HIV Policy & Advocacy
Increased Federal Funding Will Eliminate ADAP Wait Lists
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- Category: ADAP
- Published on Friday, 20 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
In advance of the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the federal government has allocated nearly $800 million in additional funding for domestic HIV/AIDS programs, which should allow everyone now on state waiting lists to access treatment.
Global Commission Report Finds Punitive Laws Hamper HIV/AIDS Response
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- Category: People Who Inject Drugs
- Published on Friday, 13 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Press Release
Human rights abuses and bad laws -- including laws that criminalize HIV transmission, drug use, and sex work, as well as policies that perpetuate inequality and violence against women and girls, gay men, and transgender people -- hinder effective response to the worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, according to the final report of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law released this week ahead of the XIX International AIDS Conference.
New Report Finds Global Drug War Fuels HIV Pandemic
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- Category: People Who Inject Drugs
- Published on Tuesday, 03 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
The worldwide war on drugs is a major factor sustaining the global HIV/AIDS epidemic among drug users and their sexual partners, according to a new report by the Global Commission on Drug Policy released in advance of the International AIDS Conference later this month in Washington, DC.
Falling Through the Safety Net: How the Afforable Care Act Helps People with HIV
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- Category: HIV Policy & Advocacy
- Published on Thursday, 12 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Matt Sharp
Over 25 years ago, one of the first demonstrations I ever attended was an action sponsored by SEIU in support of health care for all. I suppose back then I wasn’t sure how not having health insurance would impact me, because this was before I tested HIV positive. But at least I understood the very basic concept of good health maintenance, and knew even then that quality healthcare was unavailable to a lot of people.
HIV+ People Should Be Able to Receive Organs from HIV+ Donors, Experts Say
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- Category: Liver & Kidney Disease
- Published on Tuesday, 03 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Legislators should lift a federal ban that prevents people with HIV from receiving organs donated by other HIV positive people, experts urged at a Congressional briefing on June 27, 2012.
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