It is care providers’ failure to offer an HIV test, not patient protections such as documenting informed consent, that is the overwhelming cause of lower-than-acceptable HIV testing rates.
As we prepare for a new administration, we need to make it clear that protecting the rights and dignity of people with HIV/AIDS must be a central part of a national AIDS strategy.
CHLP is honored to host Derrick Bell, renowned legal scholar and prominent figure in the study of critical race theory, as a guest blog author on the topic of HIV and racial justice in the United States.
Listen to an interview of CHLP Executive Director Catherine Hanssens at the AIDS 2008 conference, conducted by David Munar of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.
The USPHS emphasizes that "[a]fter counseling and discussion, a pregnant woman’s informed choice . . . should be respected" and that "coercive and punitive policies are potentially counterproductive."
The National HIV/AIDS Partnership has recognized CHLP Executive Director Catherine Hanssens with a Red Ribbon Leadership Award for Policy. In a ceremony on December 1, World AIDS Day, Hanssens was among the recipients honored for superlative leadership
