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Powered by SpeechAgents********************************************ASO (AIDS Services Organizations)
We here at Help Fight HIV/AIDS are looking for anyone around the World who know of any ASO in any other Countries besides the USA. If anyone knows of any ASO please e-mail us their information as well as their web address. We would greatly appreciate any help.
Thanks,
The Staff of Help Fight HIV/AIDS Organization [email protected]********************************* ***********
Thank you and Welcome to "HELP FIGHT HIV/AIDS". My name is Chrystopher M. Crespin and I am the Founder/President of this site and soon to be organization. I desire this site to be a place where those living with HIV/AIDS and those who know someone with HIV/AIDS can come and find a place of safety and compassion. Your journey should not leave you helpless, hopeless or lonely. We here at HFHA want you to feel free to contact us with your questions regarding the disease and any other specific questions concerning treatment, prevention, counseling and testing.
This is not a place to degrade anyone with this disease or a dating service. This is a place to uplift, encourage and empower the person/persons and those associated with those living with HIV/AIDS. If this site can help educate at least one person to keep them from contracting this disease and if it will encourage and uplift someone then we will be doing our part in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS.******************************************** QUESTION: What do you think about World AIDS Day?
Please submit your answer with your First Name, City and State. You may send it to us either here on MySpace or by e-mailing us at [email protected] . The question will also be on our WebSite where you can submit your answers there as well. We will be posting all answers as a blog with the question here on MySpace as well as on our WebSite.********************************************LATEST NEWS!!!!!
The Help Fight HIV/AIDS Organization is now proud to announce that our official website is up and running. The new website contains all the need-to-know information on HIV/AIDS as well as links to other helpful sites.
Be sure to stop by www.helpfighthivaids.org and give us your feedback on the new website! We appreciate any suggestions and comments you may have. You can also help improve our site by introducing new and accurate information! We hope you’ll find this site to be very informative and easy to navigate through. Click on the link below to access to the website: www.helpfighthivaids.org************************************ ********
This page is to educate all people who wish to know about HIV/AIDS and is also dedicated to those living with this disease. Please let your friends know about this page so that they can be educated.********************************************
The information on this page and the blogs were carefully and painstakingly researched and compiled by the Founder/President of this site. Please ask permission from the Founder/President before copying and/or taking any information from this page. You may contact the moderator of this site be e-mail. Just click on the link below. [email protected].******************************** ************"EXPLANATION OF ORGANIZATION"
The Help Fight HIV/AIDS(HFHA) Organization was founded in Spring of 2006. It is a vision six years in the making. A vision that is dedicated to helping those living and coping with HIV/AIDS. The organization has become an education tool for those uninformed about the disease, prevention, and many other aspects that have to be considered when dealing with HIV/AIDS. Future objectives of the organization include providing housing and schooling for those infected with the disease. The school will be a safe haven for youth confronted with the stigma of being HIV/AIDS positive in an uncompassionate society. Our goal is to educate the young, as well as the old, by touring schools, colleges, and popular venues to spread the word to those uninformed and misinformed. It is our greatest endeavor to establish an international testing facility that provides testing and medical assistance to people worldwide. The HFHA organization strives to become an international foundation that changes and heals the world for the better, touching our world in a way that no other organization has ever done before!********************************************"MISSION STATEMENT"
Help Fight HIV/AIDS(HFHA) is an organization dedicated to helping those living and coping with HIV/AIDS. We will educate and provide information on the prevention, cause, and dangers of this disease. Help Fight HIV/AIDS will separate fact from myth, exposing the immense impact HIV/AIDS is having on our community and worldwide. Our goal is to be a light for the broken hearted and to give hope to those who feel they have nothing to live for. Because as long as HIV/AIDS affects anyone, it affects everyone.********************************************"VISION STATEMENT"
The vision of Help Fight HIV/AIDS(HFHA) is to become a world wide organization that equips, empowers and encourages those touched by this disease. Reassuring those affected and infected by HIV/AIDS that it is still possible to live a full and blessed life.
