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AIDS/HIV Resources

See also the Public Health Library Research Guide AIDS Surveillance Statistics.

Organizations and Agencies

AIDS Education and Training Centers National Resource Center

This site provides educational information such as "Train the Trainer" material, training tips, evaluation tools, and more. Information is browsable by clinical topics, population groups, etc. The site also provides news and an e-mail update service, and training and consulting services.

Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center is part of a nationwide network of regional AETCs.

California Department of Public Health

Office of AIDS

AIDS Case Statistics (updated monthly) (available from 1997 forward)

A Brief Guide to California's HIV/AIDS Laws 2006

Medical Care Statistics Section

Reports and files on Medi-Cal enrollments and fee-for-service utilization.

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (University of California, San Francisco)

The site includes descriptions of their research projects, intervention curricula, survey instruments, model prevention programs, and more.

Forum for Collaborative HIV Research

"The Forum's key functions are to assess current knowledge, practice patterns, ongoing studies and information in all areas affecting HIV disease including the basic, clinical and social sciences, public health and health services research, identify gaps in the current HIV/AIDS knowledge base in any of these areas, and recommend steps that will fill the identified gaps." The site includes reports on previous projects, as well as descriptions of current projects.

Family Health International

FHI conducts research in family planning and sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV/AIDS) and offers many full text materials online.

HIV/AIDS Program: Caring for the Underserved (US DHHS, Health Resources and Services Administration)

The HIV/AIDS Program of the HRSA was formed in 1991 to consolidate all programs funded under the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, the largest single source, after Medicare and Medicaid, of federal funding for HIV/AIDS. The web site has information for grantees, including available technical assistance and grant opportunities, as well as publications, training information, and news and events.

International AIDS Society

IAS is the world's leading independent association of HIV/AIDS professionals. IAS convenes the largest international meetings on HIV/AIDS, promotes dialog and collaboration with other entities, and provides support services to its members. Their Meeting Abstract Archive database allows searching for complete abstract of several recent international meetings.

Johns Hopkins HIV Guide

Site includes various publications such as Medical Management of HIV Infection. Site also includes an "Expert Q & A" section for both clinicians and patients, as well as a resources list.

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (US CDC)

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention Web Site offers statistics, recommendations and guidelines and reports such as:

Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis: Issues, Burden, and Response, A Retrospective Review, 2000–2004

HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports published annually

HIV Prevalence Trends in Selected Populations in the United States: Results from National Serosurveillance, 1993-1997

National Prevention Information Network contains information on funding, news, conferences, organizations, etc., related to HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB, as well as the HIV Prevention Program Evaluation Materials Database.

Office of AIDS Research (National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director)

OAR is responsible for the scientific, budgetary, legislative, and policy elements of the NIH AIDS research program and is responsible for the development of an annual comprehensive plan and budget for all NIH AIDS research. Links to U.S. and global statistics along with links to many publications and reports are here under HIV/AIDS Information.

San Francisco Department of Public Health

HIV Epidemiology Section

Full-text reports available include 1998-2006 HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Reports, the AIDS Surveillance Unit Quarterly Reports from 1999-2007 and the Atlas of HIV/AIDS in San Francisco 1991-2000 (published in 2003).

UNAIDS: The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS

"UNAIDS brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations to the global AIDS response. [UNAIDS has]... eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – [which] form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. " Site includes many useful publications.

HIV Data includes details on methodology for estimates, epidemiological software and tools, and more.

The Global HIV/AIDS online database is an interactive information and mapping system that collates the most recent country-specific data on the spread and impact of the virus, together with information on risk behaviours and health sector response.

2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic contains fact sheets and graphics that provide current worldwide and country-specific information on the progress of the AIDS epidemic.

AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2007 reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic.

California HIV/AIDS Research Program CHRP (formerly the University of California Universitywide AIDS Research Program)

"UARP supports excellent, timely and innovative research in basic, clinical, social/behavioral and epidemiologic sciences through research awards, collaborative agreements with the State Office of AIDS, and special initiatives." This program publishes a series called the California HIV Prevention Indicators reports.

Publications and Databases

AIDSinfo

AIDSinfo is a merger of the HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS) and its sister service, the HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS)." AIDSinfo provides all of the services that were available from ACTIS and ATIS, as well as quick and easy access to wide-ranging Federal resources on HIV/AIDS clinical research, HIV treatment and prevention, and medical practice guidelines for health care providers and consumers."

