CDC National AIDS Hotline
Encyclopedia
The CDC National AIDS Hotline distributes many publications on HIV
and AIDS
, including guides for teaching HIV prevention and caring for AIDS patients. Many of them are available at no charge. To get copies, to find out what programs are available in your local area, or just to ask questions about HIV or AIDS, call the CDC National AIDS Hotline. The call is free and confidential, and you do not have to give your name to get your questions answered.
Source: http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/sci_data/misc/type_txt/sgrpt.asp
Other HIV/AIDS counseling and information hotlines by state.
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
and AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
, including guides for teaching HIV prevention and caring for AIDS patients. Many of them are available at no charge. To get copies, to find out what programs are available in your local area, or just to ask questions about HIV or AIDS, call the CDC National AIDS Hotline. The call is free and confidential, and you do not have to give your name to get your questions answered.
CDC National AIDS Hotline
- English service (7 days a week, 24 hours a day) 1-800-342-AIDS (2437)
- Spanish service (7 days a week, 8 a.m. till 2 a.m. eastern time) 1-800-344-7432
- TDD service for the deaf (10 a.m. till 10 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday) 1-800-243-7889
Source: http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/sci_data/misc/type_txt/sgrpt.asp
Other HIV/AIDS counseling and information hotlines by state.
External links
- HIV/AIDS Prevention Home
- Important milestones in the U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic
- AIDS.gov Portal to all Federal domestic HIV/AIDS information and resources