Use of HIV Phylogenetic Analysis in Public Health in Victoria, Australia: Regulatory Considerations
This article uses Victoria, Australia, as a case study and analyses the current regulatory frameworks relevant to HIV transmission and explores how these may influence the future implementation of phylogenetic analysis in this setting. The article concludes by offering a series of regulatory recommendations including considerations relevant to law and policy reform; procedures and practice; education and guidance; and community engagement and research.
Breastfeeding with HIV: An Evidence-Based Case for New Policy (2019)
A review of the benefits and risks of breastfeeding for mothers living with HIV, and recommendations that the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) include breastfeeding as an option for people living with HIV on suppressive antiretroviral therapy who maintain an undetectable viral load.
The Positive Justice Project Steering Committee Voices Strong Opposition to Alabama Bill that Increases Penalties for Transmission of or Exposure to STIs
Letter to Alabama legislators about proposed laws to increase punishment for people convicted of exposure to or transmission of a sexually transmissible infection.
“One shouldn’t convict people for hypothetical risks”: developments in criminal law following increased knowledge and awareness of the additional prevention benefit of antiretroviral therapy
Overview of various jurisdictions shows that an increased understanding of the impact of viral load on infectiousness has resulted in a number of jurisdictions revising or revisiting their criminal laws or prosecutorial policies relating to HIV non-disclosure, exposure and/or transmission.
Statement of Policy: Opposing Stigma and Discrimination Against Persons with Communicable Diseases
Notes disease-specific laws and policies resulting in prosecutions fuel stigma and discrimination. Encourages local health departments to assist state governments to review HIV-specific criminal statutes to ensure that they are consistent with current knowledge of HIV transmission and support public health approaches to prevention and treatment.