AIDS / HIV

UK sources of information and / or support

 The leaflets section of Patient UK

Includes a leaflet called HIV and AIDS

 aidsmap

World leaders in providing professional HIV and AIDS treatment and services information - huge database of AIDS treatment info and HIV services in UK

 AVERT

AIDS & HIV health promotion information, including transmission information and information about testing.

 British HIV Association

Principally a professional organisation for those working and researching in the field. Site includes information on conferences and publications. (Follow link to homepage from aidsmap site.)

 Cara

CARA is a local volunteer organisation working in West London. They provide a range of services to people living with HIV, helping them to live life to the full.

 Children With AIDS Charity (CWAC)

Children With AIDS Charity aims to help the youngest of those infected or affected by HIV and AIDS, by assisting these children and their families to lead as near normal a life as possible.

 Crusaid

Caring for people with HIV and AIDS

 HIV I-Base

HIV treatment information for healthcare professionals and HIV-positive people.

 Jewish Aids Trust

To provide the Jewish community with education, counselling and support in connection with HIV and AIDS.

 Mildmay

A charity which specialises in HIV and AIDS care, education and training with centres in London, Uganda and international projects.

 National AIDS Trust (NAT)

AIDS policy and research with links to treatments, care, self-help, drug trials, vaccine development and HIV/AIDS organisations worldwide.

 British Brain and Spine Foundation

Have a very good information booklet which you can download called 'AIDS and the Brain'

 Could Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Reduce HIV Transmission?

From the 'Behind the Medical Headlines' website developed to provide authoritative and independent expert commentaries on topical medical matters reported in the international media. Produced by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

 Children's HIV Association

An Association of professionals who are committed to providing excellence in the care of children infected or affected by HIV and their families. Although the content of this website is aimed at health professionals, it has much to interest the general public.

 Medicine Guide for HIV Infection

Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

 HIV

Healthtalkonline, is an award-winning charity website, which lets you share in other people's experiences of health and illness. The information is based on qualitative research into patient experiences led by experts at the University of Oxford.

  HIV as a Long Term Condition in Young People

Youthhealthtalk is a website about young people’s real life experiences of health and lifestyle. It is not just a website about the medical facts, this is about real people and real lives.

 Positive Nation

Aims to provide a voice for all people affected by HIV and AIDS in the UK.

 Positive Parenting and Children

Provision of support to Children , Young People and Families Living withHIV and AIDS in South London. Mainly Family Support; Parenting Support; Support for Fathers; Peer Support For Children and Young People; Peer support for Parents; Support for Foster carers; Saturday Clubs; Holiday Play Schemes.

 Society of Health Advisers in Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Information and images on sexually transmitted infections and related issues for the public and professionals. Includes information on HIV and AIDS. Where to get help. Includes contact details of all the sexual health clinics (sexually transmitted disease clinics) in the UK and Ireland.

 Terrence Higgins Trust

London-based non-governmental organisation. It was set up in 1982 to provide information and support to people living with HIV and AIDS, and to people affected or concerned.

 Medical Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health

The Medical Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health is a charity which works with policy-makers and health professionals, to promote excellence in the prevention and management of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

 The Collaborative HIV Paediatric Study

The overall aim of CHIPS is to enhance the exchange of information and expertise between centres in order to promote standardised and high quality paediatrician-led care of all HIV-infected children in the UK and Ireland. Its objectives are to describe clinical, laboratory and treatment information in HIV infected children under care in the UK and Ireland, and to describe the use of paediatric HIV services. This information is fed back to the reporting paediatricians in order to inform and improve care provision.

 Liverpool HIV Pharmacology Group

LHPG, the Liverpool HIV Pharmacology Group, is a major research unit within the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Formed in 1990 LHPG has been at the forefront of research into the pharmacology of antiretroviral drugs. Funding for a wide range of research projects has been through research councils (eg MRC, BBSRC), charities (Wellcome Trust, Monument Trust) and pharmaceutical companies.

 UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS

The national charity of people living with HIV.

 Health Protection Agency

The Health Protection Agency provides information and analysis of AIDS and HIV.

 MASTA Health Library

MASTA, a group of travel health specialists, provide information concerning HIV.

 Deep Dermal Injection of Non-Absorbable Gel Polymer for HIV-related Facial Lipoatrophy

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Deep Dermal Injection of Non-Absorbable Gel Polymer for HIV-related Facial Lipoatrophy.

 AIDS/HIV

Policy and guidance from the Department of Health.

 HIV and AIDS

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

See also the Patient UK sexually transmitted diseases page and the sexual health page

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.