org/
• The Body, http://www.thebody.com/
• British HIV Association and National AIDS Manual, http://www.aidsmap.com/
• Community AIDS Treatment Information Exchange, http://www.catie.ca/network.html
• HIV Information Line, http://www.hivline.com/
• HIV Infoweb, http://www.infoweb.org/
• HIVInSite (University of California, San Francisco), http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/
• HIV and Hepatitis.com, http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/html/hiv_aids.html
• HIVTreatmentLive.com, http://www.hivtreatmentlive.com/
• International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC), http://www.iapac.org/
• John Hopkins AIDS Service, http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/
• Medscape HIV/AIDS (formally known as Clinical Care Options for HIV), http://hiv.medscape.com/Home/Topics/AIDS/AIDS.html
• National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project, http://www.natap.org/
• Project Inform, http://www.projinf.org/

Ask an Expert

• The Body, http://www.thebody.com/ Fatigue, anemia, opportunistic infections, mental health, prevention, and other issues. Ask an expert (before asking, check posted answers to previous questions).
• John Hopkins AIDS Service, http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/index_ask.html
  Ask Dr. Joel Gallant at John Hopkins University (Before asking, check posted answers to recent questions. After 30 days, questions and answers are archived by subject areas.).

Clinical Trials

• Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Grroup (ACTG), http://aactg.s-3.com/links.htm
• AEGIS, http://www.aegis.com/links.asp?TOC=trials
• AIDS Treatment Information Service, http://www.atis.org/
• American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR), http://www.amfar.org/td
• HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service, http://www.actis.org/
• HIVInSite, http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/tsearch
• National Institute of Health Clinical Trials Site, http://clinicaltrials.gov/
• Pediatric AIDS Clinicals Trials Group (PACTG), http://pactg.s-3.com/links.htm
  

HIV Drug Guidelines

• FDA Drug-Approval Background, http://www.fda.gov/cder/regulatory/applications/default.htm
  A Web site with detailed background on the drug-approval process.
• Medscape HIV/AIDS (formally known as Clinical Care Options for HIV), http://hiv.medscape.com//medscape/hiv/clinicalmgmt/cm.drug/public/toc-cm.drug.html
  This drug Interaction program is divided into two components: An interactive program that allows you to select a multi-drug regimen and receive immediate feedback on potential interactions; and a continuing education module covering important aspects of drug-drug and drug-food interactions.
• HIVInSite (drug interactions), Includes information about interacting drugs, effects, mechanisms, and precautions to take. Organized according to type of therapy. http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/topics/research_advances/2098.339b.html
• HIV Medication Guide (in English or French), http://www.jag.on.ca/hiv
• Project Inform, http://www.projinf.org/fs/drugin.html
  Extensive listing of drugs organized alphabetically. Includes a good discussion on how to approach managing a complex polypharmacologies used in HIV care.
• Protease Inhibitor Treatment List (formally CRIX-List), http://www.pozlink.com/
  Information about how to subscribe to the Internet newsgroup which originally focused on issues related to taking Crixivan but now includes discussions about a variety of topics concerning antiretroviral therapy with protease inhibitors.
• Medibolics, http://www.projinf.org/presentations/adherrence
  Slide show (or text-only) program covering various aspects of understanding adherence, why its important, how to manageit, and strategies for success.
• HIVInSite (extensive compilation of adherence research references, ethical issues, how to take combination therapies and other tools), http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/topics/adherence_compliance

AIDS Treatment Publications

• ACT UP! New York, http://www.actupny.org/treatment/evaluating.html How to Select and Evaluate Therapies.
• BETA (Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, published by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation), http://www.sfaf.org/treatment Archives of BETA, Positive News, as well as a glossary of terms, treatment fact sheets, and recent news items.
• GMHC (Gay Mens' Health Crisis). Links to Treatment Issues (newsletter) and patient education facts sheets, http://www.gmhc.org/living/treatmnt/html
• Journal of the American Medical Association HIV/AIDS Information Center,
  http://www.ama-assn.org/special/hiv/library/library.htm
  Abstracts of selected recent medical journal articles.
• PRN Notebook (Physicians Research Network), http://www.prn.org/default.htm
• Scientific and medical journals' Web sites, http://www.aegis.com/links.asp?TOC=journal AEGIS link page
• Treatment Action Group (TAG), http://aidsinfonyc.org/tag/taglines/taglines.html Opportunistic Infections Report, Version 2.0, 1998. A critical review of the treatment and prophylaxis of AIDS-related opportunistic infections.

