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STDs General Information

Alan Guttmacher Institute: Sexually Transmitted Disease and AIDS
Provides fact sheets and other information about STDs and prevention.
( http://www.guttmacher.org/sections/sti.php )
American College Health Association
Produces brochures on STDs, alcohol use, acquaintance rape, and other college health issues.
( http://www.acha.org )
American Social Health Association (ASHA)
Provides written information and referrals on STDs; sponsors support groups for people with herpes and HPV.
( http://www.ashastd.org )
CDC Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Provides statistics and information about the prevention and treatment of STDs.
( http://www.cdc.gov/std/ )
CDC National Prevention Information Network
Provides extensive information and links on HIV/AIDS and other STDs.
( http://www.cdcnpin.org )
Go Ask Alice
Sponsored by the Columbia University Health Service, this sexual health portion of this site provides answers to student questions about sexually transmitted diseases, condoms, safer sex, and related topics.
( http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu )
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Provides up-to-date publications about STDs and information on current research.
( http://www.niaid.nih.gov )
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Provides information on STDs and contraception.
( http://www.plannedparenthood.org )
WHO: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Provides information on international statistics and prevention efforts.
( http://www.who.int/health-topics/std.htm )
HIV/AIDS General Information

AIDS Clock
Sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund, this site is a counter tracking the current number of people infected with HIV worldwide.
( http://www.unfpa.org/aids_clock/ )
AIDS: The Agony of Africa
A Pulitzer Prize-winning series of articles in the Village Voice.
( http://www.villagevoice.com/news/9952,schoofs,11382,1.html )
AVERT: AIDS Education and Research Trust
Provides statistics, information, personal stories, and many other resources related to HIV/AIDS.
( http://www.avert.org )
The Body/A Multimedia AIDS and HIV Information Resource
Provides basic information about HIV--prevention, testing, treatment--and links to related sites; includes an online HIV/STDs risk assessment.
( http://www.thebody.com )
CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
Provides statistics, fact sheets, answers to frequently asked questions, links to related sites, and many other HIV/AIDS resources.
( http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm )
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
Information on, and evaluation of, various approaches to HIV prevention.
( http://www.caps.ucsf.edu )
FDA: Testing Yourself for HIV-1, the Virus that Causes AIDS
Provides information about approved and unapproved home testing kids for HIV.
( http://www.fda.gov/cber/infosheets/hiv-home2.htm )
Harvard AIDS Institute
Provides resources and links on research into basic aspects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
( http://www.aids.harvard.edu/ )
HIV InSite: Gateway to AIDS Knowledge
Provides information about prevention, education, testing, treatment, statistics, clinical trials, and new developments. The AIDS Basics section provides answers to frequently asked questions about transmission, symptoms, and prevention.
( http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu )
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Provides statistics and information on the international HIV/AIDS situation; site features individual country profiles that include general health data as well as estimates of the number of AIDS deaths, AIDS orphans, and people currently living with HIV/AIDS.
( http://www.unaids.org )
NAMES Project Foundation AIDS Memorial Quilt
Includes the story behind the quilt, images of quilt panels, and information and links relating to HIV infection.
( http://www.aidsquilt.org )
National HIV Testing Resources
Provides information about HIV testing and a directly of testing sites.
( http://www.hivtest.org/ )
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): AIDS Publications
Includes fact sheets, brochures, and research news about HIV/AIDS.
( http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/aids.htm )
HIV/AIDS Treatment Information

AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS)

( http://www.actis.org )
AIDS Map

( http://www.aidsmap.com )
Critical Path AIDS Project

( http://www.critpath.org )
FDA HIV/AIDS Page

( http://www.fda.gov/oashi/aids/hiv.html )
HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory

( http://www.amfar.org/td )
HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS)

( http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/ )
Project Inform

( http://www.projectinform.org )
HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development

ACTIS HIV Vaccine Information

( http://www.actis.org )
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

( http://www.iavi.org/ )
Other STDs

Many of the general sites listed above provide extensive information on individual STDs; see especially the following:

American Social Health Association STDs information

( http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_overview.cfm )
CDC National Prevention Information Network

( http://www.cdcnpin.org )
NIAID STDs Information

( http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/stds.htm )
CDC: Syphilis Elimination
Provides information about syphilis in the United States and around the world as well as about CDC efforts to eliminate syphilis from the United States.
( http://www.cdc.gov/stopsyphilis )
Herpes Resource Center
Provides information and support for people with herpes.
( http://www.ashastd.org/herpes/herpes_overview.cfm )
Images of STD Organisms and Symptoms

The Body: What Do the Symptoms of STDs Really Look Like?

( http://www.thebody.com/sowadsky/symptoms/symptoms.html )
Health Awareness Connection: STD Images

( http://www.healthac.org/images.html )
Safer Sex Information

The Body: Forum on Safe Sex and HIV Prevention
Provides answers to frequently asked questions about safe sex and an ask-the-expert feature that allows individuals to submit new questions.
( http://www.thebody.com/cgi/safeans.html )
Condomania Online: Getting Educated Safer Sex Guide
A commercial site that includes useful advice on using condoms and safer sex.
( http://www.condomania.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/educate/manual/index.shtml?L+condomania+zv... )
Dr. Drew
Provides answers to frequently asked questions about sexuality and relationships, including STDs and safer sex.
( http://drDrew.com )
iwannaknow
Provides teen-oriented answers to questions about sexual health and STD prevention.
( http://www.iwannaknow.org )







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