HIV/AIDS Glossary (Also available in PDF, PDA, and Spanish versions)

AIDS Posters (UCLA Digital Library)

The AIDS Poster Collection consists of 625 posters from 44 countries including Australia, Austria, Canada, China (and Hong Kong), Costa Rica, France, Germany, India, Japan, Luxembourg, Martinique, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tahiti, Uganda, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The posters were issued by a variety of institutions and organizations to educate and warn people about AIDS and to offer advice and information in visual form. Some are more blunt and graphic than others, and they come in many styles.

AIDS Public Information Data Set (CDC).

"The AIDS Public Information Data Set is computer software designed to run on an Microsoft Windows microcomputer, and contains information abstracted from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases reported in the United States. The data set is created each year by the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and contains information extracted from CDC's national AIDS surveillance data base." It includes cases reported through December 2002.

AIDS Treatment News journal

Includes past AIDS Treatment News issues going back to 2003. This newsletter is an excellent resource for persons living with HIV/AIDS who are looking for information on new therapies.

AIDSLINE

AIDSLINE contained references to journal articles, theses, technical reports, meetings, conference, symposia, books, and audiovisuals on HIV/AIDS. AIDSLINE was formerly accessed via Internet Grateful Med, but this database retired in 2001. Journal articles from AIDSLINE are now in Pubmed. (Click on "Limits" to limit your search to AIDS-related material). Aids-related meeting abstracts are now in the NLM Gateway.

HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database December 2006 version.

Produced by the Bureau of the Census, International Programs Center. Information included is almost exclusively from developing countries. Data from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Oceania are included. The database is a compilation of information from those studies appearing in the medical and scientific literature, presented at international conferences, and appearing in the press.

HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Europe.

This report is published half-yearly by the European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS. Numerous tables are presented with country-by-country data. Includes age at diagnosis, diagnosis by risk category, total cases

HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Database (Measure DHS)

"The HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Database provides an easily accessible comprehensive source of information on HIV/AIDS indicators derived from sample surveys. The database allows the user to produce tables for specific countries by select background characteristics, as well as country reports. The indicators included are primarily derived from the UNAIDS National AIDS Programmes: Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation (pdf). The guide provides standardized indicators for measuring the success of HIV/AIDS programs."

HIV InSite

HIV InSite is designed as a gateway to in-depth information about particular aspects of HIV/AIDS, including policy analysis, epidemiology, and more. HIV InSite is a project of the University of California, San Francisco Center for HIV Information at San Francisco General Hospital and is produced in collaboration with the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and other components of the AIDS Research Institute.

HIV InSite Knowledge Base

The HIV InSite Knowledge Base is a comprehensive "hypertextbook" of HIV disease consisting of over 100 chapters. The complete online edition is available, including figures, tables, and references.

HIV InSite HIV/AIDS Statistics

Database of Country and Regional Indicators

"The database contains up-to-date information from 72 key indicators in such areas as HIV/AIDS, treatment access, general health, mortality, education, the economy, population, fertility, and human development, for 194 countries and 10 regions."

International Conference on AIDS: Abstracts

Abstracts from the International Conference on AIDS, and several other AIDS conferences, are located in the NLM Gateway. To locate International Conference on AIDS abstracts, enter Int Conf AIDS [ta] in the Search field, then click on search. You can limit your search by year by clicking on Limits, and you may also enter key words or subject terms in the Search field for further refinement. Volumes of abstracts for some years are also located in the Public Health Library. Check Melvyl or GLADIS for call numbers.

San Francisco AIDS Oral History Series, 1981-1984

"Contains links to oral histories of University physicians and nurses discussing various issues about AIDS."

Social Discrimination and Health: The Case of Latino Gay Men and HIV Risk (2001)

"This study, based on empirical data from Latino gay and bisexual men in three US cities, documents the relationship of specific forms of social discrimination - homophobia, racism and financial hardship - to a specific health outcome: the increased risk for HIV transmission." From the National Coalition for LGBT Health. Also available in Spanish.

South Africa Health Systems Trust HIV/AIDS Publications

Publications include South African National HIV Prevalence, Behavioural Risks and Mass Media - Household Survey 2002, and many others

Children and AIDS: Second Stocktaking Report (April 2008)

This report from UNICEF reviews advances made over the past year or so in four areas where HIV and AIDS affect children.

Guides

AIDS Treatment Data Network

Collection of resources relating to AIDS treatment including simple fact sheets, Treatment Review newletter, glossory of AIDS drugs, alternative treatments, and the Access Project: an information clearinghouse, this project collects and distributes information about medications available for HIV and AIDS through Medicaid, AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs), and national pharmaceutical industry patient assistance/expanded access programs.

HIV/AIDS Information, National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services

Information on treatment, drugs, clinical trials, journal articles, and more.

Sheldon Margen Public Health Library Research Guide #10: AIDS Surveillance Statistics

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