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AIDS

A Guide to Selected Government Information Available at WIU's Government Publications Library

(Revised - 8/05)

Web version of this guide includes links to web resources.

Federal Government Information

HIV/AIDS in Asia

Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia have the highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection anywhere outside of Africa. This hearing examines U.S. assistance in the fight against AIDS in Asia. 2004
Y 4.IN 8/16:AS 4/17

The United States Government Strategy for Fighting HIV/AIDS: Implementation of Public Law 108-25

In this hearing, the House Committee on International Relations hears testimony from Ambassador Randall Tobias, the Global AIDS Coordinator, regarding the five-year global strategy to fight AIDS, as required by The United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003. 2004
Y 4.IN 8/16:G 74/2

Fighting HIV/AIDS In Africa: A Progress Report

This hearing examines U.S. future goals in fighting the AIDS virus in Africa. It also analyzes past progress and money expenditures. 2004
Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG. 108-560

Saving Lives: The Deadly Intersection of AIDS and Hunger

This hearing explores the relationship between AIDS and hunger and what the U.S. is doing, or should be doing, to address the issues together and separately. 2004
Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG.108-616

AIDSinfo

The National Institutes of Health offers this website about HIV/AIDS clinical trials and treatment. It has six main categories: Guidelines, Drugs, Clinical Trials, Vaccines, Health Topics, and AIDSinfo Tools.
http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNAIDS, is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the epidemic. UNAIDS' mission is to lead, strengthen and support an expanded response to HIV and AIDS that includes prevention, care and support to those infected, and alleviating the impact of the epidemic.
http://www.unaids.org

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention -- Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention

This Centers for Disease Control website features research information, statistics, basic information about AIDS, publications, and links to other AIDS-related websites.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm

HIV/AIDS Surveillance

On this Census Bureau website, you can find the HIV/AIDS Surveillance database, the Monitoring the Aids Pandemic (MAP) Network, and the profiles of countries deemed to be "hot spots".
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/hivaidsn.html

AIDS

Medline Plus has gathered a wide variety of AIDS-related information on its topical web page. Here you can find the latest information on research, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, as well as publications and a glossary of AIDS-related terms.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aids.html

Office of National AIDS Policy

Visit the website of President Bush's HIV/AIDS Initiative, where you can find speeches, news releases, announcements, and up-to-date presidential action concerning AIDS.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/hivaids

Downward Spiral: HIV/AIDS, State Capacity, and Political Conflict in Zimbabwe

This study examines how the HIV/AIDS pandemic destabilizes Zimbabwe's society, economy, governance, and national security. 2004
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS52388

A Guide to Primary Care of People with HIV/AIDS

Meant to assist physicians, this book provides practical information for the common questions that arise in the care of patients with HIV. See also, A Pocket Guide to Adult HIV/AIDS Treatment, a companion document to the above Guide, which offers various tables to be used in HIV/AIDS treatment. 2004, 2005
HE 20.9008:P 93
HE 20.9008:AD 9/2005

lllinois Government Information

HIV/AIDS Statistics

A statistical presentation of the presence of AIDS in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public Health website offers statewide cases and cases reported by county, in addition to publications and other AIDS information. The Illinois HIV/AIDS/STD Monthly Surveillance Update is viewable from this page as well.
ILLINOIS 616.9792 AIDS 3d year month

HIV/AIDS

Illinois has the 7th highest number of AIDS cases in the nation, according to this Illinois Department of Public Health website. Additionally, IDPH offers basic HIV/AIDS facts and information about those AIDS affects. Links to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program and testing and services administered by IDPH are also provided.

Legal Information

AIDS Law In a Nutshell

This book is a brief and readable compilation of AIDS-specific laws, topically arranged: Discrimination Law, Family and Estate Planning Law, Insurance Law, Criminal Law, Tort Law, Public Health Law, and International Law. 1996
LEGL REF KF 3803.A54 A946 1996

Good Enough to Use for Research, But Not Good Enough to Benefit from the Results of That Research: Are the Clinical HIV Vaccine Trials in Africa Unjust?

The author of this article explores whether or not the clinical trials in Africa actually benefit Africans and contends that an international standard of ethical protections of those who participate in the clinical trials may be needed to ensure that poor countries are not exploited.
DePaul Law Review. Vol. 53, No. 3 Spring 2004 pp. 1127-1153

To Be Female, Black, Incarcerated, and Infected with HIV/AIDS: A Socio-Legal Analysis

64% of new HIV cases are Black women. The rise in HIV infection in females is occurring simultaneously with a big increase in the numbers of incarcerated females. This article looks at the statistics, the women's constitutional right to medical care, the community impact of these trends, and the need for change.
Criminal Law Bulletin. Vol. 41, No. 1 January-February 2005 pp.47-59

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