TB in those with HIV in French (Congo)
This video illustrates the interactions between TB and HIV, including their impact on the immune system, TB testing, and TB treatment.
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FCAA Toolkit: Funders Guide to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
This internet electronic file is an web site-based information kit that functions as a centralized location for all resources pertaining to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). Tool 1 provides an overview of the Strategy and related public sector initiatives; Tool 2 presents recommended actions for funders to help advance the goals of the NHAS; and Tool 3 gives correlating examples of funder and stakeholder actions. Users can learn about the NHAS, explore what others are doing, connect partners to the resource, and share by adding their work to the toolkit.
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MMWR Analysis Provides New Details on HIV Incidence in U.S. Populations
This information sheet summarizes the key findings of the new analysis of the CDC’s new estimates of the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States. The new analysis was published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of September 12, 2008. The results of the analysis shows that among gay and bisexual men, young African Americans and Whites in their 30s and 40s are most affected, African American women are more affected than women of other races, and men account for the majority of new HIV infection among Hispanics/Latinos.
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Implementation of Routine HIV Testing in Health Care Settings: Issues for Community Health Centers
This report discusses community health centers (CHCs) in routine HIV testing consistent with the 2006 recommendations issued by CDC. It explains why it is important for CHCs to routinely offer HIV testing and provides general protocol elements for facility-based HIV testing, such as ensuring confidentiality, implementing alternatives to opt-out HIV testing, testing alternatives and procedures, encouraging patients to return if a confirmatory HIV test is performed, and providing test results to patients.
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What is TB? Video
The "What is TB?" video provides general information about TB disease and TB infection. The video is available in English, Tagalog, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
MMWR: HIV Infection — United States, 2005 and 2008
This report presents estimated numbers of HIV and AIDS diagnoses from the 42 areas (37 states and five US dependent areas) with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting since at least 2005. It also includes the statistics reported to CDC through 2008. The data presented in this report are subject to at least four limitations. First, HIV infection diagnoses might reflect both HIV incidence and testing patterns. Second, data were unavailable from certain states.
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HIV/AIDS at 30: A Public Opinion Perspective
This report presents results of the Kaiser Family Foundation's 8th national survey on HIV/AIDS since 1995. The survey examined public opinion about HIV/AIDS and the national efforts to prevent and treat it. It examined broad national trends in public opinion on the past several decades and took an in-depth look at the views and experiences of black Americans and young adults under the age of 30 years who have never known a world without HIV. It also focused on trends in reported HIV testing rates and experiences.
2011 Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS
This report presents the eighth survey on HIV/AIDS, conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation since 1995. It was conducted April 4, to May 1, 2011 among a nationally representative sample of 2,583 adults. Telephone interviews were conducted by landline and cell phone. The actual survey questions, responses, and number of people giving the specific response are provided, as well as comparisons with previous surveys.
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Thirty Years of HIV - 1981-2011
This report provides a short history of the discovery of HIV/AIDS and the present epidemiology and US National HIV/AIDS strategy.
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MMWR: HIV Surveillance - United States, 1981-2008
This report summarizes results of CDC’s analysis of data from the National HIV Surveillance System on the 30th anniversary of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The report characterizes trends in HIV infection and AIDS in the United States during 1981-2008. Results indicate that in the first 14 years, sharp increases were reported in the number of new AIDS diagnoses and deaths reaching highs of 75,457 in 1992 and 50,628 in 1995. However with the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy, AIDS diagnoses and deaths declined substantially from 1995-1998, and remained stable from 1999-2008.
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