UNITED
STATES: 
UNITED
STATES: Cases of AIDS virus infection in the United States first appeared during the middle and late 1970's. The lengthy incubation period of the virus indicates that infection with the AIDS virus had actually begun occurring several years previously, possibly around 1970 or before. As of now, the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the United States is at 612,078, the great majority of which are male(83%). An increasing number of women and infants are being infected in a disproportionate amount in black and Hispanic communities. The epidemic has affected all regions of the country, both urban and rural. AIDS has become the leading cause of death among all Americans aged 25 to 44.
*In 1992 heterosexual transmission became the leading cause of HIV infection
in women.
*AIDS is now the leading killer of men and women aged 25-44...
*One American dies from AIDS every 11 minutes...
*As many as 80,000 children in the U.S. will be left motherless in
the next five years because of AIDS. Women and minorities are the largest
groups now contracting HIV, according to figures released by the federal
Center for Disease Control (CDC) in April 1996.
*The elderly are the invisible population of persons with HIV/AIDS
in the U.S. By the end of 1995, 10% of all AIDS cases reported to the CDC
from throughout the nation were among persons aged 50 or over, with fully
25% occurring in individuals aged 60 or older. Even more surprising, the
increase in the rate of HIV infection among the aging population actually
outpaced the increase in the rate of infection among those aged 20 and
under. Moreover, the CDC believes the statistics on HIV/AIDS among the
elderly are low, because the disease is frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed
in them by doctors.
(statistics from the Center for Disease Control)
Basic
statistics for the United States
Statistics
by state, city, risk group
Gay Community & AIDS:
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)
New
York
San
Francisco
Philadelphia
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Gay Men's Health Crisis
Lambda Legal Defense and Education
Fund, Inc
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
(NGLTF)
Pride Net
Rainbow Query
Women & AIDS:
Empowerment
and Prevention
National Women's
Fund
Prevention
Needs Specific to Women
United
Nations: Women & AIDS
Women
& Children with HIV: Resources
People of Color and AIDS:
African-Americans
and AIDS
Asian-Americans and AIDS
Latinos
and AIDS
Statistics
Prevention & Education:
AIDS Memorial Quilt
The Body: An AIDS and
HIV Information Resource: this page has links to 30 of America's significant
HIV/AIDS organizations
Children
and HIV/AIDS
Center for AIDS
Prevention Studies
Center for Disease
Control
Critical Path AIDS Project
National Center
for HIV,STD, and TB Prevention
National Institutes
of Health: Office of AIDS Research
Stop AIDS Project
Pan American Health Organization
UNAIDS
Organizations specific to a population:
AIDS in
Native America
AIDS-New York City
Black-Latino AIDS Project
Children
and AIDS
Fabric of Life
of Oregon
Interfaith AIDS Ministry
of Danbury, Connecticut
National Native American AIDS Prevention
Center
National
Religious AIDS Organizations
New
York City AIDS Organizations
Teens
and HIV/AIDS
Volunteer
Network:Michigan
Treatment
& Healing:
Acupuncture
AIDS Ministries
AIDS Treatment
Data Network
Biomedical Treatment Guidelines
Care
Provider Tool Kit
Center for
AIDS Prevention Studies: *this page is an all expansive resource, highly
recommended
Complementary/Alternative
Medicine: clinical approach
HIVPOSITIVE.COM:
resource for improved
quality of life
Holistic
Health links
N.Wayne Gowdy: person with
AIDS who has embraced alternative therapies to AIDS, his story.
Rife
Frequency Therapy
Spiritweb
Vaccine
Proposal
Yahoo links
to Specific Healing Methods: from aromatherapy to yoga
*Inspiring Stories of
Living with AIDS*