General Resources

Brochures – HIV/AIDS (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
A listing of brochures about HIV/AIDS and HIV prevention created by the Centers for Disease Control. En español

• Caring for Someone with AIDS at Home
• HIV and AIDS – Are You At Risk?
• Exposure to Blood – What Health Care Workers Need to Know (PDF – KB)
• New Attitudes and Strategies: A Comprehensive Approach to Preventing Blood-Borne Infections Among IDUs

Fact Sheets – Prevention of HIV/AIDS (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Resources providing information about ways to prevent HIV transmission. En español

• Male Latex Condoms and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIV, the Virus that Causes AIDS (PDF – 28 KB)

Fact Sheets – Populations/Surveillance (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
This resource provides a listing of fact sheets providing data about surveillance of HIV/AIDS in the US and among specific populations. The fact sheets also provide specific prevention information.

HIV Awareness Days Fact Sheets (Health and Human Services)
HHS has developed several fact sheets that provide current statistics and other information on the impact of HIV/AIDS. The sheets can be downloaded and used as educational materials. The sheets are organized by their appropriate Awareness Day.

HIV/AIDS - Publications (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH)
A listing of informative publications from NIAID regarding general HIV/AIDS prevention and research, as well as more specific research information in vaccines and treatment.

• How HIV Causes AIDS – This document describes how HIV proceeds into AIDS, including initial transmission and early events in HIV infection.
• HIV Infection and AIDS: An Overview – This resource provides basic information about HIV and AIDS, and how HIV is transmitted and ways to prevent transmission.

HIV During Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, and After Birth - Fact Sheets (PDF - 180 KB) (AIDSinfo)
Mother-to-child transmission is a main avenue for HIV transmission, but transmission during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and after birth is preventable with the proper actions. This document describes the steps mothers or mothers-to-be who are living with HIV need to take to prevent HIV transmission to their children. En español (PDF - 216 KB)

Search for HIV/AIDS Materials (National Prevention Information Network, CDC)
This resource provides a way to get information about educational materials tailored to a variety of audiences and focusing on the prevention of HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB. Some of the items are available through NPIN and can be ordered online. Understanding HIV Prevention (PDF – 108 KB) (AIDSinfo) Understanding how HIV is transmitted is an important step in prevention. This resource describes steps individuals can to protect themselves and others from HIV transmission. En español (PDF - 68 KB)