GNHAR

Resouce sites

NIH AIDS Research and Reference Reagent Program (National Institutes of Health)

Resouce sites

CDC National Center for Health Statistics Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) statehealthfacts.org U.S. Census Bureau World Health Organization (WHO)

Guidelines/Articles

Best-Evidence Interventions
Bright Ideas: Innovative or Promising Practices in HIV Prevention and HIV Community Planning, Third Edition (2002)
CDC’s HIV Prevention Strategic Plan Through 2005
Children on the Brink 2004: A Joint Report of New Orphan Estimates and a Framework for ActionCommunity REACH’s website
Compendium of HIV Prevention Interventions with Evidence of Effectiveness
Comprehensive HIV Prevention: Essential Components of a Comprehensive Strategy to Prevent Domestic HIV, 2006
Counseling Pregnant Women and New Mothers about HIV: Counseling Practices at Siriraj and Rajavithi Hospitals and Queen Sirikit National Institute for Child Health: Bangkok, 1999
Directory of Associations of People Living with HIV/AIDS
What Happened in Uganda?
Guidelines (http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/guidelines/index.htm) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Hiv aids What Causes Hiv aids? Hiv aids Signs & Symptoms (Healthline.com)
HIV Prevention in the Third Decade: Activities of CDC’s Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
HIV Rapid Testing Training Package Tools to assist countries with the knowledge and skills necessary toestablish policies and to perform testing for assuring reliable and accurate test results.
HIV Testing and Counseling in TB Clinical Settings Tool to assist countries to plan and implement provider-initiated and delivered HIV testing and counseling in TB clinical settings.
HIV/AIDS vs. the People: The Case of Life and Death (April 2, 2003) The spread of HIV in Nigeria has gone from alarming (epidemic) to ominous (pandemic): an estimated 1.4 million people died from HIV/AIDS in 2002 alone From This Day, Lagos
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Prevention: Strategies for Clinicians Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003 May 1;36(9):1171-6. Learning from the Community: What Community Based Organizations Say About Factors that Affect HIV Prevention Programs Male Circumcision: Current Epidemiological & Field Evidence, 2002 Conference Report USAID Project Profiles: Children Affected by HIV/AIDS, 2005 Nevirapine-Based Fixed-Dose Combination Antiretrovirals in Resource-Limited Settings (May 2003) Excerpted from HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men’s Health Crisis New Challenges in HIV Care: Prevention Among HIV-Infected Patients Topics in HIV Medicine 2003 July/August;11(4):140-4. Participation by Religious Organizations in USAID Programs – Executive Summary Point-of-Care Rapid Tests for HIV Antibodies Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2003;27(7/8):288-295. Prevention vs. Treatment? (April 2003)
Myth: The best way to control AIDS in the developing world is to put all available resources into stronger prevention programs H.I.V./AIDS: The Growing Momentum for Universal Access to Treatment
STD Screening, Testing, Case Reporting, and Clinical and Partner Notification Practices: A National Survey of US Physicians
Supply Chain Management System for the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Sustaining Safe Practice: Twenty Years On Social Science & Medicine 2003;57(1):1-12.
TB/HIV Infection Control in the Era of Expanding HIV Care and Treatment This new publication includes recommendations to help minimize the risk of TB transmission at facilities in resource-limited settings in which HIV care is provided.
The Serostatus Approach to Fighting the HIV Epidemic: Prevention Strategies for Infected Individuals Reprinted with permission from the American Public Health Association USAID Project Profiles: Children Affected by HIV/AIDS, 2005 CD-ROM Version

