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DOH Disclaimer
Links to external resources are provided as a public service
and do not imply endorsement by the Washington State Department of Health.
Because of the subject matter, some of these sites may have fairly explicit
information.
You will be leaving the Washington State DOH site to go to
most sites listed in these general categories:
Major State Laws and
Rules Pertaining to HIV/AIDS
RCW 70-24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually
Transmitted Diseases
WAC 246-100 - Communicable Diseases and Certain Other Diseases
WAC 246-101 - Notifiable Conditions
HIV Prevention Program Resources
AIDS Partnership
California- resources to help community-based organizations and local health
jurisdictions create, implement, and evaluate prevention for positives programs.
Seattle STD/HIV
Training Center offers training to health care providers
and educators on the prevention, diagnosis, management and treatment of sexually
transmitted diseases.
The Center for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) - Rep + - effective interventions/strategies to
prevent HIV in different communities which have been proven to be effective.
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Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Health
Care Workers
University
of California at San Francisco - runs a hotline for health care
workers only
The Mountain Plains
AIDS Education and Training Center's "PEP Steps" (for clinicians only)
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General
HIV-Specific Information
AIDS Federal domestic HIV/AIDS
information and resources
AIDS Education Global Information System
(AEGIS)
Center for Disease
Control & Prevention HIV/AIDS Prevention
HIV InSite University of
California -San Francisco
HIV/AIDS Program Public
Health - Seattle & King County
NOVA Public Television's "Surviving
AIDS" series
The Measurement Group - mega-site that
has links to international, national, and regional AIDS-related websites and information
National Alliance of State and Territorial
AIDS Directors (NASTAD)
National Institute of Health/NIAID
- including an updated "spotlight" page addressing HIV/AIDS
facts and myths
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
- Find guidelines about prevention of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens here
National Minority AIDS Council
Northwest AIDS Education
Training Center provides information and training opportunities to health care
providers caring for people with HIV/AIDS
University of Washington Center for AIDS and
STD
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National
Resources for People with HIV/AIDS
National Hemophilia Foundation
Test Positive Aware Network
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Community Organizations in
Washington
AIDS Housing of Washington
BABES Network (for Women with
HIV)
Blue Mountain Heart to Heart
(Walla Walla)
Lifelong AIDS Alliance
(formerly Northwest AIDS Foundation and Chicken Soup Brigade)
Evergreen AIDS Foundation
(Bellingham)
Gay City (Seattle)
Health Information
Network
Multifaith AIDS Projects (Seattle)
People of Color Against AIDS Network
(POCAAN)
Pierce County AIDS Foundation
(Tacoma)
Planned Parenthood of Western WA (King,
Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Lewis and Kitsap counties)
Rise-n-Shine (Seattle)
Rosehedge AIDS Housing (Seattle)
Dunshee House (formerly
Seattle AIDS Support Group)
Shanti (Seattle)
Spokane AIDS Network
Vancouver and SW Washington Website for Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community
United Communities AIDS Network
(Thurston county)
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Pharmaceutical
and Medication Information
AIDS Clinical Trials Unit in
Seattle
The American Foundation
for AIDS Research (AmFAR) A national organization
Bastyr University - researching
alternative therapies to fight HIV
BETA - The Bulletin of Experimental Treatment for
AIDS published 4 times a year by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Seattle Treatment
Education Project
The Food & Drug Administration's website
- Advice about buying on line and regulations on Internet prescription providers
The National Assn of Boards of Pharmacies
- If you buy medications on line, check here to see if the site is licensed
National Center for Complementary/Alternative
Medicine - operated by the National Institutes of Health
Washington
State's Early Intervention Prescription assistance program for HIV+ people in
Washington
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Substance
Abuse/Harm Reduction
North American Syringe Exchange Network
(Tacoma)
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Other General
Information (not specific to HIV)
Academy for Educational Development
(various projects including HIV/AIDS)
Emergency Contraception for the prevention of pregnancy -
Information in English
Anticonceptivas de emergencia (en Epanol)
Hepatitis B & C
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
Women's Health Resource
Network (Washington State Department of Health)
Checklist for HIV and other STDs
CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
- HIV/AIDS, STD and TB: resources, educational material, funding and conferences
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Faith
Communities and Communities of Color
Asian/Pacific Islander Health Forum- national advocacy
organization which promotes policy, program and research efforts for the improvement of
the health of all Asian American and Pacific Islander communities
Balm In Gilead, Inc. - one of the nation's oldest
non-profit organizations, whose mission is to work with Black churches
Catholic Charities
National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services
Organization
National Minority AIDS Council
National Muslim AIDS Initiative/Health Force - no website, phone number is (718) 585-8585
(New York)
National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
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DOH Disclaimer
All
information provided is believed to be accurate and reliable; however, the DOH assumes
no responsibility for any errors appearing in rules or otherwise. Furthermore, the
DOH assumes no responsibility for the use of the information provided. Unless
otherwise noted on an individual document, file, homepage, etc., DOH grants permission to
copy and distribute the files, documents and information provided for non-commercial use,
so long as they are copied and distributed in the format provided.
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