Search AIDS Databases

• AIDS Knowledge Base, http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?page=KP
• Immunet AIDS Bookstore, Purchase almost any AIDS book online, or read reviews of some major AIDS books, http://www.immunet.org/bookstore
• Medical Management of HIV Infection, http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/publications/book/book_toc.html
• U.S. National Library of Medicine, Search AIDSLINE, AIDSDRUGS, AIDSTRIALS, MEDLINE and other databases (free of charge), http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/

Medical Journals Online

• American Public Health Association (APHA), http://www.apha.org/
• American Society for Microbiology (ASM), http://www.journals.asm.org/
• BioMedNet, http://biomednet.com/
• British Medical Journal (BMJ), http://www.bmj.com/
• Cell, http:/www.cell.com/
• Emerging Infectious Diseases, http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm
• Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), http://pubs.ama-assn.org/
• JAMA HIV/AIDS Info Center, http://www.ama-assn.org/special/hiv
• Journal of Cell Biology, http://www.jcb.org/
• Journal of Clinical Investigation, http://www.jci.org/
• Journal of Experimental Medicine, http://www.jem.org/
• Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC), http://www.iapac.org/
• Lancet, http://www.thelancet.com/
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), http://www2.cdc.gov/mmwr
• Nature, http://www.nature.com/
• Nature Medicine, http://medicine.nature.com/
• New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), http://www.nejm.org/
• Online Nursing Journals, http://www.nursingcenter.com/journals
• Science, http://www.sciencemag.org/

Alternative Therapies and Buyers' Clubs

Buyers' Clubs

• DAAIR, Direct Access Alternative Information (and PWA Health Group), http://www.daair.org
• Houston Buyers Club, http://www.houstonbuyersclub.com

Alternative Therapies

• AIDS InfoWeb, http://www.aegis.org/hivinfoweb/top/alt-med/alternative-medicine.html
  Links to alternatice-medicine sites.
• American Chiropractic Association, http://www.amerchiro.org/
• Bastyr Univ. AIDS Research Center, http://www.bastyr.edu/research/buarc
• Homeopathic Educational Services, http://www.homeopathic.com/
• Institute for Traditional Medicine, http://www.itmonline.org/

Conferences: calendar of upcoming events, reports, and summaries

• AIDS.ORG Conference calendar and links to official sites, http://www.aids.org/immunet/conferences.nsf
• AIDS Weekly Plus, Conference calendar and technical seminars, http://www.newsfile.com/meeta.htm
• The Body: Calendar of upcoming conferences, hearings, and meetings,
  http://www.the body.com/treat/conf.html#upcoming
• The Body: Expert summaries of major conferences, http://www.thebody.com/treat/conf.html#reports
• Mescape HIV/AIDS (formally Clinical Care Options for HIV) Conference calendar and links to official sites, http://hiv.medscape.com/home/topics/aids/directories/dir-aids.confschedules.html
• Mescape HIV/AIDS (formally Clinical Care Options for HIV) Expert summaries of major conferences, http://hiv.medscape.com/home/topics/aids/directories/dir-aids.confsummaries.html
• The National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project: Expert summaries of major conferences, http://www.natap.org/
• Physicians in AIDS CARE: Conference calendar and links to official sites, http://www.iapac.org/clinmgt/conferences/conflist.html

Access to Care and Insusrance

• Access Project (information on payment assistance) at AIDS Treatment Data Network, http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/network/access/index.html
• Expanded access and compassionate use programs, http://www.aidsinfonyc,org/network/access/ind.html
• Guide to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, http://www.georgetown.edu/research/ihcrp/hipaa
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, http://www.hcfa.gov/HIPAA/HIPAAHM.HTM
• Medicaid overview, http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/topics/medicaid HIVInSite produced by the University of California, San Francisco.

Patient assistant programs (to help individuals obtain pharmaceutical drugs),
http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/network/access/pa.html

AIDS Legal Information and Resources, Including Prison Issues

• ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), http://www.aclu.org/issues/aids/hmaids.html
• American with Disabilities Act, http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
• Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, http://www.aidslaw.ca/
  Legal, ethical, and human rights information, including prison issues.
• Disability Resources Monthly's Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet, http://www.disabilityresources.org/
• Guide to Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, http://www.georgetown.edu/research/ihcrp/hipaa
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, http://www.hcfa.gov/HIPAA/HIPAAHM.HTM
• HIVInSite, http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/social/legal_services
  

