AIDS & Public Policy Journal 19, no. 1/2 (Spring/Summer 2004) 54-66
David W. Webber
On 18 April 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a new HIV prevention initiative, Prevention for Positives, which emphasizes partner-notification activities for individuals who have already been diagnosed with HIV. The CDC failed, however, to address significant criminal law issues that
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 19, no. 1/2 (Spring/Summer 2004) 45-53
Victoria Neilson
Since 1987, the United States has maintained a restrictionist and discriminatory policy toward foreign nationals who are HIV positive. This policy can only be waived in limited circumstances. In most instances, testing positive for HIV makes it difficult or impossible for a foreign national to visit or obtain permanent
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 19, no. 1/2 (Spring/Summer 2004) 37-44
Joshua Lipman
As the number of HIV-infected prisoners continues to increase in the United States , correctional medical systems struggle to provide adequate medical care. The very nature of providing adequate HIV treatment presents formidable obstacles for correctional medical systems that face inherent fiscal, political, and social
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 19, no. 1/2 (Spring/Summer 2004) 11-36
Daniel Bruner
Advocates for persons living with HIV/AIDS need to pay more attention to the troubling fact that unsafe sexual behavior (penetrative anal and vaginal sex without condoms) persists among significant numbers of persons who know that they are HIV positive and who do not disclose this to their sex partners. Such behavior a
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 19, no. 1/2 (Spring/Summer 2004) 5-10
Randolph T. Boyle, and Ronda B. Goldfein
Recent changes and threats to public health insurance programs will pose challenges to adequate healthcare for people living with HIV/AIDS. Attempts to undermine the Medicaid program and the problematic addition of a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program may reduce coverage options for people living with HI
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 19, no. 1/2 (Spring/Summer 2004) 3-4
Dennis P. Walsh
Walsh introduces this special issue of the AIDS & Public Policy Journal with Introduction to a Special Issue: Papers from the HIV/AIDS Law & Practice Conference 2004.
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