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

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

This 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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White Papers and Reports

Pregnant Women Living with HIV/AIDS: Protecting Human Rights in Programs to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Center for Reproductive Rights (2005)

Language from the document itself, created by the Center for Reproductive Rights, explains that, "this briefing paper addresses the fundamental human rights standards that governments must uphold in creating PMTCT programs.

White Papers and Reports

Fact Sheet on Women and HIV/AIDS, American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) (2008)

This fact sheet, created by the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), describes the rising rates of HIV/AIDS among women in the United States and worldwide, and outlines the factors that have contributed to this rise.
Training Materials, Slides, Pamphlets

Women, HIV, and Stigma: Results from a National Survey, American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), 2008

Between March 22 and April 17, 2007, amFAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research, conducted an online survey to assess stigma facing HIV-positive women in the United States. The survey revealed that HIV-positive women continue to face . . .
Client/Agency Forms

Mental Residual Functional Capacity Questionnaire (2008)

This questionnaire, provided by attorney Leslie Kline-Capelle, formerly of Health Advocates, is intended to assist with a determination of disability for purposes of obtaining social security disability benefits.

Client/Agency Forms

Physical Residual Functional Capacity Questionnaire (2008)

This questionnaire, provided by attorney Leslie Kline-Capelle, formerly of Health Advocates, is intended to assist with a determination of disability for purposes of obtaining social security disability benefits.

White Papers and Reports

International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS Vision Paper #1, HIV Positive Young Women (2004)

This policy vision paper outlines the key priorities for women with HIV as identified by a group of young HIV positive women from across Eastern and Southern Africa who met in Durban in April 2004.
White Papers and Reports

Women In Peril - HIV & AIDS - The Rising Toll on Women of Color, A Report of the New York State AIDS Advisory Council (2005)

A report based on hearings and meetings with consumers, health care practitioners and social service providers about epidemiological trends, and successful service models for addressing the needs of women at greatest risk of HIV in New York State.
White Papers and Reports

International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS Vision Paper #2: Access to Care, Treatment, and Support (2004)

HIV-positive women need access not only to appropriate health care and antiretroviral medications, but also to HIV treatment support. This paper discusses the unique barriers women face to Access to Care, Treatment, and Support (ACTS).

Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)

Bragdon v. Abbott, 524 U.S. 624 (1998) (Ginsburg, J., concurring)

The Supreme Court, faced with a charge of discrimination against a dentist who refused to fill a cavity for an HIV-positive patient, found that HIV is an impairment under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and that discrimination on the basis of HIV is actionable under the ADA.

Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)

Bragdon v. Abbott, 524 U.S. 624 (1998) (O'Connor, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)

The Supreme Court, faced with a charge of discrimination against a dentist who refused to fill a cavity for an HIV-positive patient, found that HIV is an impairment under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and that discrimination on the basis of HIV is actionable under the ADA.

Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)

Bragdon v. Abbott, 524 U.S. 624 (1998) (Rehnquist, J., dissenting)

The Supreme Court, faced with a charge of discrimination against a dentist who refused to fill a cavity for an HIV-positive patient, found that HIV is an impairment under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and that discrimination on the basis of HIV is actionable under the ADA.

Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)

Bragdon v. Abbott, 524 U.S. 624 (1998) (Stevens, J., concurring)

The Supreme Court, faced with a charge of discrimination against a dentist who refused to fill a cavity for an HIV-positive patient, found that HIV is an impairment under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and that discrimination on the basis of HIV is actionable under the ADA.

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