The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) has updated two resources that could be helpful to HIV anti-discrimination advocates and attorneys representing PLWH. Together with the HIV Medicine Association (HIV MA), CHLP updated the Sample Expert Statement on HIV Transmission Risk describing in more detail the ways in which HIV is and isn’t transmitted.
US: Updated advocacy tools – sample expert statement on transmission risk and US criminalisation map
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Canada: Advocates urge Liberals to honour the Trudeau government's commitment to reform HIV disclosure laws
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