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HIV/AIDS Hotlines & Community Resources

Created: September 13, 2006

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There are important community resources and hotlines out there for those living with HIV and AIDS. Get the assistance you need using one of these very helpful community resources hotlines.

Planned Parenthood National Hotline:
1-800-230-PLAN
This hotline will automatically connect you to the Planned Parenthood provider nearest you. Planned Parenthood is a source for contraception, testing for sexually transmitted infections including HIV, pre-natal and post-natal care,pregnancy options counseling, and adoption referrals.
HIV & Pregnancy
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National STD Hotline:
1-800-227-8922
This hotline will answer general questions about STDs, their symptoms, transmission, treatment and testing, and can also provide referrals to clinics and other hotlines.
Preventing STDs
CDC National HIV & AIDS Hotline:
1-800-342-AIDS
This hotline will provide information about HIV/AIDS,answer questions about testing and prevention, and will provide referrals to callers. They will also send out free literature on HIV and AIDS.
What are the AIDS Defining Illnesses?
National Herpes Hotline:
1-919-361-8488
Sponsored by the American Social Health Association, this hotline provides information and counseling to people with herpes and those who are close to them. It also provides free publications and referrals to local support groups.
Genital Herpes Facts
National HPV and Cervical Cancer Hotline:
1-919-361-4848
The hotline provides up-to-date information on the virus and its link to cancer through free information to the public about risk reduction, diagnosis and treatment of HPV and the prevention of cervical cancer, including the most up-todate FDA-approved technologies.
Important HPV Facts
National Teenage AIDS Hotline:
1-800- 440-TEEN
Fridays and Saturdays, 6pm to midnight, EST.
Sponsored by the American Red Cross, this hotline uses a staff of peer educators to provide information about HIV/AIDS and other STDs and to refer callers to other numbers.