Ramsell Public Health Rx is committed to HIV/AIDS awareness and education. Below are some links to external sites with relevant information about HIV/AIDS.
Washington State Department of Health
Project Inform
HIV / AIDS Advocacy organization providing useful information for people living with HIV / AIDS.
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Provides a wide variety of useful information on the subject of AIDS including general information about AIDS, prevention information, government policy and mechanisms for taking action against AIDS.
Visit the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention website for information on prevention strategies, HIV testing, and the latest scientific advancements.
Easy-to-read lessons covering questions about HIV and AIDS, along with summaries of all the approved and experimental treatments. Recent news stories, community forums, and tools such as drug interactions checker and a way to graph your lab tests.
The AIDSNews website has AIDS Treatment News, reports on mainstream and alternative treatment, access to care, Web resources, public policy, and political action.
The American Foundation for AIDS Research is a leading non-profit organization dedicated to the support of AIDS research, AIDS prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy.
The AIDS Research Institute (ARI) coordinates and integrates all AIDS research activities at the University of California, San Francisco. Bringing together hundreds of scientists and dozens of programs from throughout the University and affiliated labs and institutions, and working in close collaboration with affected communities, ARI is the second largest AIDS research entity in the world.
HealingWell's website is a rich source of HIV related articles including Prevention, Mother & Child HIV Connection, AIDS in Minority Communities, etc.
WebMD's HIV and AIDS pages lists information on causes, symptoms, treatments (including new drugs), and testing for HIV.
A Service of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services - the AIDSinfo website is organized around five main subject categories about HIV/AIDS: guidelines, drugs, vaccines, clinical trials, and education resource centers.
Offers a comprehensive, community area for researching HIV and AIDS information from a variety of sources.
Research and articles on AIDS/HIV by the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Also contains questions and answers, epidemiology studies, resources, managed care information, prevention information, a list of publications and a list of guidelines.
List of current HIV/AIDS articles and news updates, upcoming conferences and conference reports, and NATAP publications.
Provides online access to current information on HIV/AIDS related clinical trials of drugs and vaccines, treatment information, and links to journal literature and other useful resources.
Frequently asked questions on HIV/AIDS.
Frequently asked questions.Written and funded by Roger Spitzer, MD.
Frequently asked questions on HIV and AIDS treatment. Information about anti-HIV drugs, combination therapy, groups, names of antiretroviral drugs, the main type of treatment for HIV or AIDS.
Easy-to-read lessons covering questions about HIV and AIDS, along with summaries of all the approved and experimental treatments. Recent news stories, community forums, and tools like a drug interactions checker and a way to graph your lab tests.
This website attempts to lower barriers between patients and clinicians by demystifying HIV/AIDS and its treatment. Content includes current news stories, an "Ask the Expert" forum, and a list of frequently asked questions.
The Global AIDS Program (GAP) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention helps prevent HIV infection, improve care and support and build capacity to address the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. GAP provides financial and technical assistance through partnerships with communities, governments, and national and international entities working in resource-constrained countries.
HIV/AIDS is a serious global epidemic. It has infected 50 million people world wide, virtually all of them in developing countries. This website focuses on Asia and the Pacific.
Links to members of A.N.S.A., AIDS Nutrition Service Alliance, an International organization. Includes news, HIV/AIDS nutrition fact sheets and conference details.
AFRIDEC offers a range of volunteer opportunities and intern placements to choose from including working with HIV/AIDS individuals. Programs are open to all persons aged 16 and over, from all countries of origin and residence.
FHI works to address the needs of communities and countries affected by HIV/AIDS. FHI provides state-of-the-art interventions to identify what is needed, tailor programs to local needs, and advocate for compassionate, realistic and appropriately resourced responses.
The International HIV/AIDS Alliance (the Alliance) is an international development non-governmental organization which was set up in 1993 by a consortium of international donors. The Alliance was established to respond to the need for a specialist, professional intermediary organization which would work in effective partnership with non-governmental and community-based organizations in developing countries, as well as with national governments, private and public donors and the UN system.
Information and links to help you understand the social and economic impacts of HIV/AIDS, advice on policy for governments, employers and workers, program guidelines on prevention, care and measures to combat discrimination, a Code of Practice that provides a framework for action in the workplace and a training manual to help you implement the program.
The Global Campaign for Microbicides is a broad-based, international coalition of organizations working to accelerate access for new HIV prevention options.
Safe food and water: A guide for people living with HIV/AIDS from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services.Tufts University: School of Medicinewww.tufts.eduGood nutrition helps keep your immune system strong, enabling you to better fight disease. A healthy diet improves quality of life.
A comprehensive guide to nutrition and HIV. The Body’s mission is to use the Web to lower barriers between patients and clinicians, demystify HIV/AIDS and its treatment, improve patient’s quality of life, and foster community through human connection.
AIDS and exercise? There is growing evidence that exercise can improve both quality of life and outlook for HIV positive men and women.
Cryptosporidium is a parasite commonly found in lakes and rivers, especially when the water is contaminated with sewage and animal wastes. Cryptosporidium is very resistant to disinfection even in well-operated water treatment systems.
San-Francisco-based Project Open Hand provides home delivered meals, groceries and nutrition counseling to people living with HIV/AIDS, congregate lunches and nutrition education to seniors,and meal service for homebound and critically ill people under 60.
