AIDS
AEGIS
http://www.aegis.com/AEGIS
The AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS) is an excellent place to start for someone looking for AIDS and HIV information. The site contains articles from patient newsletters, medical journals, and international news sources.
HIV InSite: Gateway to AIDS Knowledge
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite
This site is produced by the University of California San Francisco. In addition to daily news updates, the site contains information in the following areas: The Medical category deals with treatment issues for patients and health care providers. Prevention provides information for all persons wishing to stay safe. Policy Analysis deals with the resource allocation and policy formulation. The Countries and Regions section contains statistics and overviews of the situation around the world.
The Body: An AIDS and HIV Information Resource
http://www.thebody.com/index.shtml
In addition to information on the basics of AIDS, prevention and treatment, visitors to this site can get their questions answered by AIDS specialists. Daily updates are also included at this site.
amfAR
http://www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html
The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) site contains a searchable database that covers clinical results for approved and experimental treatments and actively recruiting trials. News/analysis and conference reports can also be found at amfAR.
AIDS.ORG
http://www.aids.org/index.html
This site includes the current and archived issues of AIDS Treatment News along with information on conferences and a collection of easy-to-understand fact sheets.
CDC Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention Homepage
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention produces this site that includes brochures, slide presentations and an index to HIV/AIDS related Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports beginning in 1981. The site also contains many statistical sources.
Project Inform
http://www.ProjectInform.org/
The main focus of this site is to provide “free, confidential and empowering information to anyone who asks—and we are committed to speeding the search for a cure.” Current and back issues of PI Perspectives and WISE Words (focusing on HIV/AIDS and women) are available here.
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
http://www.sfaf.org/
This site contains information in Spanish and English concerning AIDS treatment, prevention and public policy. There is also a searchable timeline of the AIDS epidemic.
In Their Own Words
http://aidshistory.nih.gov/home.html
National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers recall what it was like to be working during the early days of HIV/AIDS. In addition to the transcripts, there is also a timeline and document and image archives.
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service
http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/
Johns Hopkins University maintains this site, which includes an Expert Q&A section for clinicians and patients. Information on prevention and epidemiology can also be found.
AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin
http://www.arcw.org/
Provides information and services for people affected by the HIV disease.
CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
http://www.cdcnpin.org/
Provides synopses of scientific and lay media articles dealing with HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis. Also included is information from a variety of government sources.
UNAIDS: The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
http://www.unaids.org/
This Web site is the home of the United Nations program dealing with HIV/AIDS. The site contains a number of publications from organizations around the world. The topics covered include access to drugs, children and young people, epidemiology, human rights and gender, and economics and development.
