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Kids, All You Need to Know about AIDS
Explains the disease and tells about the latest treatments. Also includes tips for staying safe.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J003087F/
YouthHIV.org
Online information for HIV peer educators, HIV positive youth, young gay men, and all interested in HIV and youth.
http://www.youthhiv.org/
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.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aids/
AIDS and Young People
Explains what the disease is, what causes it, and how people become infected. Includes tips for safer sex.
http://www.avert.org/young.htm
A Note to Teens Who Have Just Learned They Are HIV-Positive
Short article provides tips for coping with the news no one wants to hear.
http://www.thebody.com/hivco/teens.html
What Is AIDS?
Explains what the disease is, what causes it, how people get it, and how to avoid it. From KidsHealth.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/aids.html
Dying Young: The Fight Against Aids
Article explores why so many young people are falling victim to this fatal but preventabe disease. From PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec00/aids_youth.html
HIV and AIDS
Explains what the disease is, how people know they have it, and how young people can avoid it. From TeensHealth.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/stds/AIDS.html
HIV/AIDS Quiz
An interactive quiz produced by UNICEF to educate young people about the disease.
http://www.unicef.org/voy/learning/disclaim.html
Information for Young People about HIV and AIDS
About the AIDS virus, puberty, being a gay teenager, and contraception.
http://www.avert.org/yngindx.htm
Can I Get AIDS?
Tells how AIDS is spread and how to protect yourself against it.
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/infections/stds/AIDS.html
Kids Talk AIDS
Kids, youth, parents and professionals living with and affected by HIV /AIDS talk with each other.
http://www.kidstalkaids.org
Postive Youth Outreach
Free peer suport, services and education for HIV+ youth. Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and the AIDS Committee of Toronto.
http://positiveyouth.com/
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.
http://www.metroteenaids.org/
AIDS.net.au
Information services website is offers easy to read resources, newsletter, and details about school AIDS day.
http://www.aids.net.au
Camp Heart to Heart
Free summer camp for children, ages 5-13, who are infected by HIV. Includes camp overview and contact information.
http://www.geocities.com/camphearttoheart
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.
http://www.staying-alive.org/
Life Cycle of HIV Infection
Article and animation showing how HIV infects cells.
http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/hiv_lifecycle/hivcycle_txt.html
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.
http://www.eastchester.k12.ny.us/schools/ms/AIDS/AIDS1.html
Young Positive
Virtual club for HIV-positive youth. In English and Dutch.
http://www.jongpositief.nl/eng/html/
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.
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01335/
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