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The Primary sponsor of the AIDS Studies page is Bob Baker, Seattle Washington.

See also our separate AIDS in Africa page.

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Oxfam International

  • HIV/AIDS
    Sections include: News ; Campaigns ; Resources ; External Links.
    • Patents vs. Patients: Five Years after the Doha Declaration
      "Five years ago, members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) signed a ministerial agreement to ensure that intellectual property rules would no longer obstruct developing countriesí efforts to protect public health. Since then, however, little has changed."
      Policy Paper 95, November 2006.

National Institutes of Health - AIDSinfo
"Offering information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Research"
Sections include: Guidelines ; Drugs ; Clinical Trials ; Vaccines ; Health Topics ; AIDSinfo Tools.

UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

U.N. Development Programme

  • YOUANDAIDS
    The HIV/AIDS Portal for Asia Pacific
    Sections include: Headlines ; Ask the Expert ; In Focus ; Features ; Artscape ; Books ; Publications.

U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - HIV and AIDS
"Health has always been an essential component of development policies. In this domain, as in others, culture has a fundamental role to play."
Resources include: Contacts ; Publications ; Events ; News.

  • Youth Creating and Communicating on HIV/AIDS
    "Through this programme, you will be able to express your feelings, experiences on HIV/AIDS and exchange these unique reflections with other peers around the world by making joint digital creations."

U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
"...Collectively, these infectious diseases cause 25 percent of all deaths worldwide."

HIV Databases
"The HIV databases contain data on HIV genetic sequences, immunological epitopes, drug resistance-associated mutations, and vaccine trials. The website also gives access to a large number of tools that can be used to analyze these data. This project is funded by the Division of AIDS of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Databases include: Sequence Database ; Resistance Database ; Immunology Database ; Vaccine Trails Database.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

National [U.S.] Institutes of Health (NIH)

  • AIDS Research and Reference Reagent Program
     "The AIDS Reagent Program has grown significantly during the past twelve years, and it now has nearly 1900 reagents for public distribution. Reagents are shipped to scientists all over the world."
  • In Their Own Words...
    NIH [U.S. National Institutes of Health] Researchers Recall the Early Years of AIDS
    "...documents how NIH researchers answered such questions when asked to recall the early days of HIV/AIDS. In launching this Web site, we commemorate the 20-year struggle to confront the deadly HIV/AIDS pandemic."
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    • NIAID - Division of AIDS [Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome] (DAIDS) - (dead link)
      "...mission is to increase basic knowledge of the pathogenesis, natural history, and transmission of HIV disease and to support research that promotes progress in its detection, treatment, and prevention."
      Sections include: Resources ; Publications & Meeting Summaries ; NIAID-Funded Research Networks ; HIV Vaccines ; HIV/AIDS Treatment ; HIV Prevention.
      • Database for Anti-HIV Compounds - (dead link)
        Anti-HIV and AIDS Therapeutics

National [U.S.] Library of Medicine

World-Wide Web Virtual Library: AIDS
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ACSResource
AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource
"The ACSR is the countryís leading nationwide multi-site source for well documented tissue and biological samples serving investigators working in the fields of HIV/AIDS and related cancer, virology, immunology, pathology, epidemiology, tumor biology, assay development, as well as others."

AEGiS - AIDS Education Global Information System
HIV / AIDS Information on the Internet

  • Search HIV
    Search AEGIS, the largest HIV knowledgebase in the world.

Africa - see our separate AIDS in Africa page.

AIDS Action
"...is the national voice on AIDS. We are committed to advocating for people affected by HIV/AIDS ìUntil Itís Overî - until no more people become infected with HIV, until people living with HIV have the care and support they need, and until the cure is found."

AIDS in Asia
Special Report from AsiaSource
Includes: Reports ; News Articles ; Women & AIDS ; Gay Movement and AIDS ; Human Rights and AIDS ; AIDS and Economics Links.

