HRET is dedicated to providing hospitals with access to valuable resources relating to the elimination of perinatal HIV transmission. The following is a list of organizations, articles, tools, and projects that may help your hospital in its efforts to decrease perinatal HIV transmission in your facilities. If you know of any additional resources that may be helpful to others, or if you have any comments on the resources listed here, please contact Jennifer Reiter at jreiter2@aha.org with your suggestions or comments.

 Bibliography of Resources Related to Perinatal HIV

AHA Perinatal HIV Materials

 AHA Perinatal HIV conference calls
 Frequently Asked Questions
 Getting to Zero: Eliminating Perinatal HIV Transmission in US Hospitals
 Map on Testing in Jurisdictions with Elevated Incidence of HIV or AIDS
   Among Women

HRET Presentations Related to HIV

Upcoming

None

Past

APHA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, December 10-14, 2005:

 Hospital Policies for Preventing Perinatal HIV Transmission: Relationship
   to Disease Prevalence

AcademyHealth Annual Research meeting, Boston, June 26-28, 2005:

 Standard and Rapid HIV Testing Practices in Safety Net Hospitals
 Preventing Perinatal HIV Transmission: Barriers to Universal Hospital
   Testing

Advisory Committee

 Member List and Affiliations

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 CDC Perinatal HIV Prevention Program
 Enhanced Perinatal Surveillance: United States, 1999-2001
 Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic
 CDC Revised Recommendations for HIV Screening of Pregnant Women
 ACIP Recommendations on Preventing Hepatitis B Virus Transmission in
   Infants and Children
 CDC Dispatch on Confirmation of Oral Rapid HIV Antibody Tests
 CDC Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents,
   and Pregnant Women in Health-Care

National Partners

 Partner Descriptions and Current Perinatal HIV Activities
 AHA Section on Maternal and Child Health
 American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
 Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
 CityMatCH
 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center

Universal HIV Testing of all Pregnant Women

 AAP and ACOG Joint Statement Supporting Universal Testing of
   Pregnant Women

HIV Testing, including Rapid Testing

 Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Testing during Labor and Delivery for Women of 
   Unknown HIV Status: A Practical Guide and Model Protocol
 Rapid HIV Antibody Screening Tests Charts
 FDA-Approved HIV 1 and 2 Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays
   (ELISA or EIAs)
 HRET Routine HIV Testing in EDs Project

Women and HIV/AIDS

 Key Facts: Women and HIV/AIDS (Kaiser Family Foundation)
 Fact Sheet: Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States (Kaiser Family
   Foundation)
 Fact Sheet: The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States (Kaiser Family
   Foundation)
 Tutorial: Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States (kaiserEDU.org)

Links

 Map of State HIV Testing Laws from the National HIV/AIDS Clinicians’
   Consultation Center at UCSF
 AIDS Education and Training Centers: National Resource Center
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 Kaiser Family Foundation
 Women, Children, and HIV: Resources for Prevention and Treatment
 Coding Guidelines for Routine HIV Testing in Health Care Settings