Hurricane Katrina's Impact on the AIDS Community
Resources
News
- New Orleans AIDS Agencies Struggle (April 14, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Katrina Displaces 8,000 HIV-Positive People; AIDS Groups, Drug Companies, Federal Officials Working to Continue Care (September 13, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Response to Katrina Threatens Lives of People With HIV/AIDS and Viability of AIDS Service Organizations (September 12, 2005)
Interruptions in drug therapies, reliance upon AIDS service providers already at capacity with no assurance of federal support, lack of basic HIV information for medical personnel cited.
From American Academy of HIV Medicine
- How Many People With HIV Lived in the Areas Hit by the Hurricane Katrina? (PDF) (September 2005)
ADAP enrollment data and other information about HIV-positive people in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
First Person Accounts