HTTP://WWW.ama-assn.org/special/HIV/hivhome.htm
The JAMA HIV/AIDS Information Center is designed as
a resource for physicians and other health professionals but
is open to the general public for informational purposes. The site is produced
and maintained by JAMA editors and staff under the direction of an editorial
review board of leading HIV/AIDS authorities.
HTTP://WWW.infoweb.org/
Created by AIDS activists, this site is designed to speed
the search for AIDS information. Contains a deep and wide range
of information, it receive hundreds to thousands of hits each day from
around the world, more than a million in the last year
and a half; and much of the information is unique in wither
form or content; it boasts interactive pages, excellent regional
(New England, USA) resources; and offers innovative ideas, such as pre-programmed
searches. It is also the site of the nationally distributed HIV and Discrimination
Resource Manual.
HTTP://WWW.CDC.gov/
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is an
agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Its mandated mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing
and controlling disease, injury, and disability. With regard to HIV/AIDS
care it is one of the best resources for understanding the larger public
health picture specifically at [HTTP://WWW.CDC.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/]
HTTP://WWW.critpath.org/
Critical Path provides easy access to the full range
of potentially life-extending or life-saving AIDS prevention, treatment
and referral information. Critical Path AIDS Project was founded
by persons with AIDS (PWAs) to provide treatment, resource, and prevention
information in wide-ranging levels of detail--for researchers, service
providers, treatment activists, but, first and foremost, for other PWAs
who often find themselves in urgent need of information quickly and painlessly.
HTTP://WWW.hivatis.org/
The HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS)
provides information about federally approved treatment guidelines for
HIV and AIDS. ATIS is staffed by bilingual (English and Spanish)
health information specialists who answer questions on HIV treatment options
using HSTAT, the
National Library of Medicine database of HIV/AIDS treatment information,
and other Federal resources. The health information specialists can also
refer callers to an extensive network of Federal information services and
national and community-based organizations for treatment-related information.
HTTP://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/
A new general information site run by leading HIV/AIDS
specialists at the University of California in San Francisco.
This magazine style format, savvy and well-funded, makes getting HIV/AIDS
news and general information easy. Always kept very cutting edge (including
sound bytes.)
HTTP://HIVpositive.com/
A nicely designed "simple" page to first turn to for ideas and issues.
Especially good for its section on occupational exposure. Updated regularly.
HTTP://WWW.iapac.org/
More than 5500 physicians and other health care professionals
in 42 countries share the mission of the International Association of Physicians
in Aids Care. Their mission of education and advocacy
is based on a belief in the dignity and value of all human life and a responsibility
to respond to the diverse clinical, psychosocial, political, economic,
and other challenges of the AIDS pandemic to such dignity and value. They
update weekly.
HTTP://WWW.thebody.com/
The Body is an all-purpose AIDS site. The
Body's mission is to:
Use the Web to lower barriers between patients and clinicians; Demystify
HIV/AIDS and its treatment; Improve patients' quality of life; Foster community
through human connection. Very easy graphical layout to use for the novice
web browser.
HTTP://aids.miningco.com/
The Mining Company: an excellent new weekly guide
to HIV/AIDS on the internetOne of the more interesting bulletin
boards. Check it out for almost real time conversations. With a "The Real
World" feel. Sign up for their newsletter.
HTTP://WWW.projinf.org/
Project Inform, a national, non-profit, community-based
organization, is one of the oldest attempts to use the web to provide information,
inspiration and advocacy for people living with HIV/AIDS.
The have been at the front lines in the fight against the illness since
1985, when reliable information about the disease and its treatment was
nearly impossible to obtain. With the years they have become
one of the most useful and thorough sites for all who are trying to end
the AIDS epidemic. Everyone should visit them. Especially important for
getting the latest on clinical trials.