AIDS Legal Bibliography
"A compilation of articles and books concerning legal issues surrounding the AIDS Epidemic before June 11, 1998"
By Arthur Leonard, Prof. of Law, NY Law School

AIDS, Poverty, and Hunger: Challenges and Responses
Highlights of the International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security, Durban, South Africa, April 14-16, 2005.
The book is available for download in PDF format as an entire document or by chapter.
By Stuart Gillespie, ed., 2006.

AIDS Reader
"...is designed to provide clinicians with practical, scientifically sound information on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV disease. Our goal is to help clinicians improve the quality of life and treatment options for their patients, by helping to bridge the gap between the specialist and the primary care physician."
Free registration with Medscape required.

AIDS Treatment Data Network (English or Spanish)
"...is an independent, community-based, not-for-profit, organization that provides treatment access and advocacy, case management, supportive counseling, and English and Spanish language information services to men, women and children with AIDS and HIV, and limited resources. Our Internet and e-mail services connect our clients and providers with our national treatment access and advocacy efforts. The Network reaches out to identify populations in need of these services through general and targeted outreach efforts. All of the Network's services are provided free of charge."

AIDS: 20 Years of an Epidemic
CNN.com In-Depth Special

AIDS.ORG - AIDS Treatment News
Sections includes: Information - Basics ; Treatment ; Conferences ; Government / Public Policy.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

All the Virology on the WWW

  • Glossary of HIV / AIDS Related Terms
    "The Glossary of HIV-Related Terms was compiled to define words that are commonly used to describe the HIV virus, its pathogenesis, its associated treatments, and the medical management of related conditions."

Biological Illustration
Illustrations of HIV and Ebola
From Russell Kightley Media

The Body: An AIDS and HIV Information Resource
"Find HIV/AIDS information in over 635 topic areas."
Sections include: AIDS Basics & Prevention ; Just Diagnosed ; Treatment ; Conferences ; Quality of Life ; Policy & Activism ; Ask the Experts

Canada - Health Canada

Canadian HIV/AIDS Awareness Week

Canadian HIV/AIDS Clearinghouse
Sections include: Resources ; Links ; Prevention Topics ; Databases ; Organizations.

Center for Global Development (CGD)
"CGD is an independent think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community."
Topics include: Regions ; Aid Effectiveness ; Capital Flows / Financial Crises ; Debt Relief ; Economic Growth ; Education ; Environment.

CDC - See Above.

Clinton Foundation
Programs: HIV/AIDS Initiative ; Clinton Global Initiative ; Clinton Climate Initiative ; Healthier Generation.

Collected Visions
"Over 2,500 images are in our searchable archive of family snapshots. 200+ photo essays exploring how photographs shape our memories..."
NYU Center for Advanced Technology

  • Positive Visions
    "In observance of World AIDS Day and Day With(out) Art of December 1, 2001...Essays about people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS."

Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
"The mission of the Retrovirus Conference is to provide a forum for basic scientists and clinicians to present, discuss, and critique their investigations into the biology and epidemiology of human retroviruses and the diseases they produce with the ultimate goal of translating laboratory and clinical research into progress against the AIDS epidemic."

Eldis HIV and AIDS Resource Guide
"The HIV and AIDS Resource Guide provides cross-cutting coverage of the social, economic and political aspects of HIV and AIDS in developing countries. It brings together and synthesises research, knowledge and experience from diverse sources in order to inform policy debates. The guide is produced by the IDS Health and Development Information Team, in collaboration with Eldis and the DFID Health Resource Centre (HRC)."
Sections include: Topic Areas ; Key Issues ; Regions & Countries ; Email Lists ; Websites ; Databases ; Journals ; Events.

  • HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa - (dead link)

EuroHIV
European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS
HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Europe

FXB.org
"Since 1989, FXB has established 87 programs or initiatives in 17 countries to fight poverty and AIDS. All its programs aid to reduce he impact of AIDS on society and more particularly on orphans..."

