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The
Department of Health
and Human Services is the cabinet-level agency with primary
responsibility for most Federal government services related to HIV/AIDS
prevention, care, and research. Leadership is provided by Secretary
Donna Shalala.
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The
Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research offers:
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The
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention supports an array of international
research related to the treatment of HIV and AIDS.
CDC
also helps to support research into HIV vaccines
and prevention.
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The
Food and Drug Administration
has a major role in the review of new drugs to prevent and treat
HIV and AIDS-related conditions. The FDA:
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National
Institutes of Health (NIH) is the lead agency in the Federal
government that is responsible for searching for better treatments,
a vaccine, and a cure (see our list
of prevention links for information on NIH's prevention-oriented
research).
NIH
offers a one-stop
guide to its HIV/AIDS information services
Coordination throughout the NIH is provided by its Office
of AIDS Research (OAR) (see our information
on NIH's AIDS budget)
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Complete
information is available through its Division
of AIDS.
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The
National Library
of Medicine offers access to many different information
sources on HIV-related research and treatment, including:
- Its
Grateful Med
which offers more than nine million citations to the biomedical
literature of the world, from 1966 to the present.
- NLM
also offers links to its information through a special HIV/AIDS
site.
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The
AIDS Clinical
Trials Information Service (ACTIS) provides information
on clinical trials (research involving testing on humans)
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The
AIDS
Treatment Data Network is a national, not-for-profit, community-based
organization. Treatment education and counseling services for men,
women and children with AIDS & HIV are supported by extensive,
comprehensive and up-to-date informational databases about AIDS
treatments, research studies, services, & accessing care. Nationwide
toll-free number is available at (800) 734-7104.
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The
American Foundation
for AIDS Research supports basic and clinical AIDS research,
HIV prevention, and public policy advocacy.
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The
Forum
for Collaborative HIV Research is an independent public-private
partnership that facilitates ongoing discussion and collaboration
on the design, development, and implementation of new clinical studies
in HIV.
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The
HIV/AIDS Treatment
Information Service (ATIS) provides information about Federally-approved
treatment guidelines for HIV and AIDS. This service is sponsored
by the Agency for
Health Care Policy and Research at the Department
of Health and Human Services.
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The International
AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) is a non-profit organization
that supports research into the development of preventative HIV vaccines. |
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The
John Hopkins
University AIDS Service provides comprehensive information
on the treatment of HIV and AIDS-related conditions.
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Project
Inform is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco
that provides individualized information on HIV and AIDS-related
treatment. It can also be reached by calling their national
hotline at 800-822-7422 (toll-free in the United States) or
415-558-9051 (in the San Francisco Bay Area or internationally).
Hotline hours are MondayFriday, 9am5pm and Saturday,
10am 4pm (Pacific Time).
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