The New York State Department of Health has released the HIV Counseling & Testing Resource Directory - 2004 Edition to view this publication click on the link below:

http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/hivaids/hivpartner/resourcedir.htm

Medical Care for People with HIV:

If you are HIV-positive, you need to know about ADAP Plus; ADAP Plus is a program that helps HIV-positive people to get medications, click here for more information.

Becoming a Father?

Have a test for AIDS Virus... for your baby's sake. New treatments can help you and your baby fight AIDS, click here for more information.

NYS HIV/AIDS Counseling Hotline: 1-800-872-2777

NYS HIV/AIDS Hotlines for information and testing sites:

1-800-541-AIDS English

1-800-233-SIDA Spanish

2005 Archived News and Reports

Global Data on HIV/AIDS ( Global Health Facts)

YouthNet Research Working Papers

Youth Research Working Paper No. 2. Impact of Sex and HIV Education Programs on Sexual Behaviors of Youth in Developing and Developed Countries (PDF 582KB). This 45-page paper discusses findings from a review of 83 evaluations of sex and HIV education programs. The analysis found substantial positive impact on sexual behaviors in more than two-thirds of the evaluations and identified 17 characteristics of the most effective curricula used in the programs evaluated.

*http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/Publications/YouthResearchWorkingPapers.htm

New York State AIDS Advisory Council

The New York State AIDS Advisory Council was created in 1983 by Public Health Law, Article 27-E, Section 2778. The AIDS Institute was also created by Article 27-E of the Public Health Law, Section 2276. The Council consists of 17 representatives from the public, educational and medical communities, local health departments and nonprofit organizations, including the advocacy and service community.

• Meeting Notices
• Published Reports

In the lead up to National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Tuesday, February 7, the Kaiser Family Foundation is releasing an updated fact sheet on African Americans and HIV/AIDS, which highlights the epidemic’s impact on African Americans, providing current data and trends over time.

African Americans account for more AIDS diagnoses, people estimated to be living with AIDS, and HIV-related deaths than any other racial or ethnic group in the U.S. The percentage of AIDS diagnoses occurring among African Americans has risen from 25% in 1985 to approximately half in
2004. African American women are also especially affected, accounting for two-thirds (67%) of new AIDS cases among women. The updated fact sheet is available at http://www.kff.org/hivaids/6089.cfm

*Kaiser Family Foundation [KaiserFamilyFoundation@cme.kff.org

Abstain or Use Your Brain”

On March 10th, marking the first annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Advocates for Youth launched part one of a two part national education campaign focusing on young women of color actively avoiding and/or reducing risk for HIV.

In honor of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Advocates also released two new issue briefs addressing the disproportionate effect of HIV on women of color, specifically young Latina and African American women.

To read the press release, please visit:

http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/news/press/031006.htm

To learn more about HIV in communities of color, please visit: http://www.mysistahs.org/health/HIV/index.htm

To read the new publications, please visit:

• Sexual Health of Latina Adolescents – Focus on Assets http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/frtp/latina.htm
• Young African American Women and HIV
  http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/frtp/youngaawomen.htm

*March 2006 update on new publications, actions you can take, and more! - Advocates for Youth's e-News Update

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