Treatment Issues for Women

Resources

• Organizations for HIV+ Women
• Newsletters for Positive Women
• Free Publications
• Online Sources of Treatment Information

Organizations for HIV+ Women

• Women Alive
  Los Angeles, CA (323) 965-1564
  Hotline: (800) 554-4876
  www.women-alive.org
  Treatment information, supportive services, and lots of links.

• WORLD: Women Organized to Respond to Life Threatening Diseases
  Oakland, CA (510) 986-0340 (Bilingual)
  www.womenhiv.org
  Treatment information (particularly about pregnancy), advocacy, news, and HIV University.
  Advertisement
• NJWAN: New Jersey Women and AIDS Network
  www.njwan.org
  "Sister Connect" Hotline: (800) 747-1108

Newsletters for Positive Women

• BABES newsletter from Babes Network (English & Spanish).
  (206) 720-5566 ext. 12, or write 1001 Broadway, Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98122.
  www.babesnetwork.org/newsletter.html

• Wise Words newsletter from Project Inform. (800) 822-7422
  www.projectinform.org/pub/ww_index.html

• Women Alive newsletter. (323) 965-1564

• WORLD newsletter by and for HIV+ women and their loved ones. (510) 986-0340

Free Publications

• A Guide to the Clinical Care of Women With HIV/AIDS (888) 275-4772
  http://hab.hrsa.gov/womencare.htm

• Knowledge, Action, Health: A Woman's Guide to HIV Treatments
  Call Women Alive

• Positive? How Are You Feeling? Brochure for women. (800) 822-7422

• Understanding Your Lab Results, Managing Drug Side Effects & Clinical Trials Explained (English and Spanish). ACRIA publications (212) 924-3934, x.121
  www.acria.org

Online Sources of Treatment Information

• AIDS Nutrition Services Alliance (ANSA)
  Fact sheets on nutrition and HIV; links to nutritionists and other nutrition sites.
  www.aidsnutrition.org/nutrition.htm

• AIDSmeds.com
  Treatment information, question & answer forums, and treatment news.
  www.aidsmeds.com

• The Body
  www.thebody.com
  Comprehensive site offering treatment materials from a variety of sources.
  Check out the women's section (profiles, articles, and question & answer forum)
  www.thebody.com/features/women

• Hepatitis C Support Project, HCV Advocate
  Information and support for people with hepatitis C/HIV co-infection.
  www.hcvadvocate.org

• HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS)
  Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents.
  www.hivatis.org

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
  Not HIV-specific; Info about complementary and alternative therapies and clinical trials studying these therapies. (888) 644-6226; TYY/TDY: (888) 464-3615.
  www.nccam.nih.gov

• New Mexico AIDS InfoNet
  Fact sheets in English and Spanish and lots of links.
  www.aidsinfonet.org

• Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)
  Treatment information plus updates on the study.
  www.lawihs.com