  • 6 Villages 1 Global Fight Against AIDS - (dead link)
    "On December 1st, 2005, World AIDS Day, FXB launched the 6 Villages 1 Fight Against Aids campaign to launch six self-sustaining FXB villages in Rwanda and Uganda."

Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) (English or Spanish)
"...volunteer-supported and community-based organization committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS."
Sections include: Drugs, Sex & HIV ; Living with HIV ; Take Action

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
"Collectively, these infectious diseases cause 25 percent of all deaths worldwide."

Guardian Unlimited - Special Reports - AIDS
Sections include: Latest ; Asia ; AIDS in the UK ; Europe ; AIDS Drugs ; India ; Africa ; Former Soviet Union ; China ; United Nations ; Mozambique ; Anglo American ; Comment and Analysis ; Treatment ; AIDS: The First 20 Years.

Harvard AIDS Institute

  • Harvard AIDS Review
    "...offers in-depth scientific and humanistic reporting on international aspects of the epidemic. In doing so, it aims to convey the urgency of the epidemic -- especially in the developing world -- to leaders, scientists, and policy makers."

  • Published 1995-

HIV/AIDS Information Center
The Journal of the American Medical Association

HIV Databases
"The HIV databases contain data on HIV genetic sequences, immunological epitopes, drug resistance-associated mutations, and vaccine trials. The website also gives access to a large number of tools that can be used to analyze these data. This project is funded by the Division of AIDS of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Databases include: Sequence Database ; Resistance Database ; Immunology Database ; Vaccine Trails Database.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

HIV Medicine (etext)
By Christian Hoffmann & Bernd Sebastian Kamps, Editors.
"...is a medical textbook that provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the treatment of HIV Infection. Access to the online version is free."

HIV InSite : Gateway to HIV and AIDS Knowledge
"HIV InSite's mission is to be a source for comprehensive, in-depth HIV/AIDS information and knowledge. The site has an extensive collection of original material, including the HIV InSite Knowledge Base , a complete textbook with extensive references and related links organized by topic. Unlike many commercially-oriented sites, HIV InSite's policy is to link to the best of the Web, and thousands of links to external Web sites are incorporated into the site's original content. It is the site's policy to allow free, anonymous access to all of the site's content."
University of California, San Francisco

  • whatudo.org
    "HIV/AIDS Facts, Options, and Action"
    "...to provide straightforward, unbiased, nonjudgmental, accurate, and timely information about HIV/AIDS to young people who are searching for answers on the Web."
    By the faculty and staff of HIV InSite, UC San Francisco

HIV Medicine
14th edition, 2006.
"...is the 14thedition of a medical textbook that provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the treatment of HIV Infection

HIV Molecular Immunology Database
"...has the epitope alignments, maps and the reference information for the cytotoxic and helper T-cell epitopes and antibody binding sites in HIV-1 immunologically reactive sites along with reviews pertaining to HIV Immunology."
Los Alamos National Laboratory

HIV Sequence Database
Collecting HIV and related genetic sequence data (since 1987)
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection
"These pages attempt to simplify HIV infrection at the cellular level."
Sections include: Attachment ; Reverse Transcription ; Integration, Transcription ; Translation ; Viral Protease ; Assembly & Budding.
From CELLS alive!

Human Rights Watch Reports 2003

id21 - Communicating Development Research
"id21 communicates UK-sourced international development research to policymakers and practitioners worldwide."

[India] ActionAid India (AAI) - Campaigns: HIV & AIDS
"ActionAid India looks at HIV and AIDS as a Rights Issue closely linked with Poverty and Gender inequities.

[India] The EU-India Media Initiative on HIV/AIDS

  • Media Manual 2007 on HIV/AIDS
    "Too often, reporters shy away from covering HIV/AIDS because they aren't adequately prepared. Admittedly, the subject can be intimidating - it seems to consist of abstruse technicalities enveloped in an environment of fear, prejudice, denial, cultural issues and even political considerations. The issues are many and, of course, sensitivities are high. This Media Manual intends to demystify the subject, set out a road map for the uninitiated reporter and provide fresh inputs to those already covering HIV/AIDS."

