National/State Government Agencies

 

  • Centers for Disease Control (CDC) – Surveillance Supplemental Report
    http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasrsuppVol9No3.htm
  • Centers for Disease Control National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
    http://www.cdcnpin.org
    NPIN provides a significant reference, referral, and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases(STDs), and tuberculosis (TB). In addition to prevention news updates and alerts, prevention research highlights and numerous database links, there is an opportunity to obtain published materials by fax and/or mail (some can be downloaded in PDF format) on HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB. These materials include fact sheets, guidelines, reports, brochures, posters, and videotapes that can be used for prevention education. Organized like a file drawer, this is a very useful and easy to navigate website.
  • Florida Department of Health – Bureau of HIV/AIDS
    http://www.doh.state.fl.us/disease_ctrl/aids/index.html
    Within the Florida Department of Health and Human Services, the Bureau of HIV/AIDS provides a statewide overview, listing all program coordinators within Florida. The site has a wealth of information, including a directory of HIV/AIDS service providers in Florida, critical facts on hepatitis and liver failure, legal and legislative issues, and Florida trends and statistics on HIV/AIDS. The Bureau also offers HIV reporting updates and publishes a calendar of events related to HIV/AIDS activities worldwide.
  • Florida HIV/AIDS Hotline: 2-1-1 Big Bend
    http://www.floridahivaids.org
    This is the statewide resource for HIV/AIDS-related information, community referrals and supportive telephone counseling, available in English or Spanish. The site provides basic and easy to understand information on frequently asked questions related to HIV/AIDS.
  • National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project (NATAP)
    http://www.natap.org
    NATAP is a New York State non-profit corporation whose mission is to educate individuals about HIV and Hepatitis treatments. NATAP works with the Food and Drug Administration and the National Istitute of Health and advocates on policy and treatment issues. This site features: information on treatment for women as part of NATIP’s “Women’s Program,” daily “Worldwide E-mail Treatment Updates” on both HIV & HCV, on-site education in English and Spanish, international conference reports dating back to 1996. Streaming audio and cassette copies are available from the former radio show “Living Well With HIV and Hepatitis” hosted by Jules Levin.
  • National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
    http://www.nastad.org
    NASTAD is a non-profit national association of state health department HIV/AIDS program directors. The site elaborates on a variety of programmatic and policy technical assistance programs offered by NASTAD on global, state and territorial levels. The site also demonstrates NASTAD’s role in influencing public policy related to HIV/AIDS and efforts to develop a model of coordination between HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis programs.
  • The Office of HIV/AIDS Policy
    http://www.osophs.dhhs.gov/aids/
    OHAP’s mission is to act as the principle advisor on HIV/AIDS issues to the Assistant Secretary for Health and the Surgeon General, as well as other senior HHS officials. This includes providing input on policies, priorities, and implementation of HIV/AIDS programs across HHS health agencies. The HIV/AIDS Policy website is really the Surgeon General’s home page. It informs the viewer about federal efforts undertaken to fight HIV/AIDS and lists many resources and facts. One of the links focuses on federal programs for minorities, listing national partnerships and leadership forums.
  • US Virgin Island HIV Clearinghouse
    http://www.hivclearinghouse.org
    Sponsored by the U.S.V.I. Office of Minority Health, this website is designed as a resource and a funding information broker. It also serves as a central point of reference for local educational, technical, and professional resources for the community-based minority-serving (CBMO) organizations, government agencies, HIV/AIDS service providers and individuals in the territory and region. The HIV Clearinghouse has developed an “HIV/AIDS Services / Providers” Directory, along with a quarterly newsletter the (“HIVoice”), and this web site for collecting, analyzing and tracking existing epidemiological data on HIV/AIDS in the territory, regionally, nationally and internationally. The Clearinghouse also provides links to other HIV/AIDS related web sites.