This online HIV Prevention Toolkit was developed for managers at the national and sub-national levels who are managing/implementing HIV prevention programmes/projects and are in the process of intensifying their HIV prevention efforts.

The word ¡Cuídate! means “take care of yourself,” which is the theme of this culturally-based program designed to reduce HIV sexual risk among Latino youth. Today all teens, including Latinos, face many health risks related to sexual behavior, such as pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV and AIDS. ¡Cuídate! helps Latino youth develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to reduce their risk for HIV. The program, recommended for use with grades 8-11, emphasizes risk reduction strategies such as sexual abstinence and condom use.

AIDSinfo is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) project that offers the latest federally approved information on HIV/AIDS clinical research, treatment and prevention, and medical practice guidelines for people living with HIV/AIDS, their families and friends, health care providers, scientists, and researchers.

This site offers free publications about HIV/AIDS for order!

In keeping with the CDC's commitment to sustainability, most HIV publications are only available electronically. All publications produced by the CDC the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention(DHAP) can be accessed from the CDC HIV/AIDS web site.

As a part of its overall public health mission, CDC provides leadership in helping control the HIV/AIDS epidemic by working with community, state, national, and international partners in surveillance, research, and prevention and evaluation activities. These activities are critically important because CDC estimates that about 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV, and that 21% of these persons do not know they are infected.

AIDS.gov works to increase HIV testing and care among people most at-risk for, or living with, HIV, by using emerging communication strategies to provide access to Federal HIV information, policies (e.g. the National HIV/AIDS Strategy), programs, and resources.

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD) is an opportunity to increase awareness of the impact of HIV/AIDS on American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and to honor those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. The Minnesota Department of Health offers this toolkit to assist with planning activities.

TheBody.com is an excellent resource for all things related to HIV/AIDS. A spanish version of the site is also available.

We are still living in the age of AIDS, with our children increasingly at risk. We hope that this program will be useful to you and the young people for whom you care.

Youth Ministry in the Age of AIDS