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Ways to Keep the Pressure on Congress to Support Health Care Access for Immigrants
The Senate Judicary Committee is considering S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. A key piece of this bill is the Hirono-16 Amendment, which would expand immigrant health care access. We’ve compiled ways for our network to take action. Please use, share and forward these resources, and tell us how you’ve [...]
H.R. 1843, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act Outreach Toolkit Now Available
On May 7th, 2013, H.R. 1843, U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) introduced the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal (REPEAL) HIV Discrimination Act. The REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act addresses the serious problem of discrimination against those who live with HIV through the use of criminal and civil commitment [...]
Endorse the REPEAL Act! End HIV Criminalization Now!
Today in the United States, 32 states and two U.S. territories have in place criminal statutes which condemn perceived exposure to HIV. In most states, individuals with no intent to transmit HIV, including those who use protection to prevent transmission, are punished as harshly as individuals who seriously harm or kill another person through vehicular [...]
5/23 Webinar: Navigating HIV Care : A Tool to Advance the Goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
HIV Prevention Justice Alliance, working in collaboration with the Office of HIV/AIDS & Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) in HHS, is pleased to announce an upcoming webinar on Thursday May 23rd, 2013! Health navigation is a hot topic in HIV care as we seek to increase the number of clients who are linked to and retained [...]
TAG Report Challenges Public Health to “Finish the Job” on the AIDS Epidemic
In 2015, the NHAS in its current form is set to expire. As we reflect, questions come to mind: what have we achieved? was it successful? what could we do better? In 18-pages, the Treatment Action Group (TAG) and a working-group attempt to start answering these questions for revisioning a 2015 NHAS. In doing so, [...]
