CHLP Releases Two New MHS Resources on World AIDS Day
This year for World AIDS Day, the UNAID theme of “Take the Rights Path” emphasizes the importance of upholding human rights as central to an effective HIV response. It’s a call to action to protect everyone’s health by protecting everyone’s rights. In the U.S., where access to healthcare is increasingly limited and criminalized, countering those trends is central to improving public health and ending the HIV epidemic.
To that end, CHLP is releasing two resources this World AIDS Day focused on both explaining the issues related to Molecular HIV Surveillance and providing a policy path to protect data privacy as a means to improve access to healthcare. Promoting the equitable accessibility of health services is part of the work to reduce the stigma associated with HIV as well as the criminalization of PLHIV.
Download our publication “What is Molecular HIV Surveillance and does it put me at risk?” which explains the danger of using patient HIV data without notice or consent and why the practice has generated concerns among HIV advocates, healthcare stakeholders, and people living with HIV. Our model policy then provides healthcare stakeholders at health departments and healthcare facilities with an adoptable blueprint for protecting the private health information of their patients.
