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This monograph is a guide for assessing linkages that can be used as needed in regional or national contexts. It covers a broad range of linkages issues such as policy, systems, and services. It is meant to assess HIV and sexual and reproductive health bi-directional linkages at the policy, system...

This audiovisual file is a podcast featuring a woman living with AIDS. The woman tells the story of how she was diagnosed with HIV at age 16, how she was able to get information about the disease and treatment, and how that experience made her into an advocate for helping others. She emphasizes the...

This Web site provides interim guidance for clinicians who treat immune compromised persons, including HIV-infected adults and adolescents. The page explains that persons with low CD4 cell counts or AIDS can experience more severe complications of seasonal influenza, and possibly HIV-infected adults...

This information sheet discusses the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS among Hispanic/Latino communities in the United States. It provides statistics showing the percentage of new HIV/AIDS diagnoses among Hispanics/Latinos in 2007 in the 34 states with long-term confidential name-based HIV reporting; the...

This information sheet presents an update on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. It reports on the new cases diagnosed in the 34 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting by sex, transmission category, race/ethnicity, and age. The information sheet also provides statistics...

This information sheet discusses how HIV/AIDS affects men who have sex with men (MSM), provides statistics on MSM infected with HIV and dying from AIDS, and the increase in sexual risk taking among MSM. It defines vaccine, and explains why a preventive HIV vaccine is needed, what is happening in...

This information sheet provides evidence concerning the use of the male latex condom to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, genital ulcer diseases, and HPV infections. The evidence is based on information about how different STDs are...

This information sheet discusses Medicare coverage for people age 65 and older or younger people who are disabled by HIV. The information sheet explains Medicare benefits, eligibility, Medicare spending and caseload, and its future outlook. A profile of HIV/AIDS patients receiving Medicare is...

This information sheet discusses the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevention needs of sex workers. The information sheet determines whether sex workers are at risk for HIV, discusses what places them at risk, the barriers to HIV prevention for this...

This information sheet discusses the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevention needs of sex workers. The information sheet determines whether sex workers are at risk for HIV. It discusses what places them at risk, the barriers to HIV prevention for this...