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AIDS/HIV
 Websites presented in alphabetical order ACT-UP Oral History Project 
 The digital exhibit space for "a collection of interviews with surviving members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York." Features interview transcripts, videos, tributes, forums, and more. Each text transcript is accompanied by a separate index. From MIX (the New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival), with funding from the Ford Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts. Project leaders are author Sarah Schulman and filmmaker Jim Hubbard. http://www.actuporalhistory.org/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, History, Infectious Diseases, Nonfiction by Genre, Women's Health Last updated Jun 10, 2004 AfroAIDSinfo
This portal offers information about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa for "researchers, health professionals, educators and learners, policy makers, and the public." Features news, events, health and medical resources about HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, and related links. Registration (free) required to receive e-newsletters and to participate in discussion forums. http://www.afroaidsinfo.org/ Topics: Infectious Diseases, Regions of the World, Women's Health Last updated Aug 26, 2007 The Age of AIDS
Companion website to a May 2006 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program on the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed cases of AIDS. Features essays on topics such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), potential for an AIDS vaccine, needle-exchange programs, testing, and prevention. Also includes an interactive timeline, interviews, maps, historical speeches and letters, video clips, and links to related websites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/ Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Jun 6, 2006 AIDS @ 25
"June 5, 2006, marks twenty-five years since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its first warning about an emerging illness that soon became known as AIDS." This site provides reports and data looking at the past 25 years of AIDS, a timeline, interviews, fact sheets, and links to other material about HIV and AIDS. From the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. http://www.kff.org/hivaids/aidsat25.cfm Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Jun 6, 2006 AIDS Ephemera
"Starting in the early 1980s -- AIDS was first identified in 1981 -- the initial response to the disease generated ephemeral public health materials. ... Produced by government health departments as well as private organizations, these ephemeral objects became an important medium for messages of awareness, prevention, compassion, and responsibility." This exhibit includes AIDS public health posters, buttons, booklets, and comics. From the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/aidsephemera/intro.html Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Jul 30, 2008 AIDS Epidemic Update: Special Report on HIV Prevention
December 2005 report from the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) that finds "HIV infection rates decreasing in several countries but global number of people living with HIV continues to rise." The full report (also available in French, Russian, and Spanish) includes information about HIV prevention methods and data about HIV/AIDS for specific regions. Also provides related speeches and press releases. http://www.unaids.org/epi/2005/doc/EPIupdate2005_html_en/epi05_00_en.htm Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Feb 1, 2006 AIDS in Africa
This 2004 report presents information about the AIDS/HIV epidemic in Africa, including background and analysis of the situation, African leadership reactions, social and economic consequences, factors contributing to the spread of the disease, and treatment and assistance. Opens directly into a PDF file. A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report from the Library of Congress. http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/ib10050.pdf Topics: Infectious Diseases, Regions of the World, Women's Health Last updated Aug 24, 2005 The AIDS Memorial Quilt
This NAMES Project "on-line Quilt image database contains images of more than 44,000 individual Quilt panels, searchable by either Quilt block number or name." The site also lists dates and locations of the traveling display, links to news about AIDS/HIV, a brochure about making a panel for the quilt (also in Spanish), statistics about the incidence of AIDS/HIV, and links to related resources. http://www.aidsquilt.org/ Topics: Infectious Diseases, Women's Health Last updated Jan 19, 2005 The AIDS Poster Collection
Images of public health AIDS posters from around the world. The posters "illustrate attempts by a variety of 'institutions' to educate and warn their citizens about AIDS and offer advice and information in visual form about the still deadly autoimmune disease." Browsable by subject or searchable by keyword. From the University of California, Los Angeles, Library. http://unitproj1.library.ucla.edu/dlib/posters/ Topics: Art, Infectious Diseases Last updated Sep 18, 2006 AIDSinfo
Find HIV/AIDS news, resources, and publications for patients, health care providers, students, and researchers. Topics include new strains of HIV, current HIV treatments, anti-HIV drugs, and clinical trials on HIV/AIDS and HIV vaccines. Also find a searchable Glossary of HIV/AIDS-Related Terms (in English and Spanish) and links to related resources. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ Topics: Drugs, Health, Infectious Diseases, Medical Treatments & Devices, Women's Health Last updated Feb 15, 2005 Black AIDS Institute: Resources