We will be compassionate and caring while providing essential information that will answer any questions concerning medical care, counseling, testing, and the like.********************************************Chrystopher M. Crespin Founder/President Help Fight HIV/AIDS Organization www.helpfighthivaids.org [email protected]********************************* ***********Bethany N. Crespin Co-Founder/Vice President Help Fight HIV/AIDS Organization********************************************Deme trius A. Daniels Co-Founder/Vice President Help Fight HIV/AIDS Organization********************************************Anne tte M. Crespin Secretary Help Fight HIV/AIDS Organization******************************************** Janie Farren WebMaster Help Fight HIV/AIDS Organization********************************************Ann P. Fleming Board Member Help Fight HIV/AIDS Organization********************************************Elde r Nina M. Cooper Board Member Help Fight HIV/AIDS Organization********************************************Mich ael D. Crespin Father of Founder/President Advocate for HIV/AIDS, Hep.C and Movement Disorders********************************************
Due to an anonymous donation our dreams of becoming an organization have been realized. The paperwork is currently being processed and once completed will legally make us a Non-Profit Organization. We will be setting up a Pay-Pal account as soon as the paperwork is finalized so you will be able to donate. If you would like to donate at this time to the Fight or you know someone that has questions or just need someone to talk to, feel free to e-mail us by clicking on the link in parenthesis ([email protected]) .
It is only through a generous donation of one person, who wishes to remain anonymous, that our dreams have become a reality as soon as they have and we would like to Thank this person for their gift and support. We would also like to take a moment to Thank all those that encouraged and strengthen us, believe in us and the cause that we are pursuing.********************************************"CASE STUDIES"
Its been 25 years since the first known case of this disease. It's no celebration to mark a quarter century of life with a deadly global pandemic. But looking back, the world can be proud of how it has fought back... Well, most of the time.
It started as only five cases of a disease in a city of 3 million people... at three seprate hospitals... over a seven month period. Five gay men turned up with Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in Las Angeles between October 1980 and May 1981. Physicans got to work trying to diagnose the accompanying illness and save lives of men, women and children who began showing up in epidemic numbers, and researchers puzzled over just what was happening. "IT", of course was HIV disease. Those earlier cases were described in a profoundly prophetic editorial note in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report."
June 5, 1981: "Pneumocystis Carnii Pneumonia in the United States is almost exclusively limited to severly immuno-suppressed patients. The occurence of Pneumocystsis in these five previously healthy individuals without a clinically apparent immunodeficiency is unusual. " It's an understatement, looking back over the 25 years since those inital cases showed up. To use the word "unusual" to describe the devastating impact that HIV has had on the world. There have been some missteps and defeats over the decades, but there have been some milestone accomplishments as well. "5" The number of people worldwide who die of AIDS-Related complications every minute. People between 15 and 24 make up half of all new U.S. HIV infections.
WHO'S AFFECTED: The proportion of new U.S. AIDS diagnoses has shifted by ethinicity over the years.
1985: 11-White, 5-Black, 3-Hispanic, 1-Other
2004: 5-White, 10-Black, 4-Hispanic, 1-Other.
GENDER GAP NARROWS: U.S. AIDS diagnoses have increased dramatically among women since 1985-tripling in less than 20 years.
1985: MEN: 92%/WOMAN: 8%.
2004: MEN: 71%/WOMAN: 29%.
EVOLVING EPIDEMIC: U.S. modes of HIV transmission have shown clear shifts in occurance since the beggining of the epidemic.
MALE-MALE SEX: 1985: 65%/2004: 45%
MALE-FEMALE SEX: 1985: 3%/2004:27%,
INJECTION DRUG USE: 1985:19%/2004:22%
OTHER/UNKNOWN: 1985: 13%/2004:6%
ETHNIC DISPARITY: African-Americans and Hispanics are being hit disproportionately by HIV, together accounting for more than two thirds of new U.S. HIV infections occuring between 2001 and 2004.
AFRICAN-AMERICANS: Percentage of U.S. population............. 12%
Percentage of new HIV cases............... 51%.
HISPANICS: Percentage of U.S. population............. 13%
Percentage of new HIV cases............... 18%.
WHITES: Percentage of U.S. population............. 70%
Percentage of new HIV cases............... 29%.
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDERS: Percentage of U.S. population............. 4%
Percentage of new HIV cases............... 1%.
AMERICAN INDIANS/ALASKA NATIVES: Percentage of U.S. population............. 1%
Percentage of new HIV cases.............. New HIV Diagnoses Among African American Men Output All Other Groups. African-American men bear the burden of new HIV infections in the United States, having an infection rate in 2004 seven times higher than white amd more than doubled the rate of Hispanic men.
RATES OF HIV DIAGNOSES, 2004 (PER 100,000 POPULATION).
