AIDS and HIV
(SIDA y VIH)
On this page:
Tools
(Herramientas)
- Binational Directory of HIV/AIDS Services
Provides information on available HIV/AIDS
services to Migrant workers that travel throughout the United States.
Sponsoring organization: Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.
- U.S. - Mexico HIV/AIDS Service Providers
Directory of HIV/AIDS service providers. Information available in Spanish.
Sponsoring organization: Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.
- U.S. - Mexico Border HIV/AIDS Resource Directory
Provides local, regional and national information on HIV/AIDS training resources for a range of providers, including physicians, nurses, mental health clinicians, pharmacists, as well as HIV/AIDS-related services for both providers, and consumers.
Sponsoring organization: AIDS Education and Training Centers National Resource Center
- U.S. - Mexico Border Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center
A multi-state evaluation of demonstration projects on various health issues on the border including HIV/AIDS. Data is available on the website.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Provides training courses that are designed to meet the needs of medical, health, and community professionals serving persons and communities impacted by STD and HIV. Service area includes the federal Health and Human Services Region IX: California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and the following Pacific Islands: American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- United States - Mexico Border Virtual Health Library
Provides a database of publications and other information sources related to the U.S. - Mexico border region.
Sponsoring organization: Pan American Health Organization
- HIV/AIDS Awareness Days
Provides information to educate, motivate, and mobilize local communities in their fight against HIV/AIDS.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- HIV/AIDS in the U.S.: The Basics
Contains links to key research, policy analysis, and the latest data and statistics on HIV/AIDS policy.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
- Supporting Networks of HIV Care (SNHC)
Provides free assistance to non-profit, community and faith-based organizations with the development or improvement of their ability to provide primary health care and support services to people of color living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
- Proveedores de Servicios de VIH/ SIDA de los Estados Unidos y México
Sponsoring organization: Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.
- Healthfinder (en Español)
Healthfinder es un servicio del Departmento de la Salud y Humanos de los Estados Unidos
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- MedlinePlus: SIDA
Sponsoring organization: National Library of Medicine
- Medical Monitoring Project
A patient survey designed to learn more about the experiences and needs of people who are getting care for HIV.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV/AIDS Information
Publications providing the latest news, data and statistics, prevention and treatment information, funding, and publications.
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of Minority Health
- HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Formed to consolidate all programs funded under the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act. The CARE Act was signed into law on August 15, 1990 to improve the quality and availability of care for people with HIV/AIDS and their families.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
- National Minority AIDS Council: Tools and Resources
Provides a wide variety of resources and tools to assist with HIV/AIDS assistance. Includes a searchable database of community-based organizations providing HIV/AIDS assistance, HIV/AIDS hotlines, and a consultant database.
Sponsoring organization: National Minority AIDS Council
- National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center
Expert advice for health care providers caring for persons with HIV/AIDS or managing occupational exposures. Provides consultation that is:
current in the latest developments, customized, comprehensive (utilizing multi-disciplined team of healthcare providers), confidential, cost free, and toll free hotline available 24 hours.
Sponsoring organization: AIDS Education and Training Centers National Resource Center
- National HIV and STD Testing Resources
Provides facts, free materials and a search tool for finding local testing sites for HIV/AIDS via the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
- HIV and AIDS: Medicines to Help You
A guide to help HIV/AIDs patients talk to their doctor about the HIV medicines they are taking. Provides basic facts about the HIV medicines that have been approved by the FDA.
Sponsoring organization: FDA Office of Women's Health
- CDC - HIV/AIDS
Provides information and resources including fact sheets, Question and Answers section, journal articles, reports, prevention and testing documents.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rural HIV/AIDS Care
Lists resources to help rural providers deliver care to clients with HIV disease or connect them to needed services.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
- HIV Prevention Toolkit
A collection of tools related to the Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBIs), cultural competence, needs assessments, facilitation techniques and other content areas that could benefit an organization in implementing and improving HIV prevention services. Available in Spanish.
Sponsoring organization: Proyecto/Project IDEAS
Funding
(Financiamiento)
- El Paso Community Foundation Grants
Grant priorities are Health and Disabilities, Human Services (basic human needs) and Public Benefit.
Geographic Coverage: West Texas, southern New Mexico and northern Chihuahua, Mexico.
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative (SDHFC)
Grants to programs that fill gaps within San Diego's HIV/AIDS service delivery system.
Geographic Coverage: San Diego County California
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Publications
(Publicaciones)
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Addressing HIV/AIDS: Latino Perspectives & Policy Recommendations
This policy document contains recommendations that can be used by governors, legislators, national partners, health departments and AIDS directors to address the challenges associated with HIV/AIDS in Latino communities. Discusses how the HIV/AIDS epidemic among Latinos is
shaped by ethnic/cultural differences, migration, socioeconomic status, regional differences (Border States, Puerto Rico) and geography (rural vs. urban), as well as behavioral risk.
