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The Positive Side

Spring 2004
Volume 6, Issue 4

Resources

What’s New?

HIV/AIDS Treatment Information in Asian Languages
More than 30 HIV-treatment-related topics in 5 languages: Tagalog, Vietnamese, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, English.
www.acas.org/treatment/
For French, go to: www.catie.ca/ACASfs_f.nsf/List+of+Sheets?OpenView
Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS)
phone: 416.963.4300
fax: 416.963.4371

FYI (For Your Information)
The most recent newsletter (“Culture and Diversity and HIV”) from Toronto’s Voices of Positive Women is a special multilingual issue with articles in Swahili, Ghanaian, Spanish and French.
www.vopw.org/voicesweb/newsletter.htm
phone: 416.324.8703
toll-free: 1.800.263.0961
fax: 416.324.9701

HIV/AIDS: The Basic Facts for Métis Communities
Métis National Council
www.metisnation.ca
phone: 613.232.3216
toll-free: 1.800.928.6330
fax: 613.232.4262

WAVE: Women and AIDS Virtual Education
A program of BC’s Positive Women’s Network, WAVE offers women with HIV support and education and the opportunity to be part of an online community without having to leave their homes or risk disclosure.
www.pwn-wave.ca/
phone: 604.692.3009
toll-free: 1.866.692.3001
fax: 604.684.3126

Referral Lists: HIV/AIDS-Related Services
AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)
HIV care doctors, complementary therapists, counsellors, psychotherapists, support groups and workshops in the Toronto area, and anonymous testing clinics across Ontario. Every ASO should compile local lists like these!
www.actoronto.org/website/home.nsf/pages/referrallists
phone: 416.340.AIDS (2437)
fax: 416.340.8224

ACRIA Update, “Drugs! Drugs! Drugs!” fall 2003/winter 2004 www.acria.org/treatment/treatment_edu_fall03-win04update.html
The AIDS Community Research Initiative of America’s excellent overview of HIV meds (some may not be available in Canada yet), including dosage and side effects.
phone: 212.924.3934
fax: 212.924.3936

—compiled by Susan Massarella

 

Decisions about particular medical treatments should always be made in consultation with a qualified medical practitioner who is knowledgeable about HIV-related illness and the treatments in question. MORE