What's New at the AIDS InfoNet, March 2006

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What’s New at the AIDS InfoNet: March 2006 Changes

Hello all,

Here are the latest changes to the InfoNet web site at

http://www.aidsinfonet.org

NOTE: All InfoNet materials are available in both English and

Spanish

There were some problems with the web site during February due to changes

in the site code. We believe all the problems have been fixed; however,

if you encounter errors in the web site, please let us know.

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Bob Munk

Coordinator, AIDS InfoNet

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A. New InfoNet Fact Sheets: (none this month)

B. Revised Fact Sheets (20 topics, 40

fact sheets this month)

The following fact sheets were revised (an “e” or a “/e” indicates the

Spanish version):

· 207/e – Vaccinations

and HIV, minor updates

· 208/e – Selling Your

Life Insurance, minor updates

· 461/e – Enfuvirtide

(Fuzeon) to note availability of “Biojector” needleless administration

system

· 501/e – Candidiasis

(Thrush), minor wording changes

· 503/e – Cryptococcal

meningitis, general update

· 508/e – Herpes Simplex

(Cold Sores and Genital Herpes), to note that HSV2 triples the risk of

HIV infection

· 551/e – Fatigue, minor

updates

· 552/e – Anemia, minor

updates

· 556/e – Mitochondrial

Toxicity, minor wording changes

· 700/e – Alternative

& Complementary Therapies – Overview, add links to other fact sheets;

minor wording changes

· 724/e – DHEA, note

benefits for depression; minor updates

· 725/e – DNCB, minor

edits

· 999/e – Internet Bookmarks for AIDS at

http://www.aidsinfonet.org/articles.php?articleID=999 Entries

verified. 6 sites were added, 11 addresses were changed, and 3 were

deleted.

C. Fact Sheets Reviewed but Not Changed (2

this month) · 157/e –

Microbicides

D. Fact sheets over one year since last

revision/review, as of March 31: None

CHANGES TO THE WEB SITE LISTINGS at

http://www.aidsinfonet.org/articles.php?articleID=999

1. ADVOCACY

Added: JurisAIDS at

http://www.jurisaids.org/

2. ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES

Added: A Practical Guide to Complementary Therapies for People

Living with HIV:

http://www.catie.ca/pdf/PG_CAM/CAM_rvsd_05_ENG_web.pdf

Changed: *Direct AIDS Alternative Information Resources

(DAAIR)

Treatment Information Sheets, now at:

http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/pwahg/drugs.html

Deleted: Sensible Guide to Using Complementary Therapies for

HIV:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/devan.nambiar/

4. CHILDREN, YOUTH AND AIDS

Changed: AIDS Orphans and Advocacy, now at:

http://fxb.org/www2/main_directories/aidsfacts_orphans.htm

8. DRUGS AND DRUG INTERACTIONS – Drug Donations

Changed: World Health Organization Guidelines on Drug Donations,

now at:

http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/0AD610B4-757A-423B-AB26-DA53BAA9A588/0/guidelines_for_Drug_Donations.pdf

12. INTERNATIONAL (Based outside the USA)

Sub-Saharan Africa: Changed: AIDS Foundation of South Africa

(Sudáfrica), now at:

http://www.aids.org.za/

Middle East and North Africa: Added: Israel AIDS Task Force,

http://www.aidsisrael.org.il

13. LINKS TO OTHER AIDS SITES & RESOURCE GUIDES

Change: Harvard AIDS Initiative is now at:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hai/

14. MANUFACTURERS

Added: Merck & Co: HIV Investigational Study:

http://www.benchmrk.com/secure/

17. NEWSLETTERS & MAGAZINES

Changed: 1. AIDS Treatment News – Online, now at:

http://www.aids.org/atn/

2. Being Alive Newsletter, now at:

http://www.beingalivela.org/pages/newsletter/newsletter.html

18. NUTRITION

Added: 1. Health Care and HIV: Nutritional Guide for Providers and

Clients at

http://www.aidsetc.org/aidsetc?page=et-30-20-01 and in Spanish

at

http://www.aidsetc.org/aidsetc?page=et-30-20-01-sp

2. HIV/AIDS Nutrition and Exercise at

http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv/nutrition.html#a2

23. STATISTICS ON HIV/AIDS

States of the USA

Changed: 1. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment,

now at

http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/dc/hivstdprogs.asp

2. South Dakota: Department of Health Infectious Disease

Surveillance, now at:

http://www.state.sd.us/doh/ID/site.htm

24. SUPPORT SERVICES

Deleted: HIV Criminal Law and Policy Project at

http://www.hivcriminallaw.org/

25. TREATMENT - General Sites

Deleted: Immunet Home Page at

http://www.aids.org/immunet/home.nsf/page/homepage/

26. TREATMENT - Specialized Sites

Changed: European Vaccine Effort Against HIV – EuroVAC, now

at:

http://www.eurovacc.org/

27. VACCINES

Changed: EuroVacc vaccines trials network, now at:

http://www.eurovacc.org/