The WIHS, which is co-sponsored by the NICHD Maternal and
Pediatric Infectious Disease Branch (MPIDB) (formerly the
Pediatric, Adolescent, and Maternal AIDS Branch) and four other
NIH Institutes, began in 1993 to investigate the impact of HIV
infection on women in the United States. It is the largest and
longest ongoing U.S. study of HIV-infected women. The NICHD has
been cofunding the WIHS since 1993. In addition, the study
receives support from the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases, the National Cancer Institute, the National
Center for Research Resources, and the National Institute on
Drug Abuse. Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public
Health currently serves as the study's Data Management and
Analysis Center (DMAC). To date, the WIHS has enrolled more than
2,700 HIV-infected women and about 1,000 uninfected women; most
of those enrolled are women of color. In general, this study
aims to trying to understand the following: - Unique ways
HIV/AIDS affects women - Ways successf