Whether you are looking to
find an HIV testing site,
learn more about
AIDS in Wisconsin, get involved or learn more in general about HIV/AIDS,
STIs/STDs, drugs and pregnancy, we are certain you will find a wealth of resources here. You will also find some of the many ways that you can get involved locally
in the fight against
AIDS in Madison, Wisconsin, or on a national level. Thank you for caring enough to do your part to help ensure the possibility of a future without this dreadful
disease we are all dealing with.
An amazing one-stop resource!
The Wisconsin HIV, STD, and Hepatitis C Information & Referral Center (IRC) provides information on the prevention, transmission, and treatment of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and hepatitis. Individuals and service providers around the state of Wisconsin are invited to search our website or call our information specialists to obtain information on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and hepatitis. The IRC also provides referrals to HIV/AIDS, STD, and hepatitis-related services including: clinics, testing, service providers and other
resources. Referrals can be obtained by calling our information specialists or by clicking on "FIND SERVICES NEAR YOU" on the menu bar at the top of this page.
HIV
testing sites STDs/STIs testing:
HIV and STI testing
by the Department
of Public Health - Madison
and Dane County
This is a simple and straight forward site with
information for drugs to treat HIV infection (antiretrovirals) as well as many
other definitions and information...
The mission: To use the power of
media to educate and compel people to act - to protect themselves and to get
tested for the virus - and to erase the stigma for those afflicted
"When it comes to prevention, we
do not have to choose between values and science….We should lift the
federal ban on needle exchange, which could dramatically reduce
rates of infection among drug users.”
Barack Obama, Open letter to
LGBT Americans, November 2007
An informative and
detailed site about the disparity of services in the Southern
Wisconsin Region
To date around 65 million people have been infected with
HIV, and
AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized in 1981.
AIDS is the leading cause of death for African-American women ages 25-34.
A child dies of AIDS every minute of every day.
All the while, this remains a treatable and preventable disease.
Please do your part in
the fight against HIV/AIDS in Wisconsin
and throughout the United States, we thank you in advance.
Our friend Neil
Willenson and
One Heartland - Camp Heartland:
One Heartland/Camp Heartland is a national
non-profit organization
dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth and their
families
facing HIV/AIDS, poverty, grief and other significant life
challenges. We are deeply honored to to work with and support Neil
Willenson's valiant efforts!
Please visit our friends at Camp Heartland
Many thanks to you Neil!
Venus Perez is
a woman and a writer living with HIV/AIDS for over 20 years. Born
and raised in Brooklyn, NY, relocated to Longwood, Florida, Venus is
an experienced author and speaker on the topic of HIV/AIDS. In “I'm
Still Here,” Venus hopes to empower others by sharing her
experiences and providing vital information about HIV/AIDS as well
as STDs. Other works by Venus include: "Miracles Still Happen" and
"Comfort Foods Cookbook."
Our
friend Robert Breining and the POZIAM Community:
POZIAM is a social community that
was created by our wonderful friend Robert Breining to educate
people about HIV and AIDS. This site will give you an inside look of
other people living with HIV/AIDS. It's similar to MySpace, but it's
for HIV+ people or people living with AIDS. Please support Robert's
amazing efforts to inspire and educate others!
CLICK HERE TO JOIN
THE POZIAM COMMUNITY!
Fight on Robert!
Dab the AIDS BEAR
Project is a grassroots advocacy organization of concerned citizens
affected and effected by HIV and AIDS. Our goal through HIV
awareness, education and prevention is preventing new cases of HIV
while helping empower HIV+ citizens.
Through public HIV/AIDS awareness, education, prevention and virtual
media; help us change America from a world of ignorance,
misinformation and discrimination into a better world of acceptance,
health care and hope for all Americans.
HIVictorious extends our sincere and heartfelt thanks, to our new
friend and ally, Dab
Our
friend Bradford:
My
name is Bradford McIntyre and I’m Positively Positive! I have been
living, infected with the HIV since 1984! I feel very fortunate
sharing in this 20th Anniversary, with you! There is more power in
people knowing I am HIV positive, than there ever was in the fear
and hiding. The answers are in letting go of fear! Society has
created a huge closet housing many shelves. Shelves for Gay, BI
sexual, Lesbian and transgendered, but even more shelves housing
drug abuse, alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, physical and mental abuse,
bulimia, anorexia, cancer, AIDS, dis-ease and disease. It is time
for us all to come out of the closet and tell people what is going
on in our life.
Please visit:
www.positivelypositive.ca to learn more about our amazing
friend, as well as a wealth of HIV/AIDS information and resources.
Never surrender Bradford!
Our friend
Scott:
It is my hope and
goal to address the social stigma that is associated with AIDS. To
let people know that those of us living with HIV/AIDS are normal
people, more importantly, normal people that need friends, and even
love.... just like anyone else. Heaven knows I could use some, and
so could all of us living with the disease. How bout you? Wanna be
friends with Scott? Please help to
support Scott's incredible grassroots efforts to inspire, educate
and fundraise. Please visit:
www.scottsfriends.com
Thank you Scott for your courageous efforts in the
fight against HIV/AIDS!
Our friend
Jeromy Dunn:
This site is dedicated to
educating and bringing people together regardless of race,
ethnicity, financial status, gender, or sexual orientation.
HIV/AIDS affects us all
and infects over 1 million Americans and 1 in 4 of those
infected with HIV/AIDS do not know it.
“My goal is to offer peace and hope to all people in this life,
especially People living with HIV/AIDS, regardless of what our
Creator places in front of each one of us. My own illness has
actually taught me about life…how to live in a better way, both
spiritually and mentally. The one thing I have learned most is to
never give up…through the worst of circumstances, sometimes come the
most valuable lessons of our existence. I had to make a choice, to
live or die, but I chose to live…I believe the Creator kept me here
to send this message of hope to all people of Mother Earth. Just
never give up!” ‘Shining Thunderbird Eagleman’ ROD MICHANO
(2005)
Please visit:
www.redskyhealing.com
Blessings to you Rod!
Great thanks to our friends at
Valley AIDS Information Network in Oregon
You can sign on, learn more
about the Call to Action,
and see a list of current
supporters at
www.nationalaidsstrategy.org.
Twenty six years into the
AIDS epidemic, the United
States still has no comprehensive
strategic plan to bring
down HIV incidence, increase
access to HIV care, and
reduce racial disparities
in the epidemic. The
wealthiest nation in the
world is failing its own
people in responding to
the AIDS epidemic at home:
the number of annual new
HIV infections has not fallen
in 15 years and, as of 2002,
an estimated half of
people
living with HIV/AIDS were
not in care. African
Americans represent 13%
of the population but nearly
half of all new HIV infections.
The next President of the
United States must develop
a results-oriented National
AIDS Strategy designed to
improve the outcomes of
our national response to
AIDS.
CDC estimates that approximately
19 million new STIs/STDs occur each year with almost half of them
among young people 15 to 24 years of age. Reported cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea combined were approximately 1.5 million in
2007, but the majority of cases continue to go undiagnosed.
Additionally, the CDC reported persistent racial disparities across
all reportable STDs/STIs with African Americans bearing a heavy burden.
These diseases continue to be the most commonly reported infectious
diseases in the nation and pose persistent and preventable threats
to fertility in the United States. Syphilis increased again in 2007,
as it has each year since 2000.
National HIV
Testing Day (NHTD) is an annual campaign produced by the National
Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA-US) to encourage at-risk
individuals to receive voluntary HIV counseling and testing.
Representation of the
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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