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Please click on AIDS Primer, if you do not see the A-Z navigation links, specific for this section. Use the health and science Search engines to find additional HIV/AIDS information. Understand specific terms in AIDS Literature using the AIDS Glossary: A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z  This page is a part of a much larger website -- "Treasures of the Internet" -- that includes other health-related sections, as well as other more general sections on the arts, literature, science, etc. If this is your first visit, please read "navigating this site", for further guidance. World UNAIDS , See also: UNAIDS/WHO UNAIDS , an arm of the United Nations, is the major source of information about HIV/AIDS in countries and regions around the world. The "AIDS fact sheets" included here were based mainly from the data compiled by UNAIDS , in collaboration with the responsible national agencies in various countries. The statistical data from Canada , United Kingdom and the United States were based directly from the respective national agencies of the aforementioned countries. To facilitate your search, the "AIDS fact sheets" of each country are organized by region and included here, in the A-Z navigation links of AIDS Primer: Africa America Canada & USA Latin America Asia & Pacific Europe, Russia and Central Asia Russia, East Europe & Central Asia West Europe Middle East HIV/AIDS Statistics brief overview for the world and USA [source data: UNAIDS (see links above) and CDC (see links below)] America Canada Bureau of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB (Canada) "The Bureau conducts national surveillance and research on the epidemiology and laboratory science related to HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) and Tuberculosis (TB). It also investigates HIV, STD and TB infections and develops recommendations for their control." United States Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention a division of Center for Disease Control and Prevention . CDC is the major US federal agency responsible for the surveillance and dissemination of information on HIV and AIDS in the United States. The various information databases created by CDC are incorporated in the A-Z navigation links of AIDS Primer. Visit also the United States section of AIDS Primer for detailed statistical presentation of "AIDS in the United States". Basic Statistics and HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports: 1982-2001 36 Europe United Kingdom Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) covering UK and European statistics, with slides provided Epidemiology: Numbers of new HIV and AIDS diagnoses and deaths (UK) sex between men sex between men & women injecting drug use mother to infant blood products or blood transfusion HIV.Net ___________ Notes and Footnotes: Click on Literature Sources to access the source of the information database, specified as superscript after each topic link.

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First Written: 19990118 Latest Update: 20060328