Programs

Global Treatment Access Campaign (July 2004) Network of activists and organizations fighting for cheaper AIDS drugs and other medications
Gilead’s Viread International Access Program (May 2003)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men’s Health Crisis
AIDS new treatment (A new herbal extract increases CD4 and lowers virus counts) (NatureProducts.Net) AIDS Education Global Information System (http://www.aegis.com/)
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (http://www.aidshealth.org)
AIDS Portal (http://www.aidsportal.org/)
America council for voluntary International action (http://www.interaction.org/)
Center for Global Development http://www.cgdev.org/section/opinions/blogs/
HHS Women and HIV/AIDS (http://www.4women.gov/OWH/ichp/hivaids.cfm )
HIV & AIDS News (http://www.avert.org/aidsnews.htm)
HIV / AIDS Information on a scientific basis AIDS Information Switzerland (www.aids-info.ch)
HIV search engine (http://www.hivaidssearch.com )
HIV/AIDS and Children (http://www.unicef.org/aids/index_34214.html _)
HIV/AIDS Monitor at Centre for Global Development (http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_active/hivmonitor) HIVAN Centre for HIV/AIDS Network (http://www.hivan.org.za )
IAVI database of AIDS vaccines in human trials http://www.iavireport.org/trialsdb/</a class=”auto-style7″>International AIDS Vaccine Initiative http://www.iavi.org/ IAVI’s mission is to ensure the development of safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccines for use throughout the world.
International Women’s Health Coalition (http://www.iwhc.org/global/uspolicy/hivaids)
Know your HIV/AIDS (http://www.knowhivaids.org/get_index.aspx)
NIAID Vaccine initiative (http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/research/topics/HIV/vaccines/)
Nutrition and HIV/AIDS (http://www.pronutrition.org/index.php )
Peace corps online (http://peacecorpsonline.org)
Population Reference Bureau (http://www.prb.org )
Red Cross Red Crescent – Code for good practice for NGOs responding to HIV/AIDS (http://www.ifrc.org/what/health/hivaids/code/)
Religious Action Centre (http://rac.org)
Resource Center http://www.uic.edu/depts/matec/resource.html
The communication Initiative (http://www.comminit.com )

The Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise http://www.hivvaccineenterprise.org/ is an alliance of independent organizations around the world dedicated to accelerating the development of a preventive HIV vaccine by:Shared scientific plan: Implementing a strategic plan for HIV vaccine research that spans vaccine discovery, product development and manufacturing, and clinical trials  Increased resources: Mobilizing significant new funding to achieve the scientific plan Greater collaboration: Promoting more efficient, faster ways for researchers to share successes and failures and avoid duplication of efforts The head of the United Nations AIDS program outlines how to move forward, and calls for international solidarity among activists (From AIDS Treatment News) The Resource Center provides our training staff and affiliated health professionals with a collection of videotapes, curriculum modules, training program guides, slide sets, and periodicals to extend their understanding of HIV/AIDS. MATEC has developed and produced several tools you may find useful in your efforts to develop programs or provide continuing education for yourself and your staff.

Reports

Updated Slide Set: AIDS Surveillance – General Epidemiology
Updated Slide Set: HIV/AIDS Surveillance – General Epidemiology MMWR: HIV/AIDS Diagnoses Among Blacks — Florida, 1999–2004
Updated Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS among African Americans
Updated: General and Laboratory Considerations: Rapid HIV Tests Currently Available in the United   States
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports
Surveillance Reports
HIV/AIDS Success Stories, 2005
HIV/AIDS Health Profiles, 2005
Archive of USAID Documents available electronically (http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/Publications/pubarchives.html
UNAIDS 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic ( www.unaids.org) UNAIDS/WHO 2006 AIDS epidemic update UNAIDS/WHO 2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic

Software:

AIDS Public Information Data Set (through 2002) Public use database and analysis software for AIDS cases reported through 2002. AnSWR – Analysis for Word Based Records v6.4 (through January 8, 2003) AnSWR is a software system for coordinating and conducting large-scale, team-based analysis projects that integrate qualitative and quantitative techniques. CDC EZ-Text (through February 7, 2000) “CDC EZ-Text” is a software program developed to assist researchers create, manage, and analyze semi-structured qualitative databases. DHAP SAS Engines SAS v6.11 Engines for Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows NT Includes engines for reading and writing EPIINFO, FOXPRO, DBASE, PARADOX, and S-PLUS data sets from SAS.

Epi-Info Easy form and database construction, data entry, and analysis with epidemiologic statistics, maps, and graphs. For State and Local Health Department Staff (Password Protected):