by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Statements, Resoultions, & Sign-On Letters
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), the organization which represents the public health officials that administer state and territorial HIV/AIDS and adult viral hepatitis prevention and care programs nationwide is gravely concerned...
by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Statements, Resoultions, & Sign-On Letters
Housing Works supports evidence-based HIV prevention interventions that encourage community empowerment, safety, and self-determination. HIV criminalization statutes – “laws that create HIVspecific crimes or which increase penalties for persons who are HIV positive...
by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Statements, Resoultions, & Sign-On Letters
The American Medical Association (AMA) remains concerned about society’s perception of, and discrimination against, HIV-positive people. The AMA: -Encourages vigorous enforcement of existing anti-discriminationstatutes, as well as incorporation of HIV in future...
by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Statements, Resoultions, & Sign-On Letters
The American Psychological Association (APA) opposes HIV criminalization and recommends the repeal or reform of these laws to eliminate HIV-specific criminal penalties with the exceptions of 1) a person with known HIV committing a sex crime where there is risk of...
by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Statements, Resoultions, & Sign-On Letters
The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) advocates for public health policy grounded in evidence, human rights and the delivery of socially just health care. Current HIV criminalization laws and related policies promote discrimination and hinder HIV prevention,...
by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Statements, Resoultions, & Sign-On Letters
On March 15, 2014, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) published Prevalence and Public Health Implications of State Laws that Criminalize Potential HIV Exposure in the United...
