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New Web site for HIV-positive women.

Women's Health Weekly

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2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Well Project, an initiative designed by and for women living with HIV and AIDS, launched a new Web site to serve as an online, comprehensive, woman-specific HIV resource offering latest information on living with and managing HIV for HIV positive women, health care providers, and advocates.

As the fastest growing population of newly HIV-infected people in the U.S. and worldwide, women can log on to TheWellProject.com to help educate themselves and others on the challenges facing HIV as a woman today.

"Women with HIV/AIDS face unique challenges," said Dawn Averitt, founder and chief executive officer of The Well Project. "The Well Project is a valuable resource for women and their care providers because the information is tailored for them.

"The Well Project is specifically designed to identify and fill in the gaps of current information and unify the distribution of the already available, but often under-utilized resources."

TheWellProject.com includes ...

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