The National Resource Center on HIV, Infectious Disease, Sexual Health and Identity

A collection of more than 1, 000 legal substantive resources to support and increase the advocacy power and expertise of attorneys, community members, service providers, and all people living with HIV.

This comprehensive database of materials on topics of importance to people living with HIV and their advocates includes quality memoranda, research, reports, legal and medical guides, court and agency decisions, pleadings and briefs, policy analyses, and recommendations. CHLP summarizes and analyzes every document we post so that you can quickly determine whether that resource is relevant to your needs.

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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Critical Civil Rights Issues for People Living with HIV/AIDS in the United States: A To Do List for the Next President's First 100 Days (2008)

Pleadings and Briefs

Goodman v. Western Dental Servs., Inc., Complaint, Superior Court for the State of California, HIV/AIDS Legal Services Alliance (HALSA)

On behalf of two HIV-positive individuals, the HIV/AIDS Legal Services Alliance (HALSA) filed suit against a dental provider for refusing to provide dental services, specifically tooth extraction, to the HIV-positive individuals on the basis of their HIV status.

White Papers and Reports

Left Behind: Black America: a Neglected Priority in the Global AIDS Epidemic, Black AIDS Institute (2008)

This timely report sets forth the severity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among African Americans and the failure of the United States government to respond to this crisis.

White Papers and Reports

In Brief: Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living with HIV, Guttmacher Institute & The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2006)

Guttmacher Institute outlines the changing sexual and reproductive health needs of people living with HIV as the disease has become a manageable chronic disease.

Research and Journal Articles

Menstruation, Menopause, and HIV, Anne Munroe, Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS (BETA), 2007

This article outlines the information currently available on the effects of HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral therapy on the menstrual cycle and menopausal symptoms and treatment, with summaries of and references to relevant clinical studies.

Pleadings and Briefs

Vitug v. Mukasey, Amicus Brief, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, HIV and Legal Services Alliance (HALSA), Aug 7, 2008

In a case that could have far-reaching impact on the medical care of HIV-positive detainees in U.S. detention centers, HALSA submitted this amicus brief on behalf of Dennis Vitug, a Filipino immigrant. Vitug, who is HIV-positive, sought a withholding of removal, which was denied by the U.S.

Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines

Medicaid Eligibility for Legally Recognized Same-Sex Marriages Performed Elsewhere, New York State Office of Health Insurance Programs, Division of Coverage and Enrollment (August 21, 2008)

This General Information System (GIS) message alerts Local Departments of Social Services (LDSS) of a new Medicaid eligibility policy regarding recognition and equal treatment of same-sex legal marriages that have been performed outside of New York.
White Papers and Reports

Criminalization of HIV Transmission, Policy Brief, UNAIDS (2008)

In response to a recent increase in HIV criminalization cases both in the United States and abroad, UNAIDS issued this policy brief to arm advocates with information and arguments against these discriminatory laws and practices.

Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt Calling for Elimination of Regulatory Exclusion of Non-Citizens with HIV, Immigration Equality (2008)

The 2008 reauthorization of PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), the legislation which channels millions of dollars in AIDS treatment and prevention support to countries devastated by AIDS, brought an historic end to the provision of the Immigrati

Guides (Legal or Medical)

Housing Rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Primer, The Center for HIV Law & Policy (2010)

One in a series of primers on various legal issues as they pertain to people living with HIV/AIDS, this primer on housing law provides guidance on the laws protecting people with HIV from housing discrimination and ensuring their ability to find safe and stable housing.

White Papers and Reports

Chronic Indifference: HIV/AIDS Services for Immigrants Detained by the United States, Human Rights Watch (2008)

This report describes the failure of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to provide basic health care services to HIV-positive immigrants living in detention facilities.

Training Materials, Slides, Pamphlets

Capacitación de Mujeres Jóvenes para Liderar el Cambio, El YWCA Mundial & El Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas (2006)

Capacitación de Mujeres Jóvenes para Liderar el Cambio es una guía que ha sido diseñado para dar apoyo al desarrollo de las habilidades y destrezas de las mujeres jóvenes, y los que trabajan con ellas, para capacitarlas para que asuman el liderazgo en los temas que les

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