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Calls AIDS a major threat to region's development
Combating the spread of HIV/AIDS is a top priority for U.S. diplomatic
missions in the Caribbean, according to Secretary of State Colin
Powell.
"Our Caribbean community shares the problem of HIV/AIDS, and all of us
must work in partnership to address it --developed and developing
countries alike," Powell said in an April 20 message to a regional
AIDS conference. "Our response to this crisis must be no less
comprehensive, and no less relentless, than the AIDS pandemic itself."
Powell's message was delivered at a U.S.-Caribbean AIDS conference
held April 20 in Georgetown, Guyana, that brought together ministers
of health from throughout the Caribbean. U.S. Secretary of Health and
Human Services Tommy Thompson represented the United States at the
event. more
Other HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases News
• U.S., Caribbean Nations Boost Anti-Disease Collaboration April 19
• Official Texts Archive
Focus on The HIV-AIDS Connection
A document from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases about the scientific evidence that HIV causes AIDS.
The HIV InSite Knowledge Base
This is an updated version of a 1999 textbook on HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and the San Francisco General Hospital.
"Glossary of
HIV/AIDS-Related Terms"
The June 1999, third edition, from the HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"Textbook of AIDS Pathology"
February 2001 version by the University of Utah, Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education.
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Clinical Trials Show HIV Drug Nevirapine to be Safe
March 29, 2002, NIAID fact sheet reports that nevirapine is a safe, effective, and affordable drug in preventing mother-to-child transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
AIDS in Africa
Issue Brief for Congress, updated January 15, 2002, from the U.S. Congressional Research Service.
U.S. Leads APEC Efforts to Combat Infectious Disease
October 21, 2001, White House fact sheet on U.S. leadership within the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to combat infectious
disease.
U.S. Leadership on Global Disease Fund
July 20, 2001, White House fact sheet on U.S. support for a new global
fund to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
U.S. State Department on Assistance for HIV/AIDS Programs
June 14, 2001, fact sheet on the U.S. contribution to the global battle to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS.
U.S. Funding for International Effort Against Disease
May 18, 2001, fact sheet detailing the contributions made by the U.S. government in the international effort to combat the infectious diseases HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
State Department Survey of Foundation Aid for Infectious Diseases
May 18, 2001, fact sheet providing a summary of the contributions that private U.S. organizations have made to the domestic and international efforts to combat the infectious diseases HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
USAID HIV/AIDS Programs in Mali
May 21, 2001, fact sheet describing U.S. Agency for International Development programs in Mali, one of the countries least affected by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
USAID HIV/AIDS Programs in South Africa
May 21, 2001, fact sheet describing U.S. Agency for International Development programs in South Africa, which is among the countries worst affected in the world by HIV/AIDS.
Proposed Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis
May 10, 2001, White House fact sheet describing the administration's views on the policies that should govern the global fund to be used against HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases.
Strategy for Addressing HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases in Asia and the Near East
June 19, 2000, report from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its
Implications for the United States
A January 2000 National Intelligence Estimate from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
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White House Office of National AIDS Policy
Information on efforts to address the national and international AIDS pandemic. Provides links to government and non-government sites.
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, International Health Affairs
The program serves as a focal point for the development and implementation of U.S foreign policy objectives to address the growing threat of emerging infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS.
U.S. Agency for
International Development, Leading the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Information about Agency programs to combat HIV/AIDS.
CDC National Prevention
Information Network
The National Prevention Information Network
(NPIN) is a national reference, referral and distribution service for
information on HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis,
sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC Divisions of
HIV/AIDS Prevention
Basic statistics, publications, fact sheets
on prevention strategies, and links to major conferences from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Institutes of Health, World AIDS Day
Information on the diverse array of HIV/AIDS research activities being sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
National Institutes of Health, Office of AIDS Research
This office is responsible for the scientific, budgetary, legislative, and policy elements of the NIH AIDS research program.
National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Division of Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Information on AIDS vaccine research, clinical trials, and DAIDS-supported programs.
"In Their Own Words: NIH Researchers
Recall the Early Years of AIDS"
Transcripts of interviews with National Institutes of Health staff involved in
AIDS research in the 1980s. Includes a 1981-1988 timeline of key events in AIDS
history, and document and image archives.
Guide to
NIH HIV/AIDS Information Services
Prepared by the National
Library of Medicine, this is a guide to the many HIV/AIDS activities of
the National Institutes of Health with selected Public Health Service
activities.
National
Institutes of Health, Visiting Program for Foreign
Scientists
The John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences administers the Visiting Program, open to scientists at all
career levels, provides opportunities for foreign scientists to train and
conduct collaborative reaseach at the National Institutes of Health, the
principal agency of the U.S. Government responsible for conducting and
supporting biomedical research.
