Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The ADAP manual
Author: HIV Screening and Access to Care
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309212928
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Increased HIV screening may help identify more people with the disease, but there may not be enough resources to provide them with the care they need. The Institute of Medicine's Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care concludes that more practitioners must be trained in HIV/AIDS care and treatment and their hospitals, clinics, and health departments must receive sufficient funding to meet a growing demand for care.
The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP)
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877966385
Category : AIDS (Disease) in women
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
No Time to Lose
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309171555
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
The United States has spent two productive decades implementing a variety of prevention programs. While these efforts have slowed the rate of infection, challenges remain. The United States must refocus its efforts to contain the spread of HIV and AIDS in a way that would prevent as many new HIV infections as possible. No Time to Lose presents the Institute of Medicine's framework for a national prevention strategy.
HIV Screening and Access to Care
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309186498
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
More than 200,000 people in the United States living with HIV/AIDS do not know they are infected. The Institute of Medicine's Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care held a workshop and reviewed literature to explore barriers and facilitators to more widespread HIV testing. This book contains the committee's conclusions.
Reducing the Odds
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309062862
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Thousands of HIV-positive women give birth every year. Further, because many pregnant women are not tested for HIV and therefore do not receive treatment, the number of children born with HIV is still unacceptably high. What can we do to eliminate this tragic and costly inheritance? In response to a congressional request, this book evaluates the extent to which state efforts have been effective in reducing the perinatal transmission of HIV. The committee recommends that testing HIV be a routine part of prenatal care, and that health care providers notify women that HIV testing is part of the usual array of prenatal tests and that they have an opportunity to refuse the HIV test. This approach could help both reduce the number of pediatric AIDS cases and improve treatment for mothers with AIDS. Reducing the Odds will be of special interest to federal, state, and local health policymakers, prenatal care providers, maternal and child health specialists, public health practitioners, and advocates for HIV/AIDS patients. January
The ADAP Manual
Author: Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990
Author: United StatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Social Security Benefits for People Living with HIV/AIDS.
Author: AIDS Pandemic - The Untold Story
Author: Dorothy KevillePublisher:
ISBN: 9780578302584
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
"Dorothy writes her book at a critical time. COVID-19 and AIDS are different viruses - but pandemics lay bare the inequities and problems in our social order and the programs we create to solve problems." -Tom Sheridan, Author of Helping the Good Do Better In the mid-1990's, HIV/AIDS was a new and unknown disease requiring a revolution in attitude, approach, and funding. Dorothy Keville helped facilitate the first Federally funded program for HIV/AIDS drugs by bringing together an unlikely alliance of angry activists, conservative politicians and unwilling drug manufacturers. Their work evolved into the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Working Group, an initiative which provided medicine and care for HIV positive people in all U.S. States and Territories. In Part One, we meet many of the former ADAP managers and directors who share their own experiences and efforts of working tirelessly to get the pandemic under control when there was no manual and no procedures to follow. HIV/AIDS was different from any other national health crisis to that point and these are the stories of some of the unsung heroes. In Part Two, Dorothy shares the pieces of her own experience, from early volunteer work through to positions with federal agencies and multinational corporations, and even acting. Her memories reveal a life of compassion, dedicated to those with HIV, to the homeless, and to many others. As an added bonus, the book features a practical guide on the Nuts & Bolts of Government for those interested in getting involved in the political process at the local, state, and national levels. Note: A portion from the sale of this book will be donated to Africa Bridge, the non-profit Dorothy founded dedicated to the care of children whose parents have died of HIV/AIDS.