A collection of reports on the incidence and issues of AIDS/HIV among black Americans. Includes a link to the institute's clinical trials information and links to other data sources. From a nonprofit organization "dedicated to reducing HIV/AIDS health disparities by mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront the epidemic in their communities." http://www.blackaids.org/ShowList.aspx?pagename=ShowList&ListingType=showall&ArticleType=RESOURCE&ActionSource=page Topics: Black Resources, Infectious Diseases Last updated Jan 22, 2009 The Body: The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource
Contains information and resources on HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, treatment, psychological issues, policy, activism, and more. Includes sections "Just Diagnosed," "Living With HIV," and discussion groups. Searchable, and browsable by topic. Also available in Spanish. http://www.thebody.com/ Topics: Infectious Diseases, Medical Treatments & Devices, Women's Health Last updated Sep 11, 2007 CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
Contains "information and resources on HIV, STD [sexually transmitted diseases] and TB [tuberculosis] prevention." Includes FAQs, statistics, links to related resources, and more. From the CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention. http://www.cdcnpin.org/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Women's Health Last updated Jul 30, 2005 CDC: HIV/AIDS
Collection of resources about HIV and AIDS. Includes news, fact sheets, brochures, articles, reports, and other documents on topics such as basic information, African Americans, global HIV/AIDS, funding, men who have sex with men (MSM), prevention programs, statistics, testing, women, pregnancy and childbirth, and treatment. Some material also available in Spanish. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Nov 14, 2007 The eLibrary Oral History Collection: Bioscience and Biotechnology
This collection is organized thematically by floor (bioscience, biotechnology, Genentech, Amgen, Chiron, medical physics) and highlights individuals involved in bioscience and biotechnology. Three floors are dedicated to oral histories from health professionals (scientists, physicians, nurses) describing the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco during 1981-1984. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/biosci/projects_a.html Topics: Infectious Diseases, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Science, Technology Last updated Jul 6, 2006 Fight AIDS — Not People With AIDS!
This site discusses "AIDS stigma," which "refers to prejudice, discounting, discrediting, and discrimination directed at people perceived to have AIDS or HIV, and the individuals, groups, and communities with which they are associated." Features articles, findings from surveys, and critical information on resources for AIDS education. By Gregory Herek, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis. http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/aids.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Infectious Diseases, Women's Health Last updated Jan 18, 2006 HIV Data
Annual reports on global epidemic trends, "based on all available data, including surveys of pregnant women, population-based surveys, and other surveillance information." From the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases, Women's Health Last updated May 15, 2008 HIV InSite
"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. ... 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." The textbook covers epidemiology, diagnosis, transmission and prevention of HIV, and more. From the University of California San Francisco. http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite Topics: Drugs, Infectious Diseases, Medical Treatments & Devices, Women's Health Last updated Jan 17, 2006 HIV InSite Knowledge Base
An "on-line textbook" exploring "the current state of learning regarding HIV/AIDS." Includes information on the natural science of HIV, diagnosis, clinical management and manifestations, infections and malignancies associated with HIV, transmission and prevention, and policy. A part of "HIV InSite," a website from the Center for HIV Information, University of California, San Francisco. http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=KB Topics: Infectious Diseases, Women's Health Last updated Jul 6, 2006 HIV InSite: Adolescents and Youth
Designed "to provide straightforward, unbiased, nonjudgmental, accurate, and timely information about HIV/AIDS to young people who are searching for answers on the Web." Includes FAQs, fact sheets, statistics, advice, interviews with teens, scenarios, interactive polls, and more. From the Center for HIV Information, University of California, San Francisco. http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/insite?page=pb-youth Topics: Infectious Diseases, Women's Health Last updated Feb 19, 2007 HIV InSite: Sexual Violence: Related Resources
Annotated links to resources on sexual violence, covering topics such as sexual violence and sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV/AIDS), guidelines and best practices, policy, and sexual violence in specific countries and regions (such as South Africa and south Asia). Includes links to many organizations working on rape, violence against women, and related issues. From the Center for HIV Information, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=kbr-08-01-09 Topics: Crime, Infectious Diseases, Women Last updated Mar 28, 2006 HIV Prevention Fact Sheets / Hojas de Datos
