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Living with HIV

ASO411

ASO411 – Locate an AIDS Service Organization (ASO) or other HIV related service in your area.

 

We’re updating this page to reflect CATIE’s expanded mandate. Thank you for your patience; we’re working hard to create a Web site that provides you with the HIV information you need. Publications in this section look at the whole picture of living positively.

Getting your bearings

Just diagnosed with HIV
Just Diagnosed with HIV – First things to know about living with HIV

HIV: The Basics
HIV: The Basics – an interactive module providing a plain and simple look at HIV and the immune system, staying healthy and protecting yourself and others (designed to accompany Managing your health chapter 2)

Starting Points
Living with HIV: Starting Points - an easy-to-read primer on viral load, CD4 counts and healthy living

Managing Your Health
Managing Your Health - Our must-read handbook on living with HIV

Want to talk to someone? Call our toll-free phone line at 1.800.263.1638.

Protecting yourself and others

Information on the biological factors that can increase or decrease the risk of sexual transmission of HIV:

HIV Transmission: an Overview
Women and the Biology of HIV Transmission
Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV Transmission
HAART and HIV Transmission

Treating HIV

Practical Guide to HAART
Practical Guide to HAART (Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy)
CATIE-News - bite-sized HIV/AIDS news bulletins
TreatmentUpdate - CATIE's flagship treatment digest on cutting-edge developments in HIV/AIDS research and treatment
Federal, Provincial and Territorial Drug Access Programs - Information about drug coverage and benefit programs in Canada
In-Depth Fact Sheets - All you need to know about symptoms, side effects, major infections, HIV drugs and more
All of CATIE’s information about HIV treatment
More Web sites with HIV/AIDS treatment information
Resources for specific communities

The Positive Side magazine

The Positive Side - Our health and wellness magazine for people living with HIV. Now available in e-zine format at www.positiveside.ca. If you live in Canada, you can have the printed version of The Positive Side delivered to your doorstep twice a year for free. To find out how, call us at 1-800-263-1638 or send an email to info@catie.ca.

Winter 2010

WINTER 2010
Healing Path

Winter 2008

SPRING/SUMMER 2009
To the Rescue!

Winter 2008

Winter 2008
Splish Splash

Winter 2008

Spring 2008
Soaring Spirit

Winter 2008

Spring/Summer 2006
Out of Harm's Way

Winter 2008

Fall/Winter 2005
Sexual Healing

Winter 2008

Spring/Summer 2005
Above Average

Winter 2008

Fall 2004
Magnetic Love

Winter 2008

Spring 2004
Live a Little

Winter 2008

Fall 2003
The Lipo Files

Winter 2008

Summer 2002
Medical Marijuana

Winter 2008

Winter 2001
Original Aboriginal

Positive Art

Body Maps
Body Maps - Women navigating the positive experience in Africa and Canada

Positive Take
Positive Take - a group of young people living with HIV who answered CATIE’s call to direct and produce a short film each

art posi+ive
Art Posi+ive - sharing the experience of living with HIV/AIDS through creative works

 

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