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CT HIV Consumer Related Links
HIV Conferences
HIV/AIDS and related Internet LinksCT HIV Consumer Related Internet Links (*** denotes an organization that is supportive of the Greater New Haven HIV Consumer Council)
| SiteName | URL | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AIDS Project New Haven | http://www.apnh.org |
AIDS Project
New Haven is the oldest AIDS service organization in the state
of Connecticut. Formed by a small group of individuals in 1983,
it has expanded to provide service throughout the greater New
Haven area. |
| Bread & Roses, caring for people with HIV/AIDS | http://www.bread-and-roses.org/ | We are a non-profit organization that supports and empowers people who struggle to live well with HIV or AIDS. We serve 6,000 people each year from Fairfield County, Connecticut, as well as from the rest of Connecticut and New York. |
| Global Health Organization | http://www.globalhealthorg.com | Global HEALTH Organization, Inc. is the private, non-profit humanitarian aid organization that provides health-care, establishes medical programs, -- and offers efficient and effective solutions to world health problems -- for all individuals in need throughout the world. |
| Guardian Health Association*** | http://www.guardianhealth.org | The Guardian Health Association started as a group of Long Term Survivors in the New Haven area, and now has members across the United States. See the Gallery of Health for some inspiring stories of people that have been living with thei virus for a very long time. |
| Leeway Inc*** | http://www.leeway.net/ | Leeway is a 30 bed subacute facility specializing in providing compassionate individualized care for people aged 16 or over who have HIV/AIDS and who are sick enough to require 24-hour nursing care and supervision. Leeway provides a standard of care comparable to a skilled nursing home, with the focus being on the particular needs of each resident. Leeway provides intensive services to those in need of short term or long term placement, as well as palliative care. These services include IV therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, wound care, CAPD, whirlpool treatments, as well as supervision with medications and treatments. |
| State of CT | http://www.state.ct.us/dph/Publications/publications.htm | State of Connecticut Department of Health Publications and Information |
| The Mid-Fairfield AIDS Project*** | http://www.mfap.com/ | The
Mid-Fairfield AIDS Project was founded in 1987 as an initial response to
HIV/AIDS by individuals from a variety of local organizations in
co-operation with the Norwalk Health Department and Norwalk Hospital.
Among the many services the project offers to people with HIV/AIDS is a buddy program which was the first program of its kind established in Fairfield County. Training classes are provided for this program and are available to anyone interested in becoming a friend/buddy to a person living with HIV/AIDS. Counseling, advocacy, and referrals are available through Case Mangers. There is also a variety of support groups for people living with HIV/AIDS and their care givers, friends and families. Mid-Fairfield AIDS Project has a People with Aids (PWA) speakers bureau available to speak to community church groups, youth organizations and schools. |
HIV Related Conferences
Other HIV Related Internet Links
| SiteName | URL | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AEGIS | http://www.aegis.org/ | The largest HIV knowledgebase in the world. |
| AEGIS Search | http://www.aegis.org/default.asp?req=/search | Search AEGIS, the largest HIV knowledgebase in the world. |
| AIDS Action Committee | http://www.aac.org | AIDS Action is New England's oldest and largest provider of AIDS services, education and advocacy. AIDS Action currently provides support services to more than 1500 men, women and children living with AIDS and HIV. |
| AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service | http://aidsinfo.nih.gov | The AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS) provides quick and easy access to information on federally and privately funded clinical trials for adults and children. |
| AIDS INFO NYC | http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/ | aidsinfonyc.org is an open forum for various organizations and viewpoints. |
| AIDS Project LA | http://www.apla.org/ | This web site offers extensive information and links on HIV/AIDS, related topics, and AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA). Information Services Volunteers and Support Public Policy Publications Benefits Education Special Events Job Listings |
| AIDS Research Information Center | http://www.critpath.org/ | Critical Path provides easy access to the full range of potentially life-extending or life-saving AIDS prevention, treatment and referral information. |
| AIDS Treatment News Online | http://www.immunet.org/immunet/atn.nsf/homepage | Complete archive of AIDS Treatment News - through current issue. This internationally recognized treatment newsletter is an excellent resource for persons living with HIV/AIDS who are looking for information on new therapies |
| AIDS Weekly | http://www.newsfile.com | 50,000+ Articles (1988-1999) |
| AmFAR | http://www.amfar.org | AmFAR is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of AIDS research (both basic-biomedical and clinical research), AIDS prevention, and the advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy. |
