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Available tools to respond to HIV on Guam?

 

Still a ways to go.
Available Resources:

 No Access to national FREE AIDS hotlines
 No Accredited hospital available to the public
 Yes AIDS Hotline, 8-5 weekdays (40 hours a week) at 734­2437 (734-AIDS)
 No AIDS Hotline, evenings, weekends and holidays
 Yes Case management for HIV infected people to access programs for their needs
 No Clean needle exchange to help prevent the spread of HIV by IV drug users
 Yes Clean needle exchange interest group
 Yes Confidential HIV antibody testing at private clinics and hospital
 Yes Disability payments, Government of Guam employees for those who qualify
 Yes Disability payments, Social Security Administration coverage for those who qualify
 No Disability payments, Supplemental Security Income
 Yes Free and confidential or anonymous HIV antibody testing Room 156, Public Health
 Yes Free and confidential or anonymous HIV antibody testing on Saturdays, DPHSS
 Yes HIV/AIDS education in public schools, mandated by law
 No HIV/AIDS education in private schools, mandated by law.
As requested HIV/AIDS friends and family support group (available through DPHSS)
 Yes HIV­positive support group (meets every other Thursday at 7:00 pm)
 Yes HIV/AIDS Instructor-Trainer course offered by American Red Cross
 Yes HIV/AIDS workplace training offered free by American Red Cross
 No Hospice for people dying with AIDS
 Yes Housing for people with HIV/AIDS
 No Local legislation protecting confidentiality of HIV test results
No Local legislation prohibiting discrimination in housing, employment and access to public accomodations for people with HIV/AIDS (only federal legislation)
 No Mandatory private Insurance coverage of HIV/AIDS related health care
 Yes Medicaid/MIP for people with HIV/AIDS needing help purchasing medication (all FDA approved HIV/AIDS treatment medication)
 No One-on-one buddy support for people infected with HIV
 No Shelter for HIV homeless people
 No Speakers bureau for employers, schools and others to talk to someone HIV infected
No Uniform government policies on HIV/AIDS
Yes Women with AIDS or HIV-positive Support Group