AIDS Bulletin - South Africa
http://www.mrc.ac.za/aids/aidsbulletins.htm
The AIDS Bulletin is a quarterly newsletter on HIV/AIDS and related issues published
by the Medical Research Council, South Africa. It includes articles about the
epidemic worldwide, with an emphasis on developing and transitional countries.
Doctor's Guide: Global Edition - USA
http://www.docguide.com
This site is full of medical information on a variety of topics. The portal
includes current news stories, unusual case studies, and a variety of medical
resources categorized by topic. "Channels" allows users to search for all
items on a given health disease or condition (such as HIV/AIDS).
Hepatitis.org - USA
http://www.hepatitis.org
This site contains exhaustive information about hepatitis in all its forms,
as well as current news about hepatitis and treatments. Viral hepatitis and
hepatitis C, which commonly coinfect HIV-positive people, are assigned their
own sections.
Hepatitis C: What Clinicians and Other Health Professionals
Need to Know (CDC) - USA
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/C_Training/edu/default.htm
This is an online course for health professionals about hepatitis C, a common
co- infection with HIV. While the statistics and demographics in this course
are designed for an American audience, the transmission, diagnostics, epidemiology,
and management of infection information is helpful regardless of geography.
HepNet - Canada
http://www.hepnet.com
Highly interactive, this site offers news, events, a quiz, and information for
doctors and patients dealing with hepatitis. Factsheets about each strain of
hepatitis are also available.
HIV/AIDS Information Center in Medicine OnLine - USA
http://www.meds.com/hiv/hivindex1.html
This site provides in-depth information about clinical management of HIV and
AIDS. The site features extensive information libraries, an interactive multimedia
textbook on HIV/AIDS, daily medical news, forums about common opportunistic
cancers, and a comprehensive glossary.
HIVCME.com - USA
http://www.hivcme.org
While originally intended for continuing medical education for US physicians,
this portal offers a good collection of documents and treatment materials organized
by topic area. These topics include resistance, treatment guidelines, adolescent
HIV, women and HIV, and general HIV.
HIVfiles.org- USA
http://www.hivfiles.org
HIVfiles.org is an interactive website for clinicians caring for children with
HIV, pregnant women with HIV, and their families. This site offers clinicians
the opportunity to confidentially post clinical cases and to ask others to share
their management experience, expertise and advice. The website enables users
to contribute to dialogues with colleagues throughout the world about a wide
variety of issues affecting the care of HIV-infected children and their families.
In addition to case discussions, the site provides a forum for discussion of
emerging issues and topics of interest.
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care - International
http://www.iapac.org
IAPAC designs advocacy strategies to improve the quality of care for those living
with HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections. The site contains a wealth of information
on policy, healthcare access, human rights, and economics for those living with
HIV/AIDS, as well as clinical management, diagnostics, and ethical considerations
for doctors who care for patients with HIV/AIDS. IAPAC produces a monthly newsletter,
a journal, and other tools for physicians.
JAMA HIV/AIDS Professional Resource Center - USA
http://www.ama-assn.org/
This site features in-depth news reports, journal articles, Internet websites,
and treatment guidelines. All material on this site is high-quality clinical
information and is scientifically rigorous - most information is extracted from
JAMA itself or affiliated publications. This website is by no means comprehensive
for this reason, but the information is of high quality.
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service - USA
http://www.hopkins-aids.edu
This site, hosted by one of the premier medical institutions in the United States,
is highly clinical in nature. It contains a wealth of information for clinicians,
students, and persons living with HIV/AIDS. The site contains current reports
from scientific meetings, expert Q&A for patients, epidemiology data and
modeling, prevention references, and US guidelines on many topics. The site
also features free online access to the Hopkins HIV Report newsletter, the full
text of Medical Management of HIV Infection, and free access to The Moore News
Quarterly Patient Newsletter.
Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases
- USA
http://www.hopkins-id.edu
Another Johns Hopkins clinical information site, this website offers resources
on TB, Hepatitis, and other infectious diseases. The site features news, continuing
medical education information, and an antibiotic guide.
National Pediatric and Family HIV/AIDS Resource Center - USA
http://www.pedhivaids.org
NPFHRC is a non-profit organization serving professionals who care for children,
adolescents and families with HIV/AIDS. The Center offers education, consultation,
technical assistance, and training for health and social service professionals,
including clinicians and program managers. The website features guidelines,
factsheets, educational materials, question-and-answers, research, global issue
briefs, and extensive links, among other resources.
Journal Watch: AIDS Clinical Care - USA
http://aids-clinical-care.jwatch.org/
This site has online medical journals on HIV/AIDS. The home page serves up links
to the lead stories of four different titles each day. These summaries are free
to all visitors, and the list is updated daily. In addition, the lead summary
of every electronic issue of each publication is freely available on each individual
title's home page. Journal Watch physician editors comb over 180 scientific
and medical journals, review and filter important clinical research findings,
then present concise medical journal summaries and insightful commentary.