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The Southern AIDS Coalition promotes accessible and high quality systems of HIV and STD prevention, care, treatment, and housing throughout the South through a unique partnership of government, community, people living with HIV disease and business entities.Policy Statements
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2009-2010 HIV/AIDS Health Care Policy Brief |
Impact of Health Care Reform on HIV in South |
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Southern State Health Departments Information:
Alabama Department of Public Health
District of Columbia Department of Health
Delaware Division of Public Health
Georgia Division of Public Health
Kentucky Department for Public Health
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Mississippi Department of Health
North Carolina Division of Public Health
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Tennessee Department of Health
Texas Department of State Health Services
West Virginia Department fo Health & Human Resources
General AIDS Organizations Links:
AEGIS: AIDS Education Global Information System
www.aegis.com
Provides access to the latest news on HIV and AIDS, HIV-related articles from major wire services and newspapers across the U.S., an extensive online library of HIV/AIDS-related journals, and a database of scientific abstracts and other related documents. Fully indexed and searchable.
AIDS Action
www.aidsaction.org
National AIDS advocacy and public policy organization. Web site provides comprehensive policy and legislative advocacy resources and information related to AIDS funding appropriations, healthcare/treatment access, housing, prevention, research, and the Ryan White CARE Act. Also features State of AIDS Online Discussion Board.
AIDS Housing of Washington (AHW) is a Seattle-based nonprofit that develops HIV/AIDS housing locally and provides technical assistance nationally.
Healthology: HIV and AIDS
nmac.healthology.com/focus_index.as...
Healthology provides information and articles targeted to people living with HIV/AIDS. Topics are current, extensive, and focus on health, treatment, and daily living.
HIV Glossary
www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/ed_resources/g...
Compilation of definitions for words commonly used to describe HIV, its pathogenesis, associated treatments, and the medical management of related conditions. Updated in March 1997 to include terms related to recent advances in the field of immunology and the use of combination therapy to manage HIV infection.
HIV InSite
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite
Project of the University of California, San Francisco AIDS Research Institute, the AIDS Program at San Francisco General Hospital, the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Billed as "the most comprehensive, credible and trustworthy source of online information regarding AIDS," this web site features up-to-date information on medical research, prevention and education, social issues, and community resources.
HIV/AIDS Law and Policy Resource
www.aidsandthelaw.com/
Designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to HIV law and policy issues. Includes contents of the publication, AIDS and the Law (3rd ed.), authored by David Webber, who created this web site.
Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report
http://report.kff.org/aidshiv/
HIV/AIDS report compiled by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, an independent health care philanthropy. Features current news and reports on policy, statistics, and scientific developments related to HIV/AIDS, both nationally and worldwide.
Kaiser Family Foundation: HIV/AIDS Data & Statistics
www.kff.org/hivaids/reporting/data....
Gateway to HIV/AIDS statistics and key data available from the Kaiser Family Foundation, including links to HIV/AIDS fact sheets and state-by-state AIDS and other health-related data.
Life Cycle of HIV Infection
www.hopkins-aids.edu/hiv_lifecycle/...
Describes step-by-step process of HIV infection, and includes a a Flash animation presentation of the life cycle of HIV. A list of the latest reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors with both generic names and trade names is also posted on this site.
National AIDS Fund
www.aidsfund.org
One of America's largest philanthropic organizations dedicated to eliminating HIV/AIDS as a major health and social problem. The site includes information on workplace resources and a section about the Return-to-Work Initiative, which lists links to helpful articles, charts, and interviews.
National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA)
www.napwa.org
NAPWA's web site features information about program activities -- including AIDSWATCH -- news and bulletins, and access to NAPWA newsletters and publications, conference announcements, and other HIV/AIDS-related resources.
National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC)
www.nmac.org/
National AIDS organization which specifically develops its programs and services for community-based organizations serving people of color affected by HIV/AIDS. Web site provides information about NMAC conferences (including the US Conference on AIDS), public policy efforts, research and treatment advocacy programs, technical assistance activities, and publications.
Phoenix Rising HIV/AIDS Re-entry Project
www.phoenixrisingreentry.org
An online guide designed to foster independence, empowerment, and self-sufficiency for people living with AIDS (PLWAs). Topics covered include: Am I Ready for Re-entry?, Planning for Work or School, Laws That Protect You, Benefits and Work: What Are My Options?, and Money Management.
Project Inform
www.projectinform.org
National, nonprofit, community-based organization working to end the AIDS epidemic since 1985. Its primary focus is providing free, confidential, and empowering information "to anyone who asks." The site includes relevant publications, outreach and education, advocacy programs, and a national HIV/AIDS treatment hotline.
TA Clearinghouse
www.taclearinghouse.org/
The TA Clearinghouse website is a new service for New York City community-based AIDS organizations, hosted by Bailey House, Inc. (a non-profit AIDS housing and service organization). "Our mission is to help CBOs learn more about the outside help that is available--including books, publications, trainings, websites, and direct assistance from management and organizational experts (TA providers). We want to improve access to these TA resources and so make it easier to meet the challenges of both day-to-day operations and longer-term organizational survival. The TA Clearinghouse is also for people living with HIV/AIDS. We bring together resources for individual growth and community involvement. Tapping into the Internet's enormous potential, we seek to increase access to life-saving, life-enhancing information." The TA Clearinghouse includes a Guide to TA and searchable databases of New York area technical assistance providers, other TA and HIV-related resources, funding alerts for HIV/AIDS service organizations, and a job bank.
The Body
www.thebody.com
A "multimedia AIDS and HIV information resource" focusing on treatment, legal, mental health, and political issues, as well as the ability for people to connect with each other on the web site through forums and direct contact with organizations listed. Web site includes access to AIDS Action, AIDS National Interfaith Network, AmFAR, American Psychiatric Assoc., GMHC, Johns Hopkins University AIDS Service, Lamda Legal Defense and Treatment Action Group, and the National Minority AIDS Council.
Standing Srronger
http://standingstronger.biz.ly
Standing Stronger was created on July 5th. 2005 by a HIV+ consumer group to get information to others living or taking care of someone living with the virus. And to help educate both HIV+ and HIV- people on the virus and other STDS.