HIV in Minority Populations

• infoSIDA – Spanish-Language HIV/AIDS Information
  http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/infoSIDA/
  This is a comprehensive Spanish-language Web site featuring information about HIV treatment and clinical trials, offered through AIDSinfo, which is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) project. Previously, visitors could access Spanish materials, browse Spanish health topic links, and order publications in Spanish within the AIDSinfo Web site. Now, however, infoSIDA provides users with an all Spanish Web environment, including a customized home page and a search engine that locates Spanish-language resources posted on infoSIDA.
• National Minority AIDS Council
  http://www.nmac.org
  NMAC is dedicated to developing leadership within communities of color to address the challenge of HIV/AIDS. The site lists upcoming conferences and other HIV/AIDS events, facts about AIDS in English and Spanish and HIV/AIDS community resources, such as community – based organizations serving people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as statewide hotlines. Interested individuals can sign up for a variety of relevant ListServs, become members of NMAC Action, and receive policy alerts.
• National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center
  http://www.nmaetc.org
  NMAETC is a collaborative network of experts that provides HIV/AIDS education and capacity building support for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dentists, clinical pharmacists, and other healthcare providers who treat minority patients in the United States. The site describes several programs: the Preceptorship program, the Mentor Trainee program that links junior faculty at historically black colleges with experts at John Hopkins University, and the Pathfinders Training for minority peer treatment educators. Also listed are upcoming conferences throughout the US.
• National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
  http://www.nnaapc.org
  NNAAPC is a network of concerned native people speaking publicly on the need for HIV prevention education by and for Native Americans. NNAAPC’s focus is to stop the spread of HIV and related diseases among native peoples and to improve the quality of life for those affected by HIV/AIDS. The site lists training events specific to Native Americans, HIV/AIDS statistics, Native American HIV/AIDS links and job opportunities at NNAAPC.