[India] National AIDS Control Organization (NACO)
Sections include: Directory of Services ; Facts & Figures ; FAQs on AIDS ; Glossary ; Resources ; Network of Positive People ; Partnerships ; Programs ; Publications ; State Societies.
- India Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

Infectious Disease News
Free registration required.

Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS)

  • HIV/AIDS
    • Gender, HIV/AIDS and Rights (English or Spanish)
      "Recognising that gender is a key fact a multi-media programme on these themes from June 2001 - December 2002...Find a full archive of stories, radio news briefs, publications, links and training materials."
    • Training Manual for the Media: Gender, HIV/AIDS and Rights (2003)
      "The manual has three modules: A Gender Analysis Framework for the Media; Gender and HIV/AIDS - The Missing Story; and Improved Knowledge and Skills. Hands on exercises and examples from the media offer a practical feel to the content of the modules."

International Women's Day
Theme: Women & HIV/AIDS
"As we mark this year's International Women's Day, we look at the devastating toll the global HIV/AIDS epidemic is taking on women, and the critical role of women in fighting AIDS."

  • Gender and HIV/AIDS Web Portal
    "This web portal is where you can find cutting edge research, studies and surveys; training materials; multi-media advocacy tools; speeches and presentations; press releases and current news; best practices and personal stories; campaign actions and opinion pieces by leading commentators. www.GenderandAIDS.org offers these and other up to date resources on the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic."
    Sections include: Resources ; Global Campaigns ; News & Events ; Website ; Women Speak ; E-mail Discussion Lists ;
    - UNIFEM - UN Development Fund for Women

International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC)
"...IWHC works to generate health and population policies, programs, and funding that promote and protect the rights and health of girls and women worldwide, particularly in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and countries in post-socialist transition."

  • With Women Worldwide: A Compact to End HIV/AIDS
    "Outlines priority actions for making global HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care strategies work for women. Developed by a group of women advocates for use in 2006 negotiations on HIV/AIDS and beyond."

Johns Hopkins AIDS Service - (dead link)
Sections include: Expert Q&A ; Publications ; Medical Education ; Resources ; Managed Care ; Epidemiology ; Prevention ; Guidelines.

  • Hopkins HIV Report - (dead link)
    "Full text of the bimonthly HIV/AIDS care newsletter for health care professionals, written by faculty of the Johns Hopkins University who practice in the Johns Hopkins AIDS Service."
  • Moore News Quarterly - (dead link)
    'Excerpts from the quarterly newsletter for patients written and published by the faculty, staff, and patients of the Johns Hopkins AIDS Service."

kaisernetwork.org - Daily HIV/AIDS Report
- The Henry Kaiser Family Foundation

Lens Culture
Photography and Shared Territories
"...is an international online magazine celebrating contemporary photography, art, media, and world cultures."

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - HIVTools Research Group

MEDLINEplus: AIDS
- National Library of Medicine

Merck Manual Home Edition - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Sections include: Transmission of Infection ; Mechanism of Infection ; Symptoms ; Diagnosis ; Prevention ; Treatment ; Prognosis.

National Academies - Web Extra - (dead link)

National Academy Press (free downloads)

National [U.K.] Aids Trust
"...is the UK's leading HIV / AIDS policy and advocacy organisation working to ensure that people in power take action on HIV both within the UK and internationally."

National [U.S.] Institutes of Health (NIH)

  • AIDS Research and Reference Reagent Program
     "The AIDS Reagent Program has grown significantly during the past twelve years, and it now has nearly 1900 reagents for public distribution. Reagents are shipped to scientists all over the world."
  • In Their Own Words...
    NIH [U.S. National Institutes of Health] Researchers Recall the Early Years of AIDS
    "...documents how NIH researchers answered such questions when asked to recall the early days of HIV/AIDS. In launching this Web site, we commemorate the 20-year struggle to confront the deadly HIV/AIDS pandemic."