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN: 131.6
AFRICAN-AMERICAM WOMEN: 67.0
HISPANIC MEN: 60.2
HISPANIC WOMEN: 16.3
AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE MEN: 20.8
AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE WOMEN: 7.7
WHITE MEN: 18.7
WHITE WOMEN: 3.2
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER MEN: 13.9
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER WOMEN: 401.
A NEAR MAJORITY HOLDS FOR U.S. MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN. Prevalence rates of modes of HIV transmission for new cases diagnosed among black men between 2001 and 2004.
MALE-MALE SEX: 49%
HIGH-RISK HETEROSEXUAL CONTACT: 25%
INJECTION-DRUG USE: 19%
OTHER: 6%.********************************************
Young people in the United States are at persistent risk for HIV infection. This risk is especially notable for youth of minority races and ethnicities. Continual HIV prevention outreach and education efforts, including programs on abstinence and on delaying the initiation of sex, are required as new generations replace the generations that benefited from earlier prevention strategies. Unless otherwise noted, this fact sheet defines youth, or young people, as persons who are 13–24 years of age.
AIDS in 2004: An estimated 2,174 young people received a diagnosis of AIDS (5.1% of the estimated total of 42,514 AIDS diagnoses) and 232 young people with AIDS died.
Estimated 7,761 young people were living with AIDS, a 42% increase since 2000, when 5,457 young people were living with AIDS.
Young people diagnosed with AIDS during 1996–2004 lived longer than persons with AIDS in any other age group except those younger than 13 years. Nine years after receiving a diagnosis of AIDS.
76% of those aged 13–24 were alive, compared with 81% of those younger than age 13.
74% of those aged 25–34
70% of those aged 35–44
63% of those aged 45–54
53% of those aged 55 and older.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, an estimated 40,059 young people in the United States had received a diagnosis of AIDS, and an estimated 10,129 young people with AIDS had died. They accounted for about 4% of the estimated total of 944,306 AIDS diagnoses and 2% of the 529,113 deaths of people with AIDS.

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If you would like to make a donation at this time please click on the donation button below. All donations great or small are greatly appreciated. If you are unable to donate on Pay-Pal please contact us via MySpace for more information on where to send your donation."MySpace Challenge"
Help Fight HIV/AIDS(HFHA) is challenging all MySpace friends to donate $1 to help in the fight against HIV/AIDS. All we are asking for is a $1 donation. All proceeds will go to the organization as well as the Fight against HIV/AIDS. It will be greatly appreciated.*********************************************
Please feel free to e-mail your stories so that they can be posted and feel free to leave any comments, but PLEASE be courteous and considerate to others. All information that is sent will be kept strictly confidential unless told otherwise. Any stories sent to our e-mail or here on MySpace will be posted with the writers permission without any names disclosed. You can e-mail them by clicking on the link [email protected]*************************** ******************"TESTING"
Getting tested is a key role in knowing your HIV status. It is very important that you and your partner(s) know your and their HIV status. PLEASE GET TESTED!!
For testing locations in your state, please visit your Department of Health and they will be more than happy to provide you with the proper information."State of New Mexico Department of Health" www.health.state.nm.us"KNOW YOUR HIV STATUS... GET TESTED BECAUSE I LOVE YOU COULD NOT BE SAID A BETTER WAY" *********************************************
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What if Both People Are Already Infected?
Some people who are HIV-infected don't see the need to follow safer sex guidelines when they are sexual with other infected people. However, it still makes sense to "play safe." If you don't, you could be exposed to other sexually transmitted infections such as herpes, human papillomavirus (HPV), or syphilis. If you already have HIV, these diseases can be more serious. Also, you might get "re-infected" with a different strain of HIV. This new version of HIV might not be controlled by the medications you are taking. It might also be resistant to other antiretroviral drugs. There is no way of knowing how risky it is for two HIV-positive people to have unsafe sex. Following the guidelines for safer sex will reduce the risk.Know What You're Doing
Using alcohol or drugs before or during sex greatly increases the chances that you will not follow safer sex guidelines. Be very careful if you have used any alcohol or drugs.Safer-Sex Tips
HIV is transmitted via blood, semen, breast milk, or vaginal fluid-most often through unprotected sex or throughthe sharing of dirty syringes during injection-drug use. While practicing safer sex is important for preventing the spread of the virus to uninfected individuals, it is also important for HIVers to be concerned with issues of reinfection with a different viral strain, also known as superinfection. Safer-sex guidelines can vary according to source.********************************************"GET INVOLVED"
Eight days are set aside to bring HIVers together and raise awareness of HIV-related issues.
