Articles
Housing Opportunities for People with HIV/AIDS
People with HIV/AIDS face an array of barriers to obtaining and maintaining affordable, stable housing. Despite federal and state anti-discrimination laws, many people face illegal eviction from their homes when it is discovered that they have HIV/AIDS
Medicaid Expansion for HIV/AIDS
Discrimination, lifetime coverage limits and other practices have served to deny private health care coverage to people with AIDS. As a result, Medicaid is the single largest source of health insurance for people living with AIDS, providing access to physician visits, hospitalization, prescription drugs, home health care and long-term care.
Needle-Exchange Programs
The number of AIDS-related deaths is declining. But one number remains steady – more than 40,000 people a year become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Consequently, our country must use every means possible – including effective needle-exchange programs – to stop new HIV infections.
Risks of Abstinence-Only Education
The Human Rights Campaign supports providing our youth with comprehensive sexuality education, which includes abstinence as one method of reducing disease and unwanted pregnancies, but it also includes instruction and education on contraception, which can stop the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Facts on HIV Prevention
Studies show that various HIV-prevention techniques help people change their behavior. Such techniques need to be focused and sustained. HIV-prevention interventions can change behaviors in a broad range of populations, including injection drug users (in treatment), gay and bisