ANAC World AIDS Day Webinar on HIV Criminalization

For World AIDS Day, CHLP's Jada Hicks and Sean McCormick join The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) for a webinar that will examine the continued criminalization of people living with HIV despite decades of advances in HIV science, prevention, and treatment. 

Sean and Jada will provide an overview of HIV criminalization laws and enforcement trends across the United States, including available statistics and the disproportionate impact on communities already affected by stigma and systemic inequities. They will also explore how criminalization can affect disclosure, trust, and engagement in healthcare and discuss practical ways nurses and other healthcare professionals can support change, including educating colleagues and communities, contacting elected officials, and engaging in advocacy to advance evidence-informed policy reform.