| Arts & Understanding | http://www.aumag.org | If you are looking for the positive site with a creative twist, you've found it: the web page for those of us who know that living with AIDS is about more than pills and therapies. |
| Being Alive | http://www.mbay.net/~bngalive | People with HIV/AIDS Action Coalition. |
| BETA | http://www.sfaf.org/beta/ | BETA, the Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, published quarterly (in January, April, July and October) by the Treatment Education and Support Unit of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, covers new developments in AIDS treatment research |
| CDC National Prevention Information Network | http://www.cdcnpin.org/ | The CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is a national reference, referral and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). |
| Free Felix | http://www.televar.com/~tysn/ | On December 7th, 1998, Felix Hugh Tyson was
born. On December 8th, 1998, the State of Oregon took custody of him. His parents were accused of "intent to harm" because they wanted to breast feed him and because they refused to administer AZT, a toxic and experimental chemotherapy. Felix was released to the physical custody of his parents only on the condition that they comply with this controversial and scientifically questionable health program. A fact finding hearing has been scheduled for April 16th, 1999, in juvenile court. The parents need your support for legal expenses to regain custody of their son. |
| Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) | http://www.gmhc.org/ | Gay Men's Health Crisis, founded in 1981, is
a model for AIDS care, education and advocacy worldwide. To provide compassionate care to New Yorkers with AIDS; educate to keep people healthy; advocate for fair and effective public policies. |
| H.O.P.E. Foundation | http://hopedc.org | The H.O.P.E. Foundation provides information assisting the growing numbers of those living long-term with HIV and those who care for them in a seminar series and on its website. It also supports The Monthly Social, a stress-free gathering fostering mutual support and information sharing (see http://hopedc.org/socials.html). |
| HEAL Toronto | http://www.healtoronto.com/ | HEAL maintains that "HIV=AIDS=DEATH" is FALSE |
| HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service | http://aidsinfo.nih.gov | The HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) provides information about federally approved treatment guidelines for HIV and AIDS. |
| Houston Buyers Clu | http://houstonbuyersclub.com/ | Has local information as well as a page of managing side effects which contains common HIV related issues and nutritional supplements that may help. |
| IAPAC | http://www.iapac.org/ | The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care's web site. |
| Immunocal® |
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Immunocal has been clinically proven to enhance immune functioning.
This site offers research and more information pertinent to people living
with HIV/AIDS. A special discount for PLWHAs on limited incomes that cannot access it through their prescription or ADAP program. Immunocal® will offer it at the Physicians' wholesale discount of $59.40 per box. Enter "HIV Consumer Council Discount" in the comments section. |
| Jennifer Jennsens Nutrition Power Page | http://www.jenniferjensen.com/ | Nutrition Power and more. |
| Keep Hope Alive | http://www.keephope.net/ | Keep Hope Alive is a comprehensive source of information on immune-based, nutritional, herbal, bio-oxidative and natural therapies for immune compromised persons affected by AIDS, Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and cancer. Our origin began with the publication of Alternative Aids Therapies in 1989. |
| Medscape - AIDS Page | http://hiv.medscape.com/Home/Topics/AIDS/AIDS.html | Comprehensive AIDS medical information and related sites. |
| National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) | http://www.nmac.org | Serving communities of color in the fight against HIV/AIDS |
| Positive Nation | http://www.positivenation.co.uk | UK Monthly Maganzine |
| POZ Magazine | http://www.poz.com/ | POZ Maganzine… |
| Pozangel's Home Page | http://members.aol.com/pozangel/ | Survival, not an impossible mission. Test your survival characteristics. This is Pozangel's personal home page. |
| Project Inform | http://www.projinf.org/ | Project Inform has been at the front lines in the fight against HIV and AIDs since 1985 when reliable information about the disease and its treatment was nearly impossible to obtain. |
| Rethinking AIDS Website | http://www.virusmyth.com/aids/ | Is the AIDS virus harmless? Is AIDS not
contagious? Are the AIDS tests worthless? Is AIDS medication killing patients? Find out what the AIDS establishment and media do not want you to know... |
| Spirituality and Health | http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/ | The web site for the Spirituality and Health magazine. |
| The Body | http://www.thebody.com/ | 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; Foster community through human connection. |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | http://www.cdc.gov/ | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. |
| The HIV Info Web | http://www.jri.org/ | HIV and AIDS information site designed to be universally accessible; the HIV Infoweb is the best starting point for any searches for HIV and AIDS treatment and prevention information, even if the information is located on another site. |
| Thom Collins Home Page | http://www.thomcollins.com/ | HIV Super Model of the Millenium
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