The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - the nation's primary HIV prevention agency

CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) supports HIV prevention programs targeting youth. Through Cooperative Agreements, it supports a variety of HIV prevention activities targeting youth.

DASH also publishes Guidelines for Effective School Health Education To Prevent the Spread of AIDS.

• Intervention Research and Support - Programmatic and research support for HIV prevention activities throughout the country
• Surveillance and Epidemiology - Statistics on HIV/AIDS (this information is also available in graphical format)
• HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports - statistics on the epidemic in the United States

The Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases supports efforts to prevent and control STDs, which are directly related to risk for HIV infection.

National Prevention Information Network facilitates the sharing of information and resources on HIV and AIDS for all individuals searching for prevention information. It serves as a central repository for a great deal of information on HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and research.

The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) offers information on preventing mother-to-child transmission and other useful information on women and pregnancy at its Web Site on "Pregnancy and HIV: What Women Need to Know"

National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its Office of AIDS Research (OAR) - searching for better treatments, a vaccine, and a cure.

• See OAR's Fiscal Year 2000 Plan for AIDS-related research (to see this file, you will need a free viewer)
• OAR also publishes a helpful list of AIDS-related acronyms
• NIH publishes the results of a 1997 Consensus Development Conference on Interventions to Prevent HIV Risk Behaviours (this is a PDF file - 213k - requires free viewer)

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is involved in preventative HIV vaccine research, HIV prevention research, and a clinical HIV prevention trials network. Information is available through its Division of AIDS.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse address the interconnection of HIV/AIDS and drug abuse. Information is available through its Center on AIDS and Other Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse.

The National Institute of Mental Health conducts research on behavioural HIV prevention. Information is available through its Office of AIDS Research at (301) 443-6100.

The Center for Mental Health Services provides funding for the provision of mental health services to people living with HIV or at risk, as well as sponsoring research into the neuropsychiatric and psychosocial aspects of HIV/AIDS.

The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) provides funding support for the prevention of substance abuse and related problems, including HIV infection.

The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment provides support for drug addiction treatment, as well as research into special treatment issues for those living with HIV and AIDS.

The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information offers a variety of publications on issues related to HIV/AIDS and drug use and abuse.

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) at the University of California San Francisco

• helps disseminate information on HIV prevention, including fact sheets on HIV prevention for specific populations
• produces a wide variety of publications on HIV prevention programming and research
• assists in administering a Visiting Scholars Program in AIDS prevention research