RESOURCES

The Ladies Room

Resources for HIV+ women, moms and moms-to-be

ATLANTIC

AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia
Halifax, NS
phone: 902.429.7922
toll-free: 1.800.566.2437

AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John’s, NL
phone: 709.579.8656
toll-free: 1.800.563.1575

AIDS New Brunswick
Fredericton, NB
phone: 506.459.7518
toll-free: 1.800.561.4009

AIDS PEI
Charlottetown, PEI
phone: 902.566.2437

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Positive Women’s Network (PWN)
Vancouver, BC
phone: 604.692.3000
toll-free: 1.866.692.3001

Oak Tree Clinic
The Women & Family HIV Centre
Vancouver, BC
phone: 604.875.2212

The Hummingbird Kids Society
Burnaby, BC
phone: 604.515.6086
Provides support and services to kids living with HIV/AIDS.

British Columbia Persons With AIDS Society (BCPWA)
Vancouver, BC
phone: 604.893.2200
toll-free: 1.800.9942437

Healing Our Spirit BC Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Society
Vancouver, BC
phone: 604.879.8884
toll-free: 1.800.336.9726

ONTARIO

Voices of Positive Women
Toronto, ON
phone: 416.324.8703
toll-free: 1.800.263.0961

Africans in Partnership Against AIDS (APAA)
Toronto, ON
phone: 416.924.5256

Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
Toronto, ON
phone: 416.593.7655
clinic: 416.593.1815
TTY: 416.593.5835

The Teresa Group
Toronto, ON
phone: 416.596.7703
Provides practical assistance and emotional support to kids and families living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. Several programs are for new moms.

The Miriam Group
Burlington, ON
phone: 905.681.7157
e-mail: miriamgp@idirect.com
Provides support to families living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

AIDS Committee of London
phone: 519.434.1601

AIDS Committee of Ottawa
phone: 613.238.5014

Oasis
Ottawa, ON
phone: 613.569.3488

PRAIRIES

HIV Edmonton Society
phone: 780.488.5742

Nine Circles Community Health Centre
Winnipeg, MB
phone: 204.940.6000
toll-free: 1.888.305.8647

QUEBEC

Centre de Ressources et d’Interventions en Santé et Sexualité (CRISS)
Montreal (QC)
phone: 514.855.8991
toll-free: 1.866.240.0090

Centre for AIDS Services of Montreal(Women)
Montreal (QC)
phone: 514.495.0990
toll-free: 1.877.847.3636

L’Hôpital Ste-Justine
Montreal (QC)
phone: 514.345.4680
Through its centre for mothers and children with AIDS, Ste-Justine offers a variety of services, including pediatric care, anonymous HIV testing, pregnancy monitoring and gynecological care.

Les enfants de Béthanie
Montreal (QC)
phone: 514.384.8160
e-mail: ledb@cam.org
Provides a range of services and activities, including a summer camp, to kids, teens and families affected by HIV/AIDS.

Comité des personnes atteintes du VIH du Québec (CPAVIH)
Montreal (QC)
phone: 514.521.8720
toll-free: 1.800.927.2844

NATIONAL

Pauktuutit Inuit Women’s Association
Ottawa, ON
phone: 613.238.3977
toll-free: 1.800.667.0749

Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network(CAAN)
Ottawa, ON
phone: 613.567.1817
toll-free: 1.888.285.2226

This list is not exhaustive. For a listing of 100 community-based AIDS organizations in Canada, go to the Canadian AIDS Society or phone toll-free 1.800.499.1986.

HOTLINES & WEBSITES

Motherisk HIV Helpline
toll-free (national): 1.888.246.5840
Click on the “HIV & HIV treatment” section for confidential access to info for pregnant women. Among other gems, the website offers a list of centres in Canada that provide pediatric HIV care.

Let’s Talk
A website serving the needs of kids and families living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. Chat rooms, games, links and more. A program of The Teresa Group.

National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center (USA)
A wealth of info, including fact sheets, a newsletter and FAQs about care and treatment.

Camp Oasis Canada
A national summer camp for kids living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

Camp Moomba
phone: 604.684.1701
toll-free: 1.888.442.KIDS (5437)
Free camp programs for kids living with HIV/AIDS.

Women Alive

WORLD (Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases)

UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) Gender and HIV Web Portal

Women’s Outreach Network (WON)

Feminist Women’s Health Centre

Positive Women

Canadian Women’s Health Network

AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA)

Project Inform: WISE words

The Body

Positive Women’s Network

New Mexico AIDS InfoNet

AIDSinfo (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/womenhiv.htm
www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines
www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines/adult/cw_02-04-02.html

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