Funds for NLM's AIDS efforts are included within the NIH Office of AIDS Research request.
Society is awash in health information, and knowledgeable consumers can quickly find advice.
Not all health information available to the public is so well grounded. The National Library of Medicine sees in this situation a need and has launched an initiative to address both these problems. The plan devised by the NLM is to train local public librarians to use the Internet to find health information responsive to their patrons' needs. The database is being developed in stages, with NIH-sponsored trials as the first module. It will allow nonscientific users to understand the purpose of a clinical trial, the eligibility criteria for participating, where it is being conducted, and how to get in touch with those conducting it.