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Global Issues: Diseases and Epidemics

Resources to support student research on current events for Global Issues course.

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AIDs

We have a number of books in the Library on HIV, AIDS and Africa. Please check the library catalogue.

Online sources for AIDs

AIDsInfo - part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The website is divided into six main categories for searching. Those broad topics are guidelines(this applies to healthcare workers), drugs, clinical trials, vaccines, health topic, and additional info. Those broad topics are further subdivided into more narrow categories.

Search tips: Students doing research on HIV and AIDS will find the most relevant information in the "Health Topics" and more "AIDSinfo" headings.  The other headings are targeted to patients and health professionals working with AIDS patients.

AIDS.gov is maintained by the US government.

This website is a wealth of information about federal resources related to AIDS and general information about living with AIDS, diagnois, prevention, definitions of terms and much more. It is written in easly to understand language. There is a "Using News Media" tab that contains various podcasts, widgets, blogs and the like that can be embedded in presentations or webpages.