AIDSInfo
P.O. Box 6303
Rockville, MD 20849-6303
Phone: 1-800-448-0440 or 1-888-480-3739 (TTY) (Mon. - Fri., 12pm - 5pm EST)
Fax: 1-301-519-6616
E-mail: ContactUs@aidsinfo.nih.gov
Website: www.aidsinfo.nih.gov
       "...a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) project that offers the latest federally approved information on HIV/AIDS clinical research, treatment and prevention, and medical practice guidelines for people living with HIV/AIDS, their families and friends, health care providers, scientists, and researchers."
       Gives governmentally approved guidelines on prevention and protection.  Although some of the vocabulary may be overly technical, a glossary is provided to look up any difficult terms. For those who want regularly updated information on trials of vaccines and treatments, safety guidelines and warnings, and a forum to voice your opinion, and would prefer this in e-mail form rather than making continuous visits to the website, there is an e-mail list that you may join. -JEC
       The website covers education and resources, guidelines, drugs, vaccines, and clinical trials. If you are looking for help or information on HIV/AIDS, this is an easy website to navigate. -MF
       "Offers very recent information newly developed treatment for HIV/AIDS and well as vaccinations used to prevent HIV. Not so much a site for one trying to learn about HIV/AIDS but rather to be updated current treatment regimens and recent research." -RKP  

Avert
4 Brighton Road
Horsham West Sussex
RH13 5BA, UK
Email: info@advert.org
Website: www.advert.org
       "...an international HIV and AIDS charity based in the UK, working to AVERT HIV and AIDS worldwide. AVERT has HIV and AIDS projects in countries where there is a particularly high rate of infection, such as the countries of southern Africa, or where there is a rapidly increasing rate of infection such as in India. We also take AIDS education and information to people in almost every country in the world through our web site, the world's most popular AIDS website."
       Site has a wealth of information including the history and epidemiology of HIV, info. on STD's, treatment and prevention, quizzes, personal stories of those infected, and worldwide statistics of HIV infection in an attractive and simple format. One of the best HIV education websites and global HIV/AIDS charities. -RKP

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The Body
Website: www.thebody.org/
       "The Body's mission is to use the Web to lower barriers between patients and clinicians, demystify HIV/AIDS and its treatment, improve patients' quality of life and foster community through human connection."
       The site is one of the best sites available. It is a part of a larger website, www.thebody.com, which has comprehensive information and links on both AIDS and HIV. There is abundant information available, whether you are interested in AIDS awareness or if you need treatment. -JEC
       You can't get personalized help here, but the website does offer information on AIDS and HIV. -MF
       The site contains a list of topics relating to HIV/AIDS that people can ask The Body's experts about. It contains information on the basics of AIDS and prevention, what to do if you've just been diagnosed, treatment, quality of life, and activism. It also contains an electronic memorial, built by friends and families of people lost to the AIDS epidemic. - TAL
       This site also has information about how to protect oneself from STDs in same gender relationships. -OCC
       This site is one of the best HIV/AIDS Resource websites; it includes info. from other credible sources such as the AMFAR and CDC, it is suitable for the beginner and the expert, and it also has links to HIV/AIDS hotlines and organizations. -RKP

Center for Disease Control National Prevention Information Network (CDC NPIN)
PO Box 6003
Rockville, MD 20849
Phone: 1-800-458-5231 or 1-800-243-7012 (TTY)  (Mon. - Fri., 9am - 6pm EST)  
Fax: 1-888-282-7681
E-Mail: info@cdcnpin.org
Website: www.cdcnpin.org
       "....is the U.S. reference, referral, and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB). NPIN produces, collects, catalogs, processes, stocks, and disseminates materials and information on HIV/AIDS, STDs, etc. to organizations and people working in those disease fields in international, national, state, and local settings."
       Provides information on available resources, support groups, educational materials, financial assistance, clinical trials, federally-approved treatments, and business and labor responses to AIDS. With a touch-tone phone, you can get information on different services, publications, clinical trials, etc. -SF or KLG
       Also has a large searchable database with more than 16,000 items in more than 34 languages. Provides numerous links, which can be helpful for those who want to find a specific area of AIDS information. -JEC
       The website offers an extensive amount of information, is extremely effective and is easy to explore. It provides fact sheets, guidelines, reports, posters, brochures and videotapes that can be mailed or faxed. It has health information specialists who can answer questions, provide referrals, and offer technical assistance. One web page has a national database of HIV testing sites. -MF           
       This site can also be instantly translated into Spanish. -OCC
       Agreed with all above. To add, this site is also useful for recent news about HIV/AIDS prevention and the current state of the epidemic." -RKP