There are eight days designated to raise awareness around HIV-related issues. You can visit the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health site www.omhrc.gov to link through to contact a specialist about scheduled events or how to get involved in your community.
February 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day coincides annually with Black History Month.
March 10: This will be only the second National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day to be observed.
March 21: National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day will have a theme this year of "A Celebration of Life…Protecting Our Future, Protecting Our People!"
May 18: On this 10th HIV Vaccine Awareness Day individuals are encouraged to wear their AIDS ribbon upside down to symbolize a v for vaccine and the vision of a world without AIDS.
May 19: National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day will highlight that the total of AIDS cases in this population has increased 10% each year this decade.
June 27: National HIV Testing Day targets the approximate quarter million people who are unaware they carry the virus.
October 15: National Latino AIDS Awareness Day brings to light that HIV is increasingly affecting Latinos in large numbers.
December 1: World AIDS Day annually honors individuals who have succumbed to the virus.********************************************

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National Prevention Infromation Network: (800)-458-5231/ (TYY): (800)-243-7012 www.cdcnpin.org********************************************* "KEEP A CHILD ALIVE"
Help us stop the dying. Pay for lifesaving AIDS drugs that can keep a child, a mother, a father and a family alive.www.keepachildalive.org******************************* **************"THE AIDS QUILT"
Each panel of the quilt represents at least one person who has died, some up to five. Each panel is three feet by six feet. The quilt was first thought up in June of 1987 by a group of strangers. To learn more about the quilt please click the link below www.aidsquilt.org******************************************* **
To learn more about HAART therapy, please visit by clicking the link below www.changeofHAART.com*************************************** ******www.dawnsheartfeltcorner.org************************** *******************www.myspace.com/curvemagazine************ *********************************www.one.org**************** *****************************"TEEN AIDS"www.teenaids.orgwww.myspace.com/teenaids******************** *************************
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On each of these websites, you can click a button to support the cause -- each click creates funding, and costs you nothing! Bookmark these sites, and click once a day!
Click here to post this on your page or 'blog*********************************************"NOTE FOR RECOVERING PORN ADDICTS"
Shelly Lubben has a heart to provide the truth about pornography in a safe comfortable environment for all people. Although this is an extremely difficult topic, she promises to do her best not to cause anyone to stumble or be offended. Pornography affects everyone. Please visit this web site by clicking the link below.www.shelleylubben.com********************************* ************"KNOW U 1st FOUNDATION"www.knowu1st.com******************************************** *www.aidsgallery.com"New Mexico POZ Coalition" www.nmpoz.orgwww.lighttounite.orgABOUT AIDSwww.aegis.orgwww.amfar.orgwww.angelfood.orgwww.knowhivai ds.orgwww.thewellproject.orgwww.nat.org.uk"The Nelson Mandela Foundation" www.nelsonmandela.orgwww.yrgcare.orgwww.globalaidsalliance.o rg"AIDS Clock" www.unfpa.org/aids_clockwww.clintonfoundation.orgwww.elizabe thtayloraidsfoundation.org"CDC National STD and AIDS Resource Site" www.ashastd.orgwww.cdcpin.org"HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS)" www.hivatis.orgwww.projectinform.org"Gay Man's Health Crisis" www.gmhc.org"HIV Information Resource" www.thebody.com"This site is for Teens" www.iwannaknow.orgwww.poz.comwww.hivplusmag.comwww.hivpositi vemagazine.comwww.heartsandminds.orgwww.centerforaidsprevent ion.org"NEW MEXICO AIDS SERVICES" 625 Truman NE, Albuquerque, NM US 87110-6443 MAIN:(505) 938-7100/TOLL FREE:1-888-822-2437 Please visit their web site by clicking the link below www.NMAS.net*********************************************New Mexico AIDS Services-Farmington Office Farmington, NM US 3535 E. 30th Suite 127 505-327-7043 or Toll Free 888-929-0911*********************************************"Southwest Care (Santa Fe area)" Southwest C.A.R.E.
Southwest C.A.R.E. Center is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is one of five Health Management Alliances (HMAs) that serve HIV-positive residents of New Mexico. Southwest C.A.R.E. Center primarily serves Santa Fe and eight additional northern counties of New Mexico.
