HIV Hotlines and Agencies

Updated June 08, 2015.

Below you will find a collection of HIV hotlines and agencies and their contact information. These HIV hotlines and agencies contain a wealth of important information for anyone living with HIV or affected by HIV. If you don't find the contact information you are looking for, please drop me a line, and I will track down what you need.

HIV/AIDS Hotlines - Government Agencies

• AIDSinfo
  (800)448-0440
  P.O. Box 6303
  Rockville, MD 20849-6303
  Outside United States: (301)519-6616; TTY number: (888)480-3739

• American Medical Association (AMA)
  535 Dearborn Street
  Chicago, IL 60610
  (312)645-5000
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
  1015 Fifteenth Street
  Washington, DC 20005
  (202)789-5600
• American Red Cross
  1750 'K' Street, NW, Suite 700
  Washington, DC 20006
  (202)973-6025
• American Red Cross AIDS Education Office
  1730 'D' Street, NW
  Washington, DC 20006
  (202)737-8300
• American Social Health Association (ASHA)
  PO Box 13827
  Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
  (800)227-8922
• The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information and Assistance Hotline
  (800)949-4232 Voice/TTY
• Business & Labor Information Service (CDC NAC)
  (800) 458-5231/(800)243-7012 (Deaf/TDD)
  Links business organizations and labor groups with resources for developing HIV/AIDS in the workplace programs.
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention] (CDC)
  1600 Clifton Road NE 26 Executive Park
  Atlanta, GA 30333
  (404)639-3311
• The Center for Disease Control Hotline
  (800)343-AIDS or (800)342-2437
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  National AIDS Information Clearinghouse
  PO Box 6003
  Rockville, MD 20849-6003
  (800)458-5231
  In Maryland: (301)763-5111
  9 a.m. to 7 p.m., M to F
  Additional numbers: (800)243-7012 (TDD/Deaf Access)/(301)217-0023 (international)

• Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the Secretary
  200 Independence Avenue, NW, Room 615-F
  Washington, DC 20201
  (202)245-6296
• Experimental Treatment Infoline
  (800)633-7444 (New York State only)
  (212)239-5523 Other states
  Provides up-to-date information on experimental treatments via touchtone.
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  5600 Fishers Lane
  Rockville, MD 20857
  (301)443-2410
• FDA Center for Drug Research - Office of the Director
  5600 Fishers Lane/Rm. 13B-45
  Rockville, MD 20857
  (301)443-2894
• Hemophilia and AIDS/HIV Network for the Dissemination of Information (HANDI)
  110 Greene Street, Suite 303
  New York, NY 10012
  (212)431-8541/(800)42-HANDI
• Intergovernmental Health Policy Project (IHPP)
  George Washington University AIDS Policy Center
  2021 'K' Street, NW, Suite 800
  Washington, DC 20006
  (202)872-1445
• National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
  (301)231-6512
• National AIDS Hotline
  (800)342-2437 (24 hours a day, daily)
  TTY/TDD: (800)243-7889/English Hotline: (800)342-AIDS
  Spanish Hotline: (800)344-SIDA/International line: (301)217-0023
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information's - Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
  (800)729-6686
• National Indian AIDS Hotline
  (800)283-2437
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Office of the Director
  Bldg. 1, Room 344 6003 Executive Blvd.
  Bethesda, MD 20892
  (301)496-4000 (Main Information number)
  For information on AIDS clinical trials at the NIH Clinical Center: (800)AIDS-NIH/(800)243-7644 - M to F, 12 to 3 p.m. (EST)
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
  Provides numerous AIDS informational resources, including three on-line AIDS databases: AIDSLINE, AIDSDRUGS and AIDSTRIALS. To obtain a free information packet, call (800)638-8480.
• National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
  Office of Communications
  Bldg. 31, Room 7A-32
  Bethesda, MD 20892
  (301)496-5717
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  Bldg. 31, Room 11A-48 6003 Executive Blvd.
  Bethesda, MD 20892
  (301)496-4000
• National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF)
  (212)219-8180
• National Herpes Hotline
  (919) 361-8488 (9 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST, weekdays)
• National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC)
  1931 Thirteenth Street, NW
  Washington, DC 20009
  (202)483-6622/(202)544-1076
  FAX: (202)483-1135/(202)544-0378
• National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC)
  3515 Grand Avenue Suite 100
  Oakland, CA 94610
  (510)444-2051
• National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center
  30 Bergen Street, ADMC #4
  Newark, NJ 07103
  (973)972-0410/(800)362-0071
  Fax: (973)972-0399
• National Sexually Transmitted Diseases HOTLINE/CDC
  (800)227-8922 (8 a.m. to 11 p.m. EST, weekdays)
• Rural AIDS Network (RAN)
  1915 Rosina
  Santa Fe, NM 87501
  (505)986-8337
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  Drug Abuse Information and Treatment Referrals Hotline
  (800)662-HELP
• Teen AIDS Hotline
  (800)283-2473 (AIDS info and grief counseling - 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m., M to F)
• U.S. Conference of Mayors
  1620 I Street NW, 4th floor
  Washington, DC 20006
  (202)293-7330
• U.S. Public Health Service (PHS)
  200 Independence Ave., SW
  Washington, DC 20201
  (202)472-4248
  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HRSA AIDS Program Office
    5600 Fishers Lane
    Parklawn Building
    Rockville, MD 20857
    (301)443-4588
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
    SAMHSA Office on AIDS
    5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12C-10
    Rockville, MD 20857
    (301)443-5305
  • USPHS Public Affairs Office
    H. H. Humphrey Bldg, Rm. 725-H
    5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12C-10
    Rockville, MD 20857
    (202)245-6867
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  HIV/AIDS Division / AIDS Control and Prevention Project (AIDSCAP)
  Room 1200, SA-18
  Washington, DC 20523-1817
  (703)875-4494
• Visual AIDS
  U.S. gov't. effort to increase AIDS awareness through image, video, etc.
  131 West 21st Street, 3rd floor
  New York, NY 10011
  (212)206-6758

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HIV/AIDS Hotlines