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Gay Men's Health Crisis
The Tisch Building
119 W. 24th St.
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 1-800-AIDS-NYC or 1-212- 367-1000 (Mon.-Fri., 10am-9pm. Sat.,12pm-3pm. EST)
E-mail: hotline@gmhc.org
Website: www.gmhc.org
       "The world's oldest and largest not-for-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based organization committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS. Our mission is to reduce the spread of HIV disease, help people with HIV maintain and improve their health and independence, educate the public, keep the prevention, treatment and cure of HIV an urgent national and local priority, and fight homophobia by affirming the individual dignity of all gay men and lesbians. Services include clinical services, legal services and advocacy, tuberculosis education and treatment programs, HIV prevention and education.
       GMHC provides technical assistance to organizations and individuals nationwide. Most social services are limited to NYC residents. -SF or KLG
       Although the site provides many useful resources for homosexuals, its services are in no way limited to gay men. In addition, the website provides basic information in a clear and easy to understand manner. For those interested, there are ways to volunteer at the center as well as other ways to contribute. -JEC
       Once you enter the website, there is a quick guide that can get you help or information quickly. The website has hundreds of pages containing information and resources about various health, public policy, and legal aspects of HIV/AIDS. This website offers so much useful and important information and is one of the easiest websites to navigate. -MF   
       Simple and easy-to-maneuver formatted website. Wide array of services for those directly and indirectly affected with HIV/AIDS including volunteer opportunities, meals, wellness information, AIDS care and support, legal services, client advocacy, etc. (available to all.) -RKP

HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
Office of Communications
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 1-301-443-3376
Website: hab.hrsa.gov
       "Formed in August 1997 to consolidate many other programs funded under the Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act to improve the quality and availability of care for people with HIV/AIDS and their families.
       "The CARE Act funds primary care and support services for individuals living with the HIV disease who lack health insurance and financial resources for their care. CARE Act programs reach more than 500,000 individuals each year."
       Part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.  Since it is a governmental site, this website deals mostly with the legal aspects of AIDS care.  It explains in detail, however, the programs being initiated by the government to provide the most effective methods for helping people with AIDS or HIV.  Although there is no e-mail address provided, there is an area where you can give feedback and have questions answered. -JEC
       Not a very large website compared to the others, but it does offer information and help if you need it. -MF
       Deals mostly with programs tailored for those who already have AIDS and finding different types of local care services. -RKP

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National AIDS Hotline (bilingual)
Phone: 1-800-232-4636 24 hr/day, 7 days/wk
E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
       "Dedicated to improving the health of individuals, families, and communities, with a focus on preventing sexually transmitted diseases and their harmful consequences."
       The site is operated under contract with the Center for Disease Control. -KJG
       The various hotlines provide a way  to speak openly about any issues and concerns you may have. -JEC  I agree. -RKP
       You can call the hotline any time of the day, which I think is great. -MF  

Project Inform
205 13th Street, #2001
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 1-415-558-8669
Fax: 1-415-558-0684
E-mail: web@projectinform.org
Website: www.projinf.org     
       "Founded in 1985 to promote the ideas that people with HIV/AIDS should be thoroughly empowered and educated in order to make sound decisions about their health care. By pursuing a highly strategic set of programs crucial to improving the health of people with HIV and ending the epidemic, our staff is widely respected for having helped speed dozens of safe and effective HIV medications to market, educated hundreds of thousands of HIV-positive individuals about HIV care and treatment, and ensured adequate government funding for health care programs that serve the sickest and poorest people with HIV."
       This website contains a multimedia page with various videos dealing with different issues associated with AIDS, including some personal stories on coping with the disease. -JEC
       If you need help, project inform is here to help you. There is a web page that includes information on what to do if you just found out that you are HIV positive. -MF     
       Organization catered to those living with HIV/AIDS with programs to help empower them and guide them in making informed decisions about their health. They advocate seeking and protecting access to quality health care and treatment for those with HIV/AIDS. -RKP

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ADDITIONAL AIDS / RESOURCES IN NEW YORK CITY:

AIDS Info, NYC Dept. of Health
Phone: 1-800-825-5448 - 9 a.m.-9 p.m., 7 days/week

AIDS Line
Phone: 1-800-825-5448 - 9 a.m.-9 p.m., 7 days/week

AIDS Service Center NYC
41 East 11th Street, 5th Fl.
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 1-212-645-0875
Fax: 1-212-645-0705
Website: www.ascnyc.org
       "...a multiservice community organization that builds community, connection and stability for New Yorkers living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS. It's comprehensive programs include state-of-the-art peer education and training, harm reduction, specialized women’s services, HIV counseling and testing, mental health services, medical and holistic care, case management, support groups, and many other innovative programs that help New York City’s most vulnerable individuals and families to survive and thrive in the face of HIV/AIDS."
       Offers many programs for those at risk or living with HIV/AIDS as well as testing centers and recent news on HIV/AIDS for those in the NYC area." -RKP

NYS AIDS Information Hotline
Phone: 1-800-541-2437 - Counselors available Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-8.p.m., Sat. & Sun.,10 a.m.-6 p.m.; information tapes available 24hrs.

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