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Getting to Zero on HIV and AIDS Means Investing in Supportive Services

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by Alison Yager, HIV Law Project

December 1, 2011 - 2:55pm (Print)

This year, the theme of World AIDS Day is "Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections. Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS Related Deaths." In order to get to zero, we must be clear that now is not the time to cut back on essential services, even in the face of fiscal austerity.

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How HIV-Positive Women Drove a Grassroots Campaign for NYC's Sex-Ed Mandate

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by Alison Yager, HIV Law Project

August 12, 2011 - 6:36am (Print)

Earlier this week, New York City announced that all public middle and high schools must provide a semester of sex education in 6th or 7th grade, and again in 9th or 10th grade. HIV-positive women worked for several years to make this happen.

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How Criminalization and Stigmatization Perpetuates the AIDS Epidemic

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by Alison Yager, HIV Law Project

June 28, 2011 - 7:09am (Print)

HIV testing represents one of the most potent weapons in the fight against HIV. Yet too many individuals who may be at risk of infection continue to avoid testing. This reluctance to test is driven in part by the pervasiveness of HIV stigma.

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New Study Supports Universal Access to AIDS Treatment for Preventing the Spread of HIV

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by Alison Yager, HIV Law Project

May 18, 2011 - 7:52pm (Print)

The findings of a study released last Thursday by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) suggest major policy implications for the fight against HIV and AIDS, indicating that United States legislators and pharmaceutical companies should ensure universal access to HIV care and treatment now.

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The HIV Epidemic Among Blacks: Social Services Cannot be Cut

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by Alison Yager, HIV Law Project

February 7, 2011 - 5:05pm (Print)

Black Americans are at the intersection of high rates of HIV and high rates of poverty.  As a result, cuts to services are acutely felt by Black Americans living with HIV/AIDS.

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Routine HIV Testing Depends on Reimbursement

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by Alison Yager, HIV Law Project

June 26, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. This year, HIV Law Project and many of our allies are focused on making HIV testing routine, and toward this end to ensure health care providers are reimbursed by insurers for it.
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Pre-Natal HIV Testing: What About Women's Rights?

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by Alison Yager, HIV Law Project

July 23, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Compelling HIV testing runs the risk of alienating patients from their medical care provider, and in turn driving them from care.
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Girls Have a Right to Know About HIV Prevention

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by Alison Yager, HIV Law Project

March 10, 2009 - 2:19pm (Print)

Schools across the country routinely fail to provide girls and young women with comprehensive sexuality education - the cornerstone to HIV awareness and prevention.
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