The mission of Southwest C.A.R.E. Center is to provide HIV-infected New Mexicans with state-of-the-art medical care and needed psychosocial services in a complete, timely, confidential, respectful, and cost-effective manner, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, disability, gender, socioeconomic status, geographic location, sexual orientation, or language; and to provide innovative and effective HIV-prevention services to at-risk populations.*********************************************"Camino de Vida Center for HIV Services (Las Cruces area)" Camino de Vida
Camino de Vida Center for HIV Services is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive care to persons impacted by HIV/AIDS and to improving the health and awareness of the community through HIV/AIDS prevention. Camino de Vida is part of the New Mexico Department of Health's regional HIV Health Management Alliance, serving Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero and Sierra counties.
We provide comprehensive quality care to those impacted by HIV/AIDS. The challenges of living with HIV/AIDS are changing everyday. New drug therapies and prevention efforts mean that many people are living longer and healthier lives. Our goal is to ensure those impacted by HIV/AIDS receive care, education and support.*********************************************"Pecos Valley HIV/AIDS Resource Center a.k.a. Alianza of New Mexico (Roswell area)" Alianza of New Mexico
Pecos Valley H.A.R.C. is located at 808-B N. Union Avenue in Roswell, New Mexico and is one of five Health Management Alliance (HMA) members that serve HIV-positive residents of New Mexico. Pecos Valley H.A.R.C. serves the following nine southeast New Mexico counties: Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Lincoln, Quay and Roosevelt.*********************************************HIV/AIDS HOTLINES BY STATE
National: (800) CDC-INFO (800 232-4636); 24 hours/7days a week in English and Spanish*********************************************
Alabama: (334) 206-5364; 7:30 - 5, M - F
In Alabama: (800) 228-0469; 7:30 - 5, M - F*********************************************
Alaska: (907) 276-4880; 9 - 5, M - F
In Alaska: (800) 478-2437; 9 - 5, M - F*********************************************
Arizona: (602) 364-4562; 8 - 5, M - F
In Arizona: (800) 334-1540*********************************************
Arkansas: (800) 342-2437*********************************************
California: (415) 863-2437, 9 - 5, M - F
(800) 367-2437; 9 - 9, M - F; 10 - 6, Sat & Sun
Night hotline: (415) 434-2437
National access number: 800-628-9240; 5 pm to 5 am, 7 days a week
Project Inform: (800) 822-7422; 9 - 5, M - F; 10 - 4 Sat*********************************************
Colorado: (303) 830-2437; 9 - 5, M - F
(800) 333-2437; 9 - 5, M - F; 10 - 4 Sat*********************************************
Connecticut:
2-1-1, Infoline is an integrated system of help via the telephone- a single source for information about community services.*********************************************
Delaware: (302) 652-6776; 8:30 - 4:30, M - F
(800) 464-4357; 7:30 - 6, M-F*********************************************
District of Columbia: (202) 332-EXAM*********************************************
Florida:
In Florida: (800) 352-2437; 8 - 9, M - F; 10:30 - 6:30 Sat
In Spanish: (800) 545-7432; 8 - 9, M - F; 10:30 - 6:30 Sat
In Haitian Creole: (800) 243-7101; 8 - 9, M - F; 10:30 - 6:30 Sat*********************************************
Georgia: (404) 876-9944; 8:30 - 5, M - F
In Georgia: (800) 551-2728; 8:30 - 5, M - F*********************************************
Hawaii:
Oahu (Honolulu and suburbs):
Department of Health: (808) 638-0888
Hawaii (Big Island) - Kona Side:
West Hawaii AIDS Foundation: (808) 331-8177; 8:30 - 4:30, M - F
Hawaii (Big Island) - Hilo Side:
Big Island AIDS Project: (808) 982-8800; 8 - 4, M - F
Maui:
Maui AIDS Foundation: (808) 242-4900
Lanai: (808) 565-6411 (HIV Testing)
Malama Pono:
(Kauai AIDS Foundation): (808) 246-9577*********************************************
Idaho: (800) 926-2588; 8 - 6, M - F*********************************************
Illinois:
In Illinois: (800) 825-3518*********************************************
Indiana:
In Indiana: (866) 588-4948; 8 - 4:30, M - F*********************************************
Iowa: (319)338-2135*********************************************
Kansas:
In Kansas: (877) 586-5497*********************************************
Kentucky: (800) 420-7431; 8 - 4:30, M - F*********************************************