Women, Children, and Families

• National Pediatric AIDS Network, http://www.npan.org/
• Children and Families, http://www.pedhivaids.org/ National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource Center.
• Children with AIDS Project, http://www.aidskids.org/
• Pediatric AIDS Foundation, http://www.pedaids.org/
• The Pediatrics Electronic News Network (PENN), http://www.hypernet.com/itbic.html
• Project Inform Women and HIV/AIDS, http://www.projinf.org/pub/ww_index.html
• HIV/AIDS: Women's Health from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, http://www.iapac.org/womenidx.html
• Women Alive, http://www.thebody.com/wa/wapage.html
• Positive Women's Network, http://pwnetwork.org/
• Women and AIDS from the Body, http://www.thebody.com/whatis/women.html
• Women and Children with HIV, http://www.hivpositive.com/f-Women/WoChildMenu.html
• GMHC: What Women Need To Know About AIDS, http://www.noah.cuny.edu/aids/gmhc/brochure9.html
• Women and HIV, http://hiv.medscape.com/medscape/hiv/clinicalmgmt/cm.v09/public/index-cm.v09.html
• UCSF Community Outreach Women's Programs, http://www.ucsf.edu/community/outreach/women.html
• Children and Families, http://www.fxbcenter.org/ The FranAois- Xavier Bagnoud Center
• Mothers' Voices, http://www.mvoices.org/

Elders (Elderly, Aged, and Aging)

• National Association on HIV over 50 (NAHOF) Organizational, http://www.hivoverfifty.org/

Resources for Prisoners

• Correctional HIV Consortium, http://www.silcom.com/~chc/inmate.html
• Prison Activist Resource Center, http://www.prisonactivist.org/ Includes prison issues, prison news, reform organizations, and related web links.

International and Multilingual Resources

• United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, June 25-27, 2001, http://www.un.org/ga/aids/ (official site)
• MSF (Doctors Without Borders) Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, http://www.accessmed-msf.org/ (click on logo to enter the site)
• Global Treatment Access Campaign, http://www.globaltreatmentaccess.org
• AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS), http://www.aegis.org/
• AIDSmap, http://www.aidsmap.com/ Internet resource for international AIDS information.
• Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, http://www.aidslaw.ca/
  Legal, ethical and human rights information, including prison issues
• Global AIDS Council, http://www.globalhealth.org/issues/hivaids.html
  A coalition to increase awareness of Global AIDS issues.
• International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC), http://www.iapac.org/
• UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS), http://www.unaids.org/ Note HIV/AIDS Resources link page.
• PWA resources, http://www.aegis.com/links.asp?TOC=intl AEGIS links page.
• AMA listing of web resources organized by country, http://www.ama-assn.org/special/hiv/bestonet/global.htm
• Vaccines advocacy, http://www.avac.org/ AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition.
• Vaccines advocacy, http://www.iavi.org/ International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
• Consumer Project on Technology, http://www.cptech.org/ip/health Intellectual property, GATT, WTO, etc.
• Spanish language information (ACT UP! Philadelphia's standards of care document), http://critpath.org/spanish/standard.htm
• Spanish language information from the AIDS Treatment and Data Network, http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/network/lared/index.html
• Spanish language information from Project Inform, http://www.projinf.org/spanish
• Spanish language information from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, http://www.sfaf.org/espanol.html
  

Medical Education

• HIVInSite (University of California San Francisco). Practice guidelines at http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?page=md-01-01, and Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) in web or pdf format at http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/social/mmw_reports
• John Hopkins AIDS Service, http://www.hopkins-aidsiedu/guidelines/guidelines.html
• HIVDent (dental treatment considerations, pictures of oral manifestations of HIV and dental care), http://www.hivdent.org/
• AIDS.ORG, http://www.aids.org/sti Continuing medical education
• HELIX, http://www.helix.com/ Extensive selection of continuing education modules for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. Also available: general- wellness, patient education material including exercise and fitness, nutrition, and cardiovascular health.
• PEPNet, http://epi-center.ucsf.edu/ Background on post- exposure prevention (PEP) for occupational exposure to HIV and other blood- borne illnesses.
• HIVInSite (University of California San Francisco), http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/topics "Twenty Top Questions and Answers about PEP." Select "Post Exposure Prevention" in the list of topics. Also see "What is Post- Exposure Prevention" at http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/prevention/fact_sheets

Special Topics

Directories

• Mescape HIV/AIDS (formally Clinical Care Options for HIV), http://hiv.medscape.com/home/topics/aids/directories/dir-aids.patients.html Database of national and state hotlines, national professional groups, AIDS service organizations, and U.S. government agencies.
• CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse Resources and Services Database http://www.cdcn[in.org/db/public/rsmain.htm
• HIV/AIDS telephone hotlines, and some service and advocacy groups (U.S.),
  http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/links/links_hot.html
  

Communication Impaired

• International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, http://www.iapac.org/clinmgt/commdis/ashabrochure.html
  

Corporate--Pharmaceutical Companies

• http://www.aegis.com/links.asp?TOC=pharm

Training Materials

• UNAIDS Training materials--"Putting the Pieces Together," http://www.auhs.edu/~AIDSinfo
  Includes many AIDS and health Internet links.

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