A collection of several dozen fact sheets containing summaries of specific topics important to HIV prevention. Available in English and Spanish. Selected fact sheets are available in Kiswahili. From the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), University of California, San Francisco. http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/pubs/FS/ Topics: Infectious Diseases, Women's Health Last updated Oct 7, 2006 HIV Testing
Overview of the process of testing for HIV. Explains the HIV antibody tests (ELISA, Western blot assay, and indirect immunofluorescence assay), the "window period," interpretation and accuracy of test results, other types of tests (such as rapid HIV and home tests), testing for specific populations (such as immigrants and pregnant women), and more. Includes some California-specific information. From the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. http://www.sfaf.org/aids101/hiv_testing.html Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated May 23, 2006 HIV/AIDS Days
Details about national and global HIV/AIDS observances, such as National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March), HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (May), National HIV Testing Day (June), World AIDS Day (December), and awareness days for HIV/AIDS in black, Native American, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Latino populations. Provides fact sheets, posters, event listings, and related material. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health. http://www.hhs.gov/aidsawarenessdays/ Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Jul 28, 2007 HIV-1, Human Protein Interaction Database
"The goal of this project is to provide scientists in the field of HIV/AIDS research a concise, yet detailed, summary of all known interactions of HIV-1 proteins with host cell proteins, other HIV-1 proteins, or proteins from disease organisms associated with HIV/AIDS." The site features a taxonomy browser, HIV-1 data for proteins and nucleotides, and related information. Searchable. From the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/RefSeq/HIVInteractions/ Topics: Health, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Jun 9, 2004 HIV/AIDS Among Women
"The HIV/AIDS epidemic represents a growing and persistent health threat to women in the United States, especially young women and women of color." This fact sheet provides statistics (diagnoses, deaths, by race/ethnicity) and information about risk factors and prevention. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/women.htm Topics: Infectious Diseases, Women's Health Last updated Mar 15, 2005 In Their Own Words: NIH Researchers Recall the Early Years of AIDS
This site describes the scientific community's first encounters with AIDS and its initial searches for treatments. It also provides audio files and transcripts of National Institute of Health (NIH) researchers' early recollections, document and image archives, and related links. The timeline runs from June 1981, with the first article about AIDS in medical literature, to the disease's eventual recognition by the U.S. administration and the first World AIDS Day in the late 1980s. http://history.nih.gov/NIHInOwnWords/ Topics: Health, Holidays and Observances Individually, Infectious Diseases Last updated Sep 29, 2009 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD)
Material about this day observed annually each February. "The primary goal of NBHAAD is to motivate African Americans to get tested and know their HIV status; get educated about the transmission modes of HIV/AIDS; get involved in their local community; and get treated if they are currently living with HIV or are newly diagnosed." Includes facts and statistics, details about getting tested, video clips of public service announcements, and links to related sites. http://www.blackaidsday.org Topics: Black Resources, Infectious Diseases Last updated Jan 29, 2007 National HIV Testing Resources
Consumer information about HIV tests, including a FAQ explaining the HIV antibody test, types of bloods tests (such as ELISA and Western blot), rapid HIV tests, and home test kits. Also includes a national database of HIV testing sites, details about National HIV Testing Day (June), a brief quiz, and related links. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.hivtest.org Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated May 25, 2006 Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
This primary role of this office of the U.S. Department of State is to "advise, direct, shape, and oversee President George W. Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — U.S. policy and programs designed to turn the tide against the global HIV/AIDS pandemic." This site includes documents related to the plan, a list of focus countries, statements and press releases from this office, and related materials. Provides links to other federal government HIV/AIDS information. http://www.state.gov/s/gac/ Topics: Infectious Diseases, Presidents by Name Last updated Jun 15, 2005 Positive Lives: Positive Responses to HIV
This project "photographs and documents the social and emotional impact of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, illuminating positive human responses to this world crisis." View stories and photo galleries using an interactive world map. Also includes a brief list of other projects of Positive Lives and information about project sponsors. http://www.positivelives.org/ Topics: Infectious Diseases, Women's Health Last updated Feb 10, 2004 Project Inform
