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A Message from the Chair
It has been a busy year. We are pleased to welcome as new members to the Healthcare Advisory Committee, Robert E. Fullilove, Ed.D., Associate Dean for Community and Minority Affairs, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Marjorie J. Hill, Ph.D., CEO, Gay Men’s Health Crisis and Joseph O’Neill, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., Former Director, White House Office of National AIDS Policy.
Throughout the year, I continued to represent the Committee in drafting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s revised Recommendations for HIV/STD Partner Services. Thanks to all of you, particularly Ann Fisher, who responded with comments for me to take back to the drafters.
Following our successful practice conference, HIV/AIDS Law and Practice: From Local Client to Global Workforce, in June I represented the Committee at a “Think Tank on HIV/AIDS” convened by The Flowers Heritage Foundation and Get Screened Oakland, a program implemented in Oakland, California, by Mayor Ronald Dellums, former Chair of President Clinton's Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS. I also represented the Committee at the 17th International Conference on AIDS where I participated in a satellite session on August 3, 2008.
The 2008-09 year promises to be just as busy! I look forward to seeing you all at our meeting in November.
Shelley Hayes
Chair
Click here to read the Chair's Report from the 17th International Conference on AIDS
Issue Areas
Communities of Color
Black Aids Institute: Left Behind
Latino/Hispanic AIDS Action Agenda
NMA: Addressing the HIV/AIDS Crisis in the African American Community
HIV Cases Increasing Among Minority Youth in NYC
New England Journal of Medicine Examines HIV/AIDS Report Link in U.S. Prison Systems
Weekly Health Disparities Report
NASTAD Urges Increased Minority Participation in HIV Vaccine Trials
New Research on Race, Behavior, and HIV Risk
Access to Care and Services
ABA Journal Article on CARE Act Reauthorization
Ryan White CARE Act: ABA Opposes Cap on Legal Services
International
Reuters: US lifts travel ban on HIV-positive people
ABA Urges Defeat of Sessions Amendment re HIV Travel Ban
The Multisectoral Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Commentary: Engendering Bold Leadership Against HIV/AIDS
2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic
Events
Recent
HIV/AIDS Law and Practice:
From Local Client to Global Workforce
April 9-10, 2008
Hilton Anatole Hotel
Dallas, Tex.
Video Address by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Conference Materials
Other Past Events
AIDS Coordinating Committee Fall Meeting
Nov. 2–3, 2007
Guests:
Andre W. Rawls, J.D., Psy.D., Illinois Department of Public Health, Chief of HIV/AIDS Section, and Chair, National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, addressed funding and access to care issues.
Prof. Brook Baker, Northeastern University Law School, gave a presentation on international agreements, intellectual property rights and their effect on access to HIV medications. Click here to access that presentation.
Sex, Drugs and the Law: The
ABA's Response to HIV/AIDS
Aug. 11, 2007
Moderator: Gloria J. Sturman; Panelists: Shelley D. Hayes, Hon. Richard T. Andrias, Robert E. Stein, Barry Sullivan
Town Hall Meeting on AIDS, Color & Equality Apr. 11-12, 2007