Louisiana: (800) 992-4379; 10 - 8, M - F; 10 - 4, Sat*********************************************
Maine: (800) 342-2437; 9 - 5, M - F*********************************************
Maryland: (800) 638-6252; 8 - 5, M - F*********************************************
Massachusetts: (800) 235-2331; 9 - 9, M - F; 9 - 1, Sat*********************************************
Michigan: (800) 872-2437; 9 - 5:30, M - F*********************************************
Minnesota: (800) 248-2437; 9 - 6, M - F*********************************************
Missouri: (573) 751-6141*********************************************
Mississippi: (800) 826-2961; 8 - 5, M - F*********************************************
Montana: (406) 444-3565; 8 - 5, M - F*********************************************
Nebraska: (800) 782-2437*********************************************
Nevada:
Nevada State Health Division Bureau of Community Health: (775) 684-5900; 8 - 5, M - F
(800) 842-2437*********************************************
New Hampshire: (603) 271-4502; 8 - 4:30, M - F
In New Hampshire: (800) 752-2437; 8 - 4:30, M - F*********************************************
New Jersey:
In New Jersey: (800) 624-2377*********************************************
New Mexico:
In New Mexico: (800) 524-2437*********************************************
New York: (800) 542-2437
GMHC: (212) 807-6655; 10 - 9, M - F ; 12 - 3, Sat
Long Island: (631) 385-2437; 9 - 7:30, M & F; 9 - 9, Tu - Th*********************************************
North Carolina:
HIV/STD Prevention and Care Branch, Division of Public Health: (919) 733-7301; 8 - 5, M - F
(800) 342-2437; 8 - 5, M - F*********************************************
North Dakota: (701) 328-2378; 8 - 5, M - F
(800) 706-3448; 8 - 5, M - F*********************************************
Ohio:
In Ohio: (800) 332-2437; 9 - 9, Mon - Fri; 9 - 6, Sat*********************************************
Oklahoma: (800) 535-2437; 9 - 6, M - Thurs.*********************************************
Oregon: (800) 777-2437; 9 - 6, M - F; Noon - 6, Sat*********************************************
Pennsylvania: (215) 985-2437; 8:30 - 7:30, M - Thurs.; 8:30 - 5, Fri; 9 - 1, Sat
(800) 662-6080; 8:30 - 7:30, M - Thurs.; 8:30 - 5, Fri; 9 - 1, Sat*********************************************
Rhode Island
Nationwide: (800) 726-3010; 9 - 9, M - F; 10 - 2 Sat*********************************************
South Carolina
In South Carolina: (800) 322-2437; 9 - 8, M - F*********************************************
South Dakota: (800)592-1861; 8 - 5, M - F*********************************************Tennessee: (615) 741-7500; 8 - 4:30, M - F
(800) 525-2437; 8 - 4:30, M - F*********************************************
Texas: (800) 299-2437; 8 - 5, M - F*********************************************
Utah: (801) 538-6094; 8:30 - 6, M - F
(800) 537-1046; 8:30 - 6, M - F*********************************************
Vermont:
In Vermont: (800) 882-2437; 7:45 - 4:30, M - F*********************************************
Virginia:
In Virginia: (800) 533-4148; 8 - 5, M - F*********************************************
Washington:
In Washington: (800) 272-2437; 9 - 5, M - F*********************************************
West Virginia: (304) 558-2195; 8 - 5, M - F
In West Virginia: (800) 624-8244; 8 - 5, M - F*********************************************
Wisconsin: (800) 334-2437*********************************************
Wyoming:
Wyoming AIDS Project: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
In Wyoming: (800) 675-2698

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25 YEARS IN A WORLD WITH HIV 1981
* In its June 5 edition of "Morbidity and Mortality Weekley Report," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issuses a report about five cases of Pneumocystis Carnaii Pneumonia in otherwise healthy gay men in Los Angeles. These became the world's first reported AIDS cases.
* The New York Times details :Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals" on July 3; this is the first media story on AIDS. 1982
* After categorizing the disease as an epedimic in 1981, the CDC drops the term (gay-related immune deficiency) for the more accurate (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).
* The CDC links AIDS to blood and identifies risk groups: gay and bisexual men, injection-drug users, hemophiliacs, and Haitian natives.
* Africa's first AIDS cases are reported. 1983
* In March injection-drug users, gay men, amd others considered at high risk are urged not to donate blood, the first case of AIDS from a blood transfusion having been ..ed in December 1982.
