Thursday, December 1, 2011

World AIDS Day

December 1 - it's World AIDS Day and this year it's been 30 years...30 years of fear, death, and a struggle to fight against a virus that uses our own bodies against us.

Looking for information on HIV/AIDS?

Want to read the latest UNAIDS report on the status of the epidemic (released November 2011)




Or maybe you just want to talk to someone...here are some Twitter accounts to follow:

@CDC_HIVAIDS - by the CDC
@talkHIV - by the CDC
@HIVReport - news aggregate
@AIDSinfo - by the NIH
@AIDSgov - U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services
@pozmagazine - lifestyle magazine about being HIV-positive
@UNAIDS - the United Nations joint program on AIDS
@hivlawproject - The HIV Law Project
@IndianaSHINE - Indiana University School of Medicine project for prevention, treatment, and management
@napwaus - National Association of People with AIDS
@MNAIDSProject - the Minnesota AIDS Project
@ProjectInform - HIV/AIDS support line
@AIDSConnect - Chicago area community group
@iasociety - International AIDS Society in Geneva
@HIVthisweek - blog from the director of UNAIDS
@ActionAIDS - so you don't have to face AIDS alone
@AIDSHealthcare - AIDS Healthcare Foundation, San Francisco
@AIDSmeds - info on meds
@cressycat - Cressy the AIDS cat
@joinRED - fighting AIDS in Africa (and holding an event with President Obama)
@HIVAlliance - the HIV Alliance of Oregon

These are just a sampling - a number of other state, local, and country-based organizations are out there. They're all "facing AIDS" for World AIDS Day.

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