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AIDS Disease and HIV Infection
"In 2003 alone, HIV/AIDS-associated illnesses caused the deaths
of approximately 2.9 million people worldwide, including an estimated
490,000 children younger than 15 years."-From UNAIDS 2004 Report
on the Global AIDS Epidemic
BOOKS
The AmFAR AIDS Handbook: The Complete Guide to Understanding
HIV and AIDS.
616.9792 W
Darrell E. Ward
New York: W.W. Norton, c1999
Beyond Condoms: Alternative Approaches to HIV Prevention.
616.9792 B
Ann O'Leary
New York: Academic/Plenum Pub., c2002
Big Shot: Passion, Politics, and the Struggle for an AIDS Vaccine.
616.9792 T
Patricia Thomas
New York: Public Affairs, c2001
The First Year--HIV: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed.
362.1969 G
Brett Grodeck
New York : Marlowe, c2003
The Inside Story on AIDS: Experts Answer Your Questions.
616.9792 K
Seth C. Kalichman
Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, c2003
Healing HIV: How to Rebuild Your Immune System.
616.9792 K
Jon D. Kaiser
Mill Valley, Calif.: HealthFirst Press, c1999
HIV Infection and AIDS.
616.972 M
Siobhan M. Murphy
New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2000
Living with HIV/AIDS: The Black Person's Guide to Survival.
362.1969 G
Eric Goosby, M.D.
Roscoe, IL : Hilton Pub. Co., c2004
Living Well with HIV & AIDS.
362.1969 L
Allen L. Gifford
Palo Alto, CA: Bull Pub. c2000
Moving Mountains: The Race to Treat Global AIDS.
616.9792 D
Anne-Christine D'Adesky
New York: Verso, 2004
The No-Nonsense Guide to HIV/AIDS.
614.5993 U
Shereen Usdin
New York: Verso, c2003
A Woman's Guide to Living with HIV Infection.
362.1969 C
Rebecca A. Clark
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004
WEB SITES
AIDS/HIV
http://www.noah-health.org/en/infectious/aids/index.html
This authoritative site provides fundamental information about AIDS
and HIV, including diagnosis, testing, prevention, treatment, complications
and care. Insurance and financial issues, advocacy, news, as well as,
special population concerns are covered. In addition to featuring numerous
resources such as hotlines and agencies, information about alternative
treatments, clinical trials, medication, nutrition and side effects
is also provided.
aidsinfonyc.org
http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/index.html
Aiming to address issues specific to people living with HIV and AIDS,
this site gathers information pages from various community-based organizations
in New York City including The Treatment Action Group, ADAP Working
Group, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project and The Montefiore Medical
Center Designated AIDS Center. There are links to newsletters, government
resources, reference materials, scientific and community resources,
as well as, agencies and foundations.
Frequently Asked Questions on HIV and AIDS
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/faqs.htm
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is dedicated to "promot[ing]
health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury,
and disability." In an effort to "provide credible information
to enhance health decisions," the agency's page on HIV and AIDS
features commonly asked questions related to prevention, symptoms,
testing, treatment and transmission. Spanish content pages are available.
GMHC: Gay Men's Health Crisis
http://www.gmhc.org/
The Gay Men's Health Crisis is a community-based, non-profit organization
with a commitment to "national leadership in the fight against
AIDS." The agency's web site features prevention messages and
useful health-related information on HIV/AIDS basics, treatment, testing,
nutrition and sexually transmitted infections. The site provides special
sections for gay men and women, legal news and information about government
insurance and benefits.
HIV/AIDS Information
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/HIV/HIVMain.html
Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, this site is a key resource
for finding the best consumer health information on AIDS and HIV. Readers
have access to journal articles, directories, as well as, useful information
on prevention, testing, treatment options, drugs and clinical trials.
Special features also include resources for special populations and
a cumulative list of HIV/AIDS Spanish resources.
Medline Plus: AIDS
http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aids.html
Medline Plus presents reliable health information from the National
Library of Medicine. The page dedicated to AIDS includes overviews,
information about prevention, screening, diagnosis, symptoms, treatment
options, clinical trials and disease management. The site offers links
to dictionaries, organizations, legal resources, statistics, news and
current publications from the National Institutes of Health. Readers
can search the site for current research articles on AIDS and related
topics.
Project Inform Home Page: HIV/AIDS Treatment Information and Advocacy
http://www.projinf.org/
One of this national organization's primary goals is to "inform
people living with HIV, their caregivers, and their healthcare and
service providers about the treatment and monitoring of HIV disease." In
addition to providing a toll-free national HIV/AIDS treatment information
hotline, Project Inform produces free publications in English and Spanish,
and offers assorted advocacy programs and services. The web site features
treatment information, fact sheets, newsletters, access to a multimedia
library, articles about anti-HIV therapies and women-specific topics.
Women and HIV/AIDS
http://www.4woman.gov/HIV/index.htm
This helpful site is sponsored by The National Women's Health Information
Center, a service of the Office of Women's Health of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services. The page features basic information about
HIV and AIDS including prevention, testing, treatment, care, pregnancy,
parenting, individual rights and financial support. There are also
links to federal and international publications, news, personal stories
and numerous resources pertaining to HIV/AIDS worldwide. Pages are
available in Spanish.
Miriam Tuliao, December 2004