Format: HTML
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Adelante! A Call to Action: Strengthening the Response to HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis in Latino Communities
Increases the awareness of the current state of HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis in Latino communities
and urges stakeholders to scale up their efforts to address these epidemics.
Sponsoring organization: National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
Date: 10 / 2008
Format: PDF
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AIDS and Migrants: Solutions and Recommendations
Presents a profile of the HIV Epidemic among migrant farmworkers. Provides recommendations to assist community based organizations and health departments develop and implement effective HIV prevention programs targeting this population.
Sponsoring organization: University of Oklahoma
Date: 06 / 2004
Format: PDF
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Fact Sheets About Farmworkers: HIV/AIDS
Brief information and statistics about HIV/AIDS and the migrant farmworker population.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
Format: PDF
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Healthy Border 2010: An Agenda for Improving Health on the United States - Mexico Border
Provides an overview of a specific set of health indicators on the U.S. - Mexico border.
Sponsoring organization: United States - Mexico Border Health Commission
Date: 10 / 2003
Format: PDF
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HIV Testing in the United States
Provides information on key testing statistics, testing recommendations as advised by the CDC, testing sites and policies, including state specific information, and a summary of the types of tests available.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 06 / 2009
Format: PDF
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HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States
Provides the latest data on the U.S. epidemic, including key trends over time, impact by region and population, and data on the U.S. government's response.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 07 / 2007
Format: PDF
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Innovative Approaches to HIV Outreach along the U.S./Mexico Border
Discusses the various outreach efforts of the Border Health Initiative to raise awareness about HIV, make HIV testing more accessible, and bring people living with HIV into care.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Date: 12 / 2004
Format: PDF
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Medicaid and HIV/AIDS
A fact sheet providing data and information on HIV/AIDS and Medicaid eligibility, benefits, spending, caseload and future outlook.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 02 / 2009
Format: PDF
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Medicare and HIV/AIDS
A fact sheet providing data and information on HIV/AIDS and Medicare eligibility, benefits, spending, caseload and future outlook.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 02 / 2009
Format: PDF
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Mexican Migrant Communities May Be on Verge of HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Both migrants in the United States as well as those returning to Mexico show higher levels of infection of HIV than the general Mexican population.
Author(s): Eliza Barclay
Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
Date: 09 / 2005
Format: HTML
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Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings
These revised recommendations for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing are intended for all health-care providers in the public and private sectors, including those working in hospital emergency departments, urgent care clinics, inpatient services, substance abuse treatment clinics, public health clinics, community clinics, correctional health-care facilities, and primary care settings.
Author(s): Bernard M. Branson, H. Hunter Handsfield, Margaret A. Lampe, Robert S. Janssen, Allan W. Taylor, Sheryl B. Lyss, Jill E. Clark
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date: 09 / 2006
Format: HTML
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Stigma as a Barrier to HIV Prevention in the Rural Deep South
Discusses how the stigma of HIV can be a barrier to prevention methods in the Deep South.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
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The U.S./Mexico Border: Demographic, Socio-Economic, and Health Issues Profile I
Identifies the subgroups within the Latino population. Provides demographics, socio-economic statistics and other characteristics of the Latino population living along the U.S. Mexico Border.
Date: 12 / 2006
Format: PDF
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VIH/SIDA en los Hispanos
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of Minority Health
Date: 06 / 2006
Format: PDF
Organizations
(Organismos)
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Border Health Education Network
A San Diego Border Health Education Training Center with the objectives to create a cross-border affiliation of healthcare professionals. Available in Spanish.
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Camino de Vida Center for HIV Services
Provides comprehensive care to persons impacted by HIV/AIDS and to improving the health and awareness of the community through HIV/AIDS prevention.
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National Minority AIDS Council
Dedicated to developing leadership within communities of color to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS.
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New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center
Educates health care providers about the management of HIV infection, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment and psychosocial issues.
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New Mexico AIDS InfoNet
A project of the New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center in the Infectious Diseases Division of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. The InfoNet was originally designed to make information on HIV/AIDS services and treatments easily accessible in both English and Spanish for residents of New Mexico. It has become an international resource for information on HIV/AIDS.
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Promo-Vision
Works to strengthen community capacity to reduce HIV infection rates among Latinos by promoting and supporting promoters as agents of change. Promoters increase social capital that is invested in AIDS prevention, gender equity, and sexual health promotion.
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Red de Educación para la Salud Fronteriza
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Southern California Border HIV/AIDS Project
A collaborative initiative to improve HIV/AIDS outreach, primary care services and cross-border linkages for people who live or work in the San Diego or Imperial County U.S./Mexico border region.
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