AIDS Clinical Trials Information
Service
ACTIS provides current information on federally and
privately sponsored clinical trials for adults and children.
HIV/AIDS Treatment Information
Service
ATIS, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services project, provides information about federally approved treatment guidelines for HIV and AIDS. Health information specialists answer questions about treatment options in English or Spanish.
U.S. Food and
Drug Administration, HIV and AIDS Activities
Up-to-date
information on HIV/AIDS approved therapeutics, evaluation of medical
therapies. The site also has a chronology of major milestones since 1981,
speeches and congressional testimony.
U.S. Census
Bureau, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base
Statistics compiled
twice a year on HIV/AIDS in developing countries.
U.S. Patent and
Trademark Web Patent Database
Free, searchable bibliographic
and full-text databases covering 1976 to the present. Incorporates the AIDS Database which is no longer offered separately.
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
A multi-dimensional research project by Navy, Air Force and Army scientists with the aim of protecting U.S. military forces from the threat of HIV.
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XIV International AIDS Conference
Barcelona, Spain, July 7-12, 2002
UNAIDS
The Joint
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Includes documents on the World AIDS
Campaign, and information on international conferences on AIDS. "AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2001" "Declaration for a Framework for Action: Improving Access to HIV/AIDS Care in Developing NAtions"
United Nations Development Programme, HIV/AIDS
UNDP, a co-sponsor of UNAIDS, helps "developing countries meet the governance challenge posed by the epidemic and mitigate the impact of the disease on efforts to reduce poverty."
Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations, HIV/AIDS: a Rural Issue
The impact of HIV/AIDS on agricultural communities, especially in Africa.
The World Bank Group, HIV/AIDS
World Bank HIV/AIDS activities, publications, and regional AIDS backgrounders.
World Bank AIDS Economics
Reports, speeches, and documents on the economic aspects of the epidemic.
U.S. Census Bureau, Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic (MAP) Network
A network of more than 100 internationally recognized technical experts in 40 countries seeking to assess the status and trends of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Best of the Net: International Resources
Web sites in various countries selected by editorial reviewers from the "Journal of the American Medical Association" HIV/AIDS Resource Center.
The Global AIDS Program
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program to provide financial and technical assistance through partnerships with communities, governments, and national and international entities working in resource-constrained countries.
Global Business Council on HIV & AIDS
"The Council is an international group of businesses dedicated to advocating for an increased business response to AIDS."
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Created in 2001, the Global Fund is an independent public-private
partnership devoted to raising funds for distribution to
disease-fighting projects in areas of the world most seriously
affected by these three communicable diseases, which claim an
estimated 6 million lives a year.
International AIDS Economics Network
"Data, tools and analysis for compassionate, cost-effective responses to a global epidemic." A collaboration among the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, The U.S. Agency for International Development, The World Bank, and The European Commission.
International AIDS
Society
A non-governmental organization of researchers and
professionals providing information on the management and prevention of
HIV and AIDS through biennial International AIDS Conferences, among other activities.
International AIDS Trust
This non-governmental organization "was established to create strategic opportunities for galvanizing leadership, mobilizing resources, and promoting effective interventions in the global battle against AIDS. This mission is accomplished primarily through public education and program and policy initiatives."
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
IAVI is a global organization working to speed the development and distribution of preventive AIDS vaccines which it sees as the best hope for ending the AIDS epidemic.
International
Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC)
Physicians and
healthcare professionals in the United States and 83 countries treating
HIV/AIDS.
The International Community of
Women Living with HIV/AIDS
An international network run for and
by HIV positive women to have influence and input on policy development on
the issues and needs facing women living with HIV and AIDS.
The International Council of
AIDS Service Organizations
ICASO is an international network
for community-based AIDS organizations, articulating and representing the
concerns and interest of these organizations at all levels.
International
Labour Organization, HIV/AIDS and the World of Work
Documents,
reports and fact sheets about the impact of HIV/AIDS on work,
productivity, employment and development.
The Synergy Project
A U.S. Agency for International Development funded project to provide program management and policy development resources to fight HIV/AIDS.
World Health
Organization, HIV/AIDS
World Health Organization work
combatting HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections.
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AEGIS
The AIDS
Education Global Information System (AEGIS) offers up-to-date news and
clinical information among its many useful features. It also includes a
law library that provides information about HIV-related cases. It is a
non-profit, charitable and educational corporation maintained by the
Sisters of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
The foundation's mission is to provide cutting-edge medicine and advocacy, regardless of ability to pay.
American Academy of HIV Medicine
This independent organizaton of HIV specialists is dedicated to promoting
excellence in HIV/AIDS care through advocacy and education. The Academy is
supported by major pharmaceutical companies.
American
Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
This nonprofit organization is dedicated to the support of research, prevention, treatment education, and advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy.