  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

    • NIAID - Division of AIDS [Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome] (DAIDS) - (dead link)
      "...mission is to increase basic knowledge of the pathogenesis, natural history, and transmission of HIV disease and to support research that promotes progress in its detection, treatment, and prevention."
      Sections include: Resources ; Publications & Meeting Summaries ; NIAID-Funded Research Networks ; HIV Vaccines ; HIV/AIDS Treatment ; HIV Prevention.
      • Database for Anti-HIV Compounds - (dead link)
        Anti-HIV and AIDS Therapeutics
        • HIV/OI Chemical Biological Database - (dead link)

National [U.S.] Library of Medicine

National Public Radio (NPR)

  • 2006 AIDS Report Shows Signs of Progress (Audio or Text)
    "UNAIDS says HIV rates are still rising, but not as quickly as in the past. Improvement is seen in China and among young Africans. But overall progress is uneven, and some areas are regressing."
    All Things Considered, November 21, 2006

NLM Gateway Search
"The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, HSRProj, MEDLINEplus and DIRLINE."
- U.S. National Library of Medicine

Oxfam International

  • HIV/AIDS
    Sections include: News ; Campaigns ; Resources ; External Links.
    • Patents vs. Patients: Five Years after the Doha Declaration
      "Five years ago, members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) signed a ministerial agreement to ensure that intellectual property rules would no longer obstruct developing countriesí efforts to protect public health. Since then, however, little has changed."
      Policy Paper 95, November 2006.

PBS - P.O.V. - The Smith Family
A Film By Tasha Oldham
"On her ninth wedding Anniversary, Kim's Perfect Life is shattered when she learns that her husband Steve has been having affairs with men. Three years later, she discovers she is HIV-positive."
Sections include: Discover More ("Follow Tony Smith to Mexico and find out what it's like to be a Mormon Missionary") ; Get Involved ; Inspired By ; Behind the Lens ; Talking Back ; Classroom ; About the Film.

Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

Scientific American

"Searching for AIDS the Disease"
Brief "notes" for searching for AIDS using the major search engines.
By Eric Rumsey, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS)
"...develops, collects, and disseminates information, promotes comprehensive education about sexuality, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices."

[Textbook] HIV Medicine
14th edition, 2006.
"...is the 14thedition of a medical textbook that provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the treatment of HIV Infection

Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) - South Africa
Fighting for Affordable Treatment for People with HIV

UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

  • Gender and HIV/AIDS
    "UNIFEM, in collaboration with UNAIDS, has developed this comprehensive gender and HIV/AIDS web portal to provide up-to-date information on the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The site aims to promote understanding, knowledge sharing, and action on HIV/AIDS as a gender and human rights issue."

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

United Nations Office for Drug Control & Crime Prevention - (dead link)

  • "Drug Abuse - HIV/AIDS: A Devastating Combination" - (dead link) (2000) [.pdf]

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

University of California at San Francisco - AIDS Research Institute

University of San Francisco - GALEN Digital Library

whatudo.org
"HIV/AIDS Facts, Options, and Action"
"...to provide straightforward, unbiased, nonjudgmental, accurate, and timely information about HIV/AIDS to young people who are searching for answers on the Web."
By the faculty and staff of HIV InSite, UC San Francisco

White House In Focus - HIV/AIDS Initiatives

  • President Signs HIV/AIDS Act (May 27, 2003)
    H.R. 1298, the U.S. Leadership Against Hiv/Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003.
    To provide $15 billion over the next five years

World AIDS Campaign
Main international organizer of World AIDS Day.

World AIDS Day Australia
Sections include: Events ; Services & Links ; HIV/AIDS Information ; Stigma and Discrimination.

World Bank - AIDS Economics

  • Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a Global Epidemic
  • (November 1997)
    "This report from the World Bank draws on epidemiology, public health, and especially public economics to address the epidemic from the perspective of decisionmakers who shape and finance national efforts to combat HIV/AIDS."

Yeshiva University - Albert Einstein College of Medicine

See also our separate AIDS in Africa page.


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