December 2018 / January 2019 - What's Happening @ LWLC: World AIDS Day

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Cause:  AIDS is a stage of  Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV.  When the HIV virus causes so much damage to a person's immune system, that person has  Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS.  Since 1981, more than 25 million people have died of AIDS, millions are still affected. Some are aware of it; others are clueless.  

Hence the need to raise awareness: DECEMBER 1, WORLD AIDS DAY

 For more facts, visit the following websites:

AIDS Alabama - Alabama-based organization whose mission is to help those with HIV/AIDS as well as prevent its spread.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation - basic information including myths vs facts.

Center for Disease Control - very current fact sheets on basic information, HIV prevention, and campaign. 

National Institute of Health - guidelines, clinical trials, drugs, fact sheets, education materials, and mobile resources.

WebMD - this link goes to their HIV & AIDS Health Center

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Alt Health Watch:  This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full-text articles for more than 200 international, and often peer-reviewed, journals and reports.

HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review: Providing analysis and summaries of current developments in HIV/AIDS-related policy and law, the HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review promotes education and the exchange of information, ideas, and experiences from an international perspective. This journal is located in Lexis Nexis Academic (hasn't transferred to Nexis Uni yet).

PubMed: PubMed comprises more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

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These are a few of the books and e-books related to HIV / AIDS accessible to LWLC patrons (text & selections: FB / NF):