In recent years, the criminalization of HIV transmission, exposure and non-disclosure has become a hot topic among those working within the global AIDS milieu. Social scientists have become increasingly attentive to the complex and varied consequences and impacts of HIV criminalization.
A critical summary of recently presented/published social science research into the impact of overly broad HIV criminalisation
News curated from other sources

“The evidence is overwhelming: criminalisation does not prevent HIV, it fuels it”
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Russia: New rules require health services to report HIV among foreign nationals
Medical organisations required to report foreign nationals’ HIV infections to the Ministry of the Interior
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Senegal: Harsh penalties for same-sex relations is severely disrupting HIV services
HIV care suffers under Senegal anti-gay law
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US: Pennsylvania’s HIV Decriminalization Law comes under fire from activists
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The Irony of HIV Exceptionalism
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