* Luc Montagnier at the Pasteur Institute and Robert Gallo of the National Cancer Institute isolate the AIDS-causing retrovirus to be known as HIV and are named codiscoverers. 1984
* Despite protests, San Francisco closes the city's gay bathhouses and sex clubs. 1985
* The Food and Drug Administration approves an HIV antibody test.
* Blood banks begin screening for HIV.
* In April the first International AIDS Confrence is held in Atlanta.
* The American Foundation for AIDS Research is founded, with Elizabeth Taylor as national chairwoman.
* In July actor Rock Hudson announces he has AIDS, bringing mainstream public awareness to the disease; he dies on October 2.
* The first AIDS TV movie, (An Early Frost), airs.
* AIDS is now on every populated continent. 1986
* In May, U.S. surgeon general C. Everett Koop issuses a report that shocks and inflames many by his calling for public-health measures and sex education to combat the growing epidemic.
* The first panel of the Names Projest AIDS Memorial Quilt is created.
* Supermodel Gia Carangi dies of AIDS-related complications; her life and death are chronicled in the HBO movie (Gia) in 1998. 1987
* In March in New York City the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power holds its first protest.
* The FDA approves AZT, the first anti-HIV medication.
* In May, President Ronald Regan speaks to Americans for the first time about AIDS.
* The United States bars HIV-infected immigrants and travlers from entering the country.
* Randy Shilts publishes (And the Band Played On), his chronicle of the epidemic.
* Spurred by Sen. Jesse Helms, Congress approves prohibiting tax dollars for AIDS education materials that "promote or encurage, directly or indirectly, homosexual activities."
* The FDA adds label information to condoms saying they help prevent HIV infection. 1988
* The CDC mails the brochure "Understanding AIDS" to all 107 million U.S. homes.
* The first World AIDS Day is held. 1989
* National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Anthony Fauci proposes allowing HIV patients access experimental drugs ouside clinical trial settings.
* The CDC issuses its first guidelines for prevention and treatment of Pneumocystic pneumonia.
* Following two years of protests by activists, Burroughs Wellcome lowers the price of AZT. 1990
* In April, 18-year-old hemophiliac Ryan White dies; he recieved an HIV-tainted blood transfusion five years earlier. The ostracism of White at his school and in his hometown became a symbol of the intolerance shown toward HIVers. In May, Congress authorizes funding for the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act.
* Congress enacts the Americans With Disabilities Act.
* AIDS activists boycott the Sixth International AIDS Confrence, held in San Francisco, to protest the U.S. ban on HIV-positive visitors.
* Longtime Compasion, the first feature film to deal with the impact of AIDS on friends and family, is releases. Bruce Davison is nomitated for an Oscar for his performance. 1991
* Spurred by the case of Kimberly Bergalis, who claimed she was infected by her dentist, the CDC recommends restrictions for some HIV-positive health care workers.
* Pro basketball player Magic Johnson announces he is HIV-positive. 1992
* AIDS becomes the top killer of American men ages 25 to 44.
* Mary Fisher addresses the Republican National Convention as an HIVer.
* In December The CDC adopts a new set of AIDS-defining conditions after activists charge that the agency is ignoring symptoms specific to injection-drug users and women. This causes a surge in the number of new AIDS cases that will be roported in 1993. 1993
* The FDA approves the female condom.
* Four French officials are jailed for allowing HIV-tainted blood into France's blood banks.
* The Pulitzer Prize is awarded to Angels in America, a play by Tony Kushner about the AIDS pandemic.
* The film Philadelphia, which focuses on an HIV-positive lawyer facing workplace dicrimination, is releases. Tom Hanks wins the Best Actor for his performance. 1994
* AIDS becomes the leading cause of death among all Americans ages 25 to 44.
* An add for fashion chain Benetton shows an image of former president Ronald Regan with Kaposi's sarcoma lesions on his face.
* The U.S. Public Health Service recommendes the use of AZT to help reduce the changes of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
* Pedro Zamora, a 22-year-old HIVer, appears on the MTV program (The Real World.) 1995
* In Feruary champion diver Greg Louganis tells Barbara Walters in a television interview that he has AIDS and was HIV-positive during his diving accident at the 1988 Olympics.
* In December the FDA approves saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor. The era of combination therapy begins. 1996
* In July at the 11th International AIDS Confrence, reports that combination therapy is helping extremeli ill patients regain their health lead to hopes about the effectiveness of what become dubbed "HIV cocktails."
