A Note to Teens Who Have Just Learned They Are HIV
Short article provides tips for coping with the news no one wants to hear.
AIDS Handbook: An Introduction
Information about the HIV virus and its transmission; about AIDS and its treatment. Written and illustrated by Eastchester Middle School students for other students.
AIDS.net.au
Information services website is offers easy to read resources, newsletter, and details about school AIDS day.
Camp Heart to Heart
Free summer camp for children, ages 5-13, who are infected by HIV. Includes camp overview and contact information.
Can I Get AIDS?
Tells how AIDS is spread and how to protect yourself against it.
Dying Young: The Fight Against Aids
Article explores why so many young people are falling victim to this fatal but preventable disease.
HIV and AIDS
Explains what the disease is, how people know they have it, and how young people can avoid it. From TeensHealth.
HIV Infection: Get the Facts
Online information for HIV peer educators, HIV positive youth, young gay men, and all interested in HIV and youth.
Kids Talk AIDS
Kids, youth, parents and professionals living with and affected by HIV /AIDS talk with each other.
Life Cycle of HIV Infection
Article and animation showing how HIV infects cells.
Metro TeenAIDS
Organization dedicated to preventing HIV infection among young people in the Washington DC metro area. Site includes facts about the disease and testing for it.
NOVA Online: Surviving AIDS
Interactive activities show how the human immune system works, while QuickTime video clips trace the progression of the AIDS virus. Also looks at the worldwide impact of the disease, as well as the researchers who are searching for a cure. From PBS.
Positive Youth Outreach
Free peer support, services and education for HIV+ youth. Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and the AIDS Committee of Toronto.
Staying Alive
Information about HIV and AIDS for young people, presented by MTV and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In English, French and Spanish.
TeenAIDS-PeerCorps
Explains this program of training and education for teenagers to enable them to pass on medically-sound information about HIV/AIDS to their friends and peers. Includes details of background ressearch.
Thinkquest: All About AIDS
Bilingual site in English and Spanish by 7th and 8th grade students. A look at the facts and myths. Includes history, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. A winning entry in the October 2003 Thinkquest competition.