Links

 

Key Web Sites with Information on HIV/AIDS and Links to other Resources

GENERAL LINKS:

AIDS Organizations in Nova Scotia

• AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia
• AIDS Coalition of Cape Breton
• Northern AIDS Connection Society
• Healing Our Nations
• HIV411

Anonymous Testing

• Halifax Sexual Health Centre – Halifax
• Sydney, Port Hawkesbury & Antigonish

Harm Reduction

• Direction 180  email at direction180@ns.aliantzinc.ca
• Mainline
• The Sharp Advice Needle Exchange

Atlantic Region Focus

• Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Network
• Public Health Agency of Canada – Atlantic Region

National Focus

• Canadian Treatment Action Council
• Canadian AIDS Society – (CAS)
• Canadian HIV/AIDS Black, African and Caribbean Network
• CATIE
• Public Health Agency of Canada

HIV/AIDS Resource Centers

• CATIE
• Canadian Treatment Action Council
• HIV/AIDS Legal Network  

Population Health

• Public Health Agency of Canada

Gender and Social Inclusion Concepts

• Gender-based Analysis Plus Framework
•  Intersectionality
• On Being Youth Centered
• Rising to the Challenge:  Sex- and gender-based analysis for health planning, policy and research in Canada
• On Being Youth Centered
• Sex, Gender and Public Health

International Resources

• International AIDS Society
• Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
• UNAIDS

Resources for Specific Population or Groups

 

Aboriginal/First Nations

• Aboriginal Healing Our Nations
• Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (Eng/FR)

Disabilities

• BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
• Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation

Gay Men & Men who Have Sex with Men

• Gay Men (Canadian AIDS Society) (Eng/Fr)
• PrideHealth
• Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance
• Asian Community AIDS Services
• AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia

New Canadians from countries endemic with HIV/AIDS

• African Diaspora of the Maritimes (ADAM)
• African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO) (Eng/Fr)
• Asian Society for the Intervention of AIDS (BC)

People living in prisons and correctional facilities

• Prisoners’ HIV/AIDS Support and Action Network ( PASAN)

People living with HIV/AIDS

• British Columbia with AIDS Society
• CATIE
• Canadian Treatment Action Council
• Canadian Working Group on HIV & Rehabilitation (CWGHR) (Eng/Fr)
• Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation
• POZ /AIDS Med Co. ( USA )
• Positive Women's Network ( British Columbia )
• Toronto Persons with AIDS Foundation 

 

Women

• Positive Women's Network
• Canadian Women's Health Network
• The Body: ( USA )
• Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
• Women, pregnancy & new borns – Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists

Youth

• Youth Co.
• Kids Talk Aids

 

HIV/AIDS related topics

 

Canadian Harm Reduction Network

Canada Health Portal (Eng/Fr)

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (Eng/Fr)

HIV/AIDS & the Workplace:

• Canadian Labour Congress (Eng/Fr)
• Canadian AIDS Society (Eng/Fr)
• Interagency Coalition on AIDS (Eng/Fr) (see menu on left for the topic)

 

Province of Nova Scotia Information for service providers:

• Blood Borne Pathogens Standards
• Health Protection Act and Regulations (PDF)
• HIV and the Workplace (Occupational Health & Safety) (See Section 6.4 on page 6.25 in this manual)

 

Youth Health:

• Canadian Medical Association-Clinical Practice Guidelines (PDF)
• Guidelines for Youth Health Centres in Nova Scotia (PDF)
• Standards for Youth Health Centres in Nova Scotia (PDF)
• Youth Health Centres in Nova Scotia: An Evaluation (PDF)

Related topics

NS Human Rights Commission
MIPA/GIPA
NS Disabled Commission

Housing and Homelessness

• Canadian AIDS Society

Poverty and Income

• Canadian AIDS Society

Mental Health  

• Nova Scotia Division of Canadian Mental Health Association
• Nova Scotia Mental Health Services

Food Banks and Food Security

• Acorn
• Antigonish Food Security Coalition’s
• Feed Nova Scotia
• Manna For Health
  
• Nova Scotia Food Security Network