Bastyr University AIDS Research Center
The center focuses on complimentary and alternative medical therapies for the treament of HIV/AIDS.
The Body: an AIDS
and HIV Information Resource
The Body, a service of Body Health
Resources Corporation and sponsored in part by several pharmaceutical
companies, provides information in over 250 topical areas. Leading experts
answer questions in numerous subject forums.
Center for
AIDS Prevention Studies
CAPS at the University of California
San Francisco maintains a focus on prevention.
Community Research Initiative on AIDS
CRIA studies new treatments for HIV and AIDS-related diseases and conducts a comprehensive treatment education program. Selected material in Spanish.
Critical Path
AIDS Project
Founded by Persons With AIDS, Critical Path AIDS
Project "provides easy access to the full range of potentially
life-extending or life-saving AIDS prevention, treatment and referral
information."
Family Health
International
A nongovernmental organization that works in more
than 40 countries to prevent the spread of HIV, provide care and support
for people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, and improve reproductive
health through research, interventions, community education and
information services.
Funders Concerned About AIDS
This non-profit organization "mobilizes philanthropic leadership and
resources, domestically and internationally, to eradicate the HIV/AIDS
pandemic and to address its social and economic consequences."
Harvard AIDS
Institute
The Institute is dedicated to conducting and
catalyzing research to end the worldwide AIDS epidemic. Publishes the
"Harvard AIDS Review."
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The Foundation is "an independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation." One main program focus is health and development in South Africa.
HIV InSITE
A project of the University of California's Center for AIDS Prevention
Studies and AIDS Program at San Francisco General Hospital. Contains
comprehensive and current information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and policy.
JAMA HIV/AIDS
Resource Center
The site is produced and maintained by the
Journal of the American Medical Association editors and staff. Provides
current information on drugs, treatment, prevention, policy.
Johns Hopkins AIDS
Service
One of the useful features is an Expert Q & A
"Patient Forum," designed for lay readers, where HIV specialists at the
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service answer questions.
New Mexico AIDS InfoNet
A project of the New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Extensive collection of non-technical fact sheets in English and Spanish on all aspects of the disease.
Positive Health Program,
San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center
Includes a searchable online
guide to HIV clinical trials in the United States.
Project Inform
A national non-profit organization providing information, advocacy and inspiration for people living with HIV/AIDS. Selected material in Spanish.
Search For a Cure
This non-profit's mission "is to provide education, promote access, and advocate the basic human right to safe and effective treatment for all people living with AIDS."
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"Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?"
"Computer models indicate that many diseases will surge as the earth's atmosphere heats up. Signs of the predicted troubles have begun to appear." Published in the August 2000 issue of "Scientific American."
"The
Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United
States"
January 2000 National Intelligence Estimate from the
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
U.S. Agency
for International Development, Infectious Diseases
Information about Agency programs to combat infectious diseases.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)
CDC administers national programs for the prevention and
control of communicable and vector-borne diseases, injury, and other
preventable conditions.
International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases
Proceedings from the conference of over 2000 public health professionals held in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 16-19, 2000, and information about the conference to be held March 24-27, 2002.
Johns Hopkins Infectious
Diseases
Research on infectious diseases and information on
training opportunities at the Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
National Center
for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
NCID develops, evaluates, and
promotes prevention and control strategies for infectious diseases. It is
one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
NIAID at the U.S. National Institutes of Health conducts and supports research to develop better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent the many infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases that afflict people worldwide.
National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center
The Center is dedicated to improving global human health through the rigorous pursuit of effective vaccines for human diseases.
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
NIH is the principal biomedical research agency of the U.
S. Government. It is comprised of 25 separate Institutes and Centers.
U.S. National Library of
Medicine (NLM)
NLM is the world's largest medical library.
Several searchable databases provide consumer health information,
full-text articles, and 11 million references and abstracts.
World Health
Organization
One of the functions of WHO, a specialized agency
of the United Nations, is to stimulate and advance work on the prevention
and control of epidemic, endemic and other diseases.
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"Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS"
Quarterly journal covering new developments in AIDS treatment research published by the San Franciso AIDS Foundation.
"Choices Magazine," December 2001
"Confronting HIV/AIDS" is the subject of this issue of the quarterly published by the United Nations Development Programme.
"Emerging Infectious
Diseases"
A peer-reviewed journal published by the National
Center for Infectious Diseases that tracks trends and analyzes new and
reemerging infectious diseases around the world.
"Harvard
AIDS Review"
Published by the Harvard AIDS Institute, the
journal offers in-depth scientific and humanistic reporting on
international aspects of the epidemic.
JAMA/HIV/AIDS
Resource Center Library
Abstracts of major HIV/AIDS articles
published in the literature, prepared by the editors of the "Journal of
the American Medical Association".
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