An information and advocacy organization serving people with AIDS/HIV and their caregivers and healthcare and service providers. This site includes information on current public policy and treatment issues, with a special section on treatment information and advocacy for women. Most of the publications and site contents are also available in Spanish. http://www.ProjectInform.org/ Topics: Infectious Diseases, Senior Health, Women's Health Last updated Mar 2, 2005 San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF)
Contains FAQs on HIV and AIDS, and articles and information on treatment, prevention, and policy. Includes a timeline of the AIDS epidemic, a glossary, statistics, related links, and more. Also available in Spanish. From the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. http://www.sfaf.org/ Topics: Infectious Diseases, Women's Health Last updated Jul 4, 2004 Staying Alive
"Growing from the tradition of annual documentaries, Staying Alive is expanding to include a multi-tiered campaign to promote awareness about and prevention of HIV/AIDS in the international youth community." The site has video clips of interviews and public service announcements, AIDS and HIV medical information, and details of World AIDS Day broadcasts. Much of the site is also available in several other languages. http://www.staying-alive.org/en Topics: Education, Health, Holidays and Observances Individually, Infectious Diseases, Women's Health Last updated Jan 2, 2009 Swahili in the Time of AIDS/Kiswahili Katika Wakati wa UKIMWI
Learning resource for intermediate Swahili students on AIDS in East Africa. "Focused on photographs taken ... in Tanzania and Kenya between 2002 and 2005, and interviews conducted ... in 2006, the lesson encourages students to consider how East African cultures and the Swahili language are changing in the time of AIDS." Brief introduction in English; all other text and video and audio clips in Swahili. From linguistics professors at the University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/al/kdthompson/ukimwi/Utangulizi.html Topics: Infectious Diseases, Languages Last updated May 12, 2009 Twenty-Five Years of HIV/AIDS — United States, 1981-2006
Collection of resources on the 25th anniversary of the publication of a 1981 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about "cases [that] were later recognized as the first reported cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States." Includes the original article published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), and reports and statistics on AIDS and HIV. From the CDC. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5521a1.htm Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Feb 13, 2007 World AIDS Campaign (WAC)
Website for this group that sponsors World AIDS Day each December 1. Includes a list of World AIDS Day events, news, and information about other activities of the WAC, "a global effort of civil society to shift policy, mobilize resources, and call for action on the ground" relating to the treatment and prevention of HIV and AIDS. The WAC is an independent non-governmental organization. http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/en/WAC Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated May 3, 2009 World AIDS Day
Material related to World AIDS Day (December 1), which "is not just about raising money, but also about increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education." Includes a list of World AIDS Day themes back to 1988, suggestions for ways individuals can support World AIDS Day, and links to related information and sites. From Avert, an international AIDS charity based in the UK. http://www.avert.org/world-aids-day.htm Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Infectious Diseases Last updated Sep 17, 2009 World AIDS Day
Information on World AIDS Day events back to 2000. World AIDS Day is observed on December 1st. From the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). http://www.kff.org/worldaidsday/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Infectious Diseases Last updated Jan 18, 2006 World AIDS Day
Information about this "international day of action on HIV and AIDS which takes place every year on 1 December." Includes background information about HIV and AIDS (including global and UK statistics), links to safer sex sites in Britain, personal stories, and related material. From the National AIDS Trust, "the UK's leading independent policy and campaigning voice on HIV and AIDS." http://www.worldaidsday.org Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated May 28, 2009 World AIDS Day 2002-2003: Live and Let Live
This resource from the United Methodist Church presents spiritual and worship resources, focus papers, "inspiring stories," news, and advice about ministering to people with AIDS. http://gbgm-umc.org/health/wad02/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Infectious Diseases Last updated Nov 30, 2003 World Campaign for Microbicides
This campaign promotes the anticipated development of microbicides, "products that share one common characteristic: the ability to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) when applied topically. ... Because microbicides would not require a partner's cooperation, they would put the power to protect into women's hand." Includes fact sheets, reports, descriptions of regional activities throughout the world, links to media coverage and to related sites, and more. Some material available in several languages. http://www.global-campaign.org Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Jan 3, 2007 |
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