Good nutrition helps to keep your immune system strong and exercise can improve your health. Find out more about the role of nutrition and exercise in HIV from the many resources and links available on this site.
The Momentum AIDS Project Nutrition News section is filled with information about the basics of HIV/AIDS nutrition, as well as covering exercise, food safety and budgeting issues.
Persons with HIV/AIDS should be more careful when handling and cooking foods. The recommendations provided here are designed to help prevent bacterial foodborne illness.
AIDSmeds.com is dedicated to providing people living with HIV the necessary information they need to make empowered treatment decisions. The site is easy to navigate so that you can quickly find the answers to the questions you might have: What is AIDS? I think I’m infected - are there HIV symptoms, and what are my HIV testing options? What treatments are available? When do I need to start treatment? What about side effects? What other information do I need for living with HIV?
A collaborative effort between the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, Office of the Medical Director and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases. This web site has been developed as a central, on-line resource that equips individuals who provide services to people with HIV infection with current, state-of-the-art tools to ensure delivery of the highest quality HIV clinical care.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. Comprehensive up to date information of HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and policy from the University of San Francisco School of Medicine.
Introduction to HIV and AIDS treatment. Information about anti-HIV drugs, combination therapy, groups, names of antiretroviral drugs, the main type of treatment for HIV or AIDS.
FDA approved list of Drugs Used to Treat Complications of HIV/AIDS. Includes brand name, generic name, use, manufacturer name, and approval date.
Access a wealth of information on HIV drug interactions. The dynamically driven process allows you to build your own customised drug interaction chart, giving detailed information on predicted interactions of specified multiple drug combinations.
Drug interactions, patient information pamphlets, and the drug administration schedule developed by pharmacists Antony Gagnon and Rachel Therrien. Information available on this site in English, Spanish and French.
An interactive tool which makes it straightforward to access information on dose adjustments recommended for FDA-approved antiretrovirals in specific clinical scenarios (eg, hepatic or renal insufficiency; pediatrics; body weight) Free, but requires login.
John Hopkins Poc-It HIV Guide includes indications, dosing, drug interactions, author recommendations, and antiretroviral therapy guidelines and strategies. Also includes a diagnosis section which covers opportunistic infections, malignancies and complications of therapy.
The AIDSinfo Drug Database provides HIV/AIDS drug fact sheets describing the drug’s use, pharmacology, side effects, and other information. The database includes approved and investigational HIV/AIDS drugs, and non-technical, technical, and Spanish versions of each fact sheet.HIV/AIDS Clinical Calculatorwww.medscape.comThis interactive tool now has two functions:1. Check a Regimen for Drug-Drug Interactions:This feature allows you to select a multi-drug regimen and receive immediate feedback on potential interactions;2. Generate a Daily Schedule for a Regimen: This feature will automatically generate a daily schedule for a multi-drug regimen, keeping to a minimum the number of times per day that the patient has to take medication, while taking account of interactions, dietary requirements, and the patient’s waking, sleeping and mealtimes.
HIV/AIDS facts among U.S. Women: Minority and Young Women at Continuing Risk.The Bodywww.thebody.comWomen and HIV/AIDS. Personal accounts of women with HIV/AIDS. Meet women affected by HIV/AIDS and the issues facing them.
In much of the world, AIDS has become a woman’s epidemic. Women living with HIV now outnumber men in sub-Saharan Africa, and in many parts of the region, teenage girls are five times more likely than their male peers to become infected . Other sexually transmitted diseases contribute to the spread of HIV and represent a tremendous disease burden for women in their own right.
A library of practically applicable materials on HIV infection in women and children HIV/AIDS statistics for U.S. women. The goal of this site is to contribute to an improvement in the scale and quality of international HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment programs for women and children by increasing access to authoritative HIV/AIDS information.
Answers to frequently asked questions about women and HIV/AIDS. Includes information on symptoms, causes, testing, and pregnancy.
A description of special considerations for women with HIV including transmission, symptoms, side effects, and treatment.
The Swazi Young Women’s Dialogue that took place at the end of October represented the first of a program of national workshops following Dialogue in April 2004. Held in South Africa,the workshops which brought together 14 young women from East and Southern Africa. In the first ever national forum for people living with HIV and AIDS in Swaziland, the YWD brought together 19 women living with HIV between the ages of 18 and 30, and 6 babies of under a year old.HRSA. HIV/AIDS Bureauhab.hrsa.govThe HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) was formed in August 1997 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.
Download HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Women series of eight slides including estimated number and proportion of AIDS Cases among women and reported AIDS cases and rates among women.
To confront the growing problem of HIV infection and AIDS in women, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has made woman-focused research an important component of the Institute’s AIDS research program.
Resources by and for women with HIV/AIDS. A national treatment-focused organization by and for women living with HIV/AIDS.
Children With AIDS Charity was set up to help the youngest of those affected or infected by HIV and AIDS. It is a national UK charity with the simple aim of working towards a future without prejudice for these children and their families.
Oakland, Calif., May 12, 2008 - Ramsell Public Health Rx today announced that it will administer a full suite of Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) solutions for the Bridging the Gap, Colorado (BTGC) program, a State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program (SPAP) that covers the costs of a participant’s Medicare deductible, co-payment and coinsurance. The customizable PBM solution will provide a comprehensive package to meet BTGC’s service needs, including coordination of benefits, claims adjudication, pharmacy network management and data management.