Reproductive Health Topic: HIV/AIDS

Since 1979, the AIDS epidemic has been devastating patients and confounding providers. In this collection, health care providers will find resources for improving HIV/AIDS prevention and patient care, and patients will find information on HIV basics, HIV prevention, and HIV treatment.

To read ARHP's position statement on HIV/AIDS, click here.

News

November 17, 2008: Record number of youth dancing worldwide to take a stand against HIV and AIDS from MarketWatch
November 17, 2008: Interpol seizes $6.65M in counterfeit HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB drugs in Southeast Asia from kaisernetwork.org
November 17, 2008: Assisted living in Mexico, HIV transmission and restaurant calorie counts from New York Times
November 17, 2008: Domestic strategy for combating HIV/AIDS in US should mirror PEPFAR, opinion piece says from kaisernetwork.org

Featured Research

Mathers BM, Degenhardt L, Phillips B, et al; for the 2007 Reference Group to the UN on HIV and Injecting Drug Use. Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among people who inject drugs: a systematic review. Lancet. 2008 Sep 23.
Triant VA, Brown TT, Lee H, Grinspoon SK. Fracture prevalence among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected versus non-HIV-infected patients in a large US healthcare system. J Clin Endocrincol Metab. 2008 Sep; 93(9):3499-504. Epub 200 Jul 1.

Patient Resources

Be the Generation, a Campaign To Raise Awareness of Preventive HIV Vaccine Research
FAQs for HIV-Positive Youth from Advocates for Youth
PEERSpeak created by AIDS Foundation of Chicago and Test Positive Aware Network
In Women’s Hands: A Film on Women, HIV, and Hope from Global Campaign for Microbicides

Continuing Education

Prevention of HIV/AIDS, March 22-27, 2009, Keystone, Colorado
4th International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, April 5-7, 2009 Miami, FL
Cases on the Web from International AIDS Society-USA (IAS-USA)
CME/CE Central from The Body Pro
Point-Of-Care Information Technology (POC-IT) Center: HIV CME Center from Johns Hopkins University (Free registration required)

Clinical Publications & Resources

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) from University of California, San Francisco
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living With HIV from Guttmacher Institute
The Overlooked Epidemic: HIV/AIDS in Latin America and The Caribbean from Science and Biocompare
What You Need to Know: Microbicides: Prevention of HIV/AIDS, STIs, and Unintended Pregnancy

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