* The FDA approves the first viral load test.
* Voters in California and Arizona pass medicinal marijuana laws to allow access to patients who need the drug to combat nausea and overcome wasting syndrome.
* Jonathan Larson's AIDS-themed musical, (Rent), wins the Pulitzer Prize; the play also recieves four Tony Awards.
* AIDS researcher David Ho is named Time magizine's Man of the Year. 1997
* In February a report states that deaths from AIDS-related complications fell 13% in the first six months of 1996, This first significant drop in AIDS deaths is attributed to protease inhibitors and combination therapy.
* Combivir, the first multidrug pill, is approved.
* The first reports of antiretroviral side effects like "buffalo hump," "Crix belly," and "protease paunch" are reported. 1998
* Although the Department of Health and Human Services determines the needle-exchange programs are effective and don;t encourage illegal drug use, President Clinton does not lift the ban on using federal funds for them.
* African-American leaders declare and AIDS-related state of emergency in black communities and launch the Minority AIDS Initiative.
* In June the U.S. Supreme Court rules that asymptomatic HIVers are protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act.
* Congress authorizes payments to hemophiliacs infected through unscreened U.S. blood products between 1982 and 1987.
* A report says U.S. AIDS deaths were halved in 1997, down to their lowest levels in a decade. AIDS falls out of the top 10 causes of death among Americans.
* David Ho presents evidence at the Fifth Confrence on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections that HIV most likely first infected humans in the 1940s or early 1950s. Eventual research verifies that the first known AIDS death when HIV-1 is found in the blood samples of an African man who died in 1959, The first U.S. case is traced to a teen prostitute with Kaposi's sarcoma who died in 1969. 1999
* Research concludes HIV was spread to humans by a mutated virus that has lived in chimpanzees in regins of Africa for possibly hundreds of thousands of years.
* The World Health Organization announces that AIDS is the most deadly infectious disease-overtaking tuberculosis-and is the fourth leading cause of deaths worldwide.
* Research teams working independently announces they have discovered cases of newly infected individuals in the United States and Europe who have highly multidrug-resistant forms of the virus. 2000
* The CDC reports that Africian-American and Latino men who have sex with men have higher HIV infection rates than white men in the same transmission category.
* The U.N. Security Council declares AIDS a global security threat.
* The 13th International AIDS Confrence is held in Durban, South Africa-the first time the gathering is held in a develpoing nation. 2001
* The World Trade Organization agrees to allow development countries to make or import generic meds in public-health crises. 2002
* AIDS becomes the leading cause of death globally among people ages 15 to 59.
* Women now account for about half of all HIV-positive adults worldwide. 2003
* President George W. Bush announces the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to fight HIV overseas.
* South Africa, ahich has the highest number of HIVers in the world, announces plans to create an antiretroviral treatment program. 2004
* Gilead Sciences and Bristol-Mayers Squibb announces a collaboration to combine Sustiva, Emtriva, and Viread into a once-daily, onr-pill regimen. The first two attempts fail. but a sucess, Atripla, is announced in 2006.
* Andy Bell, lead singer of the pop group Erasure, announces he is HIV-positive. 2005
* Roche announces it will stop making Hivid and Fortavase due to low demand; these are the first anti-HIV meds decommissioned.
* The World Health Organization announces that its "3x5" initiative-begun in 2003 to get 3 million HIV-positive people in poor nations an antiretroviral theropy by the end of 2005-will not reach its target. 2006
* The U.S. House's reathorization of the Ryan White Act would reallocate funding so that cities hardest-hit by AIDS, such as San Francisco and Washington, D.C., would have ominous funding shortfalls for public HIV resources. Eventually, though, Senate lets the bill die.

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South Africa is still the leading country when it comes to people infected with HIV/AIDS. Many chidren are orphaned because of the spread of this disease. Plus many do not have the means to get their medication and proper health care. We need to do something to help with medication, health care and prevention in Africa. If this disease keeps up like it is in that country countless numbers of people will be lost. We, as Americans, can stop the need by donating your time and money to help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. Please visit their web site and purchase any of the products that are available. There are (RED) T-shirts, Ipod Nanos, Converse shoes, Motorola Cell Phones and much more. Proceeds will go to help with medication for the African people. They are in desperate need of your help. Thanks for your support!!! Please click the link below for more information www.join(red).com******************************************* **

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