AIDS.ORG Seeks Support to Create Best Internet Guide to AIDS Information.Health/Medical & High-Tech Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2000 AIDS.ORG Inc. has obtained its 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. status and is currently seeking donations and volunteer assistance to create the definitive Internet directory to guide readers to the best AIDS information available on the Web. People can help by making donations and/or completing a volunteer application online at http://www.aids.org. There are hundreds of sites on the World Wide Web with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. or AIDS information. These Web sites range from quality information from regional AIDS organizations and the government to highly slanted slant v. slant·ed, slant·ing, slants v.tr. 1. To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope: information from fringe political groups. The information is there, but can be hard to find; and once located, it may be difficult to tell if it is up to date and accurate. AIDS.ORG will combine human input from AIDS-knowledgeable people with innovative programming to create this guide, which will be made available to the public worldwide using an easy interface available at the AIDS.ORG Web site. "If you think of the Internet as a library, AIDS.ORG will become the reference librarian that guides you to the best AIDS and HIV information," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gary W. Schaff, president of AIDS.ORG. The mission of AIDS.ORG is to make access to HIV and AIDS information on the Internet faster, easier and more accurate; and to connect professionals and the public together to share their knowledge and experiences. Viewed in over 175 countries around the world, AIDS.ORG maintains a strict privacy policy and has been awarded the "Health on the Net Foundation Health On the Net Foundation (HON) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1995 and based in Switzerland. The stated mission of the foundation is to help both laypersons and medical practitioners find useful and reliable medical and health information online. " Code of Conduct (HONcode) seal for reliability and credibility of information in the field of health care. AIDS.ORG Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization and all donations are 100% tax deductible That which may be taken away or subtracted. In taxation, an item that may be subtracted from gross income or adjusted gross income in determining taxable income (e.g., interest expenses, charitable contributions, certain taxes). . Donations can be made online at http://www.aids.org. For additional information about AIDS.ORG, see http://www.aids.org/guidestar. |
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