Archive for December, 2011
Hubs Call for Proposal: Counter Point
“Some groups critical to the success of AIDS 2012, most notably people who use drugs and sex workers, will face onerous visa procedures to enter the U.S. Due to these immigration restrictions, many from these groups will not be able to enter the U.S. and attend the conference. The conference organizers believe that these groups [...]
Positive Women’s Network Fundraising Toolkit
Hello Community! One of the biggest barriers to attending the upcoming International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) that we hear is lack of funds. To address this, the U.S. Positive Women’s Network (www.pwn-usa.org) has designed a toolkit to give you everything you need to reach your fundraising goals so you can participate in AIDS 2012. It [...]
AIDS 2012 Call for Proposal
AIDS 2012 is doing a Hubs call for proposals for an organization with a focus on people who use drugs and/or harm reduction programmes that would be interested in organizing and hosting one large or five or six smaller conference hubs during July 2012 and sit on the AIDS 2012 Hub Working Group. The deadline [...]
Congress Putting Politics Before Lives
HIV Prevention Justice Alliance joins our friends in the HIV/AIDS community in upset and disappointment with the 2012 Appropriations Omnibus that reinstates a ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs, cuts funding for HIV/STD prevention for young people, cuts family planning funding and revives discretionary funding for abstinence-only programs. This giant step back contradicts [...]
Is No Deal a Good Deal? Decoding Deficit Reduction and Federal HIV Funding
In conjunction with AIDS United and Harvard Law School Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation Treatment Access Expansion Project (TEAP), the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) hosted a highly topical webinar today, explaining the processes and impacts of deficit reduction as it relates to healthcare and federal HIV/AIDS funding. Here’s a recap of the [...]
