The Well Project is  nationally acclaimed for their database on Women's Health issues in HIV/AIDS populations.  Their site also features a full section of information in Spanish .

AIDS EDUCATION Training Centers conduct targeted, multi-disciplinary education and training programs for healthcare providers treating persons with HIV/AIDS. The Web site provides a central repository for AETC program and contact information and for training materials developed within the AETC network.

Also included on this site is a section on AIDS in Corrections Settings.  

The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), established in 1987, is the premier national organization dedicated to developing leadership within communities of color to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS.  It provides technical assistance, trainings and holds a major annual conference.

UNICEF AIDS
UNICEF 2005 Reports in English, French, Russian and Spanish, including a reports on the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States.

National HIV/AIDS Clinicians Consulting Center
Clinician Hotlines -
1-800-933-3413

Source:  The Well Project
(Links imbedded in the following list)
AIDS Defining Conditions
Cancers
Fungal Infections
Pneumonias
Tuberculosis

Treatment Related Conditions

Bone Disease

Hyperlipidemia

Lactic Acidosis

Lipodystrophy and Body Changes

Peripheral Neuropathy

Women and Anemia

Other Diseases and Conditions

Caring for your Gut

Caring for your Heart

Caring for your Liver

Diabetes

Diarrhea

Gynecological Problems

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

Understanding Hepatitis

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Women and Depression

Perinatal HIV Transmission remains a tragic yet largely preventable problem.

Despite advances in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, transmission still remains a significant problem in the United States and one that disproportionately impacts women and children of color,” stated Dr. Jessica Fogler, a family physician who serves as Assistant Director of the Perinatal Hotline. “Perinatal HIV transmission remains a tragic yet largely preventable problem. Although the number of transmissions has dropped, each transmission has enormous personal, family, public health, and economic consequences.”

Testing pregnant women as early as possible in prenatal care and treating HIV-infected pregnant women and their newborns, as recommended in the Public Health Service (PHS) guidelines, has resulted in a dramatic reduction of mother-to-child transmission. Dr. Deborah Cohan, an obstetrician who serves as Assistant Director along with Dr Fogler, added, “As access to rapid HIV testing becomes more available, clinicians who treat pregnant women will have an increased need for readily available 24-hour consultation in interpreting HIV tests and applying the PHS guidelines. We will be available 24 hours a day to not only answer callers’ immediate questions and help solve emergent perinatal HIV issues, but also to assist clinicians in linking HIV-infected pregnant women and HIV-exposed infants to the most appropriate care.

http://www.ucsf.edu/hivcntr/Hotlines/Perinatal.html

Kaiser Family Foundation Report on Women's Health

Released in the summer of 2005, this report provides a very accurate picture of the kind of care and the needs for healthcare among women, particularly minority women, in the United States.  Some highlights include:

•  Nearly one in six non-elderly women (17%) are uninsured, as are 20% of men. Women who are Latinas, low-income, single, and
  young are particularly at risk for being uninsured.

•  Uninsured women are the least likely to have had a provider visit in the past year (67%), compared to women with either private (90%) or public insurance-Medicaid (88%) and Medicare (93%).

•  Compared to women with insurance, uninsured women consistently report lower rates of screening tests for many conditions, including breast cancer, cervical cancer, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and osteoporosis.

•  Insured women also face barriers to care, including delaying or sacrificing care they think they need. One in six women with private coverage (17%) and one-third of women with Medicaid (32%) stated that they postponed or went without needed health services in the past year because they could not afford it.

You can download the full report at:  Kaiser Family Foundation

Women's Health  - General Web Resources

GallBladder Disease and Gallstones are the most common and costly digestive disease in the United States,
causing more than 800,000 hospitalizations annually at estimated cost of over five billion dollars. More than 20 million Americans have gallstones; approximately one million new cases are diagnosed each year. Did you know that women are twice as likely as men to develop gallstones?

See More at About.com: Gallstones - Symptoms - Treatments - Prevention

Women's Health Symptoms Diagnosis Check List

There are a growing number of sites that help you determine whether your symptoms should get special attention and what kind of specialist you should seek. 

MedLine Plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health has many diagnostic resources in English and Spanish.

See More at About.com: What Do My Symptoms Mean?

Symptom Check for you and your Whole Family at WebMD

Menopause - Perimenopause find out what every woman needs to know
MedLine Plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health has an excellent page of information on this topic.

Learn what your best treatments options are from alternative to traditional hormone replacement therapy at About.com: Menopause - Perimenopause Resource Center

Women's Health on KaiserEDU

This site includes narrated slide tutorials, background reference libraries, and issue modules on current topics and policy debates.

KaiserEDU site

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by Zella Jones
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