HIV/AIDS Research Guide - Web Sites

Government Organizations

• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA): HIV/AIDS
  "CIDA is supporting several major programs that work with community groups and local organizations to reach vulnerable groups most at risk. They provide community reproductive health services, condoms, and help slow the spread of HIV infection through training, education and peer counselling."
• CDC National Prevention Information Netork (NPIN)
  The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States facilitates the sharing of resources and provides information on education and prevention, published materials and research findings.
  • View Today's Prevention News Update
  • Resources and Services Database
    This database provides descriptions of more than 19,000 organizations that provide HIV/AIDS-related services, including case management, counseling and testing, prevention, education and outreach, health care, support services, housing assistance, and legal counseling.
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States Government. The FDA assures the safety of foods, pharmaceutical products, medical devices and cosmetics and it reviews and evaluates new drug applications.
  • FDA HIV and AIDS Information
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• Health Canada
  Health Canada is a Canadian Government Department. This site provides information on the branches and services of Health Canada.
  • Bureau of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB
  • Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS
  • Division of HIV/AIDS Surveillance
  • Health Canada: AIDS
  • Health Canada: AIDSIDA
  • Health Canada: Epidemiology and Statistics
  • Laboratory Centre for Disease Control: Disease Prevention and Control Guidelines
• National HIV/AIDS Laboratories
• Hong Kong Department of Health - AIDS Unit
  This is a comprehensive source for HIV/AIDS information in Hong Kong published by the Department of Health.
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
  NIAID is a major component of the National Institutes of Health, which is the principal biomedical research agency of the United States Government. NIAID conducts and supports research on the causes, characteristics, prevention, control and treatment of a wide variety of diseases attributable to infectious agents such as bacteria and viruses.
  • AIDS Reagent Program a research and reference program
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
  The U.S. National Library of Medicine is the world's largest biomedical library. It is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States Government.
  • Guide to NIH HIV/AIDS Information Services
  • NIH's Specialized Information Services (SIS) - HIV/AIDS Information Resources
  • NIH's Office of AIDS Research (OAR)
• UNAIDS
  UNAIDS is the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Based in Geneva, Switzerland, it strives to maximize the United Nations's efficiency and impact in the field of HIV/AIDS by pooling the experience, efforts and resources of six organizations. UNAIDS is co-sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations HIV and Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank.
• White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP)
  "Among its responsibilities, ONAP works closely with the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, which provides essential input into our efforts. ONAP also created and facilitates an Interdepartmental Task Force on HIV/AIDS. This Task Force serves to foster communication and coordination among those Federal agencies involved in HIV/AIDS policy and initiatives."
• WHO Initiative on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (HSI)
  Created by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) on 1 November 1995 to liaise with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) which became operational on 1 January 1996 with the disestablishment as of 31 December 1995 of WHO's Global Programme on AIDS (GPA).
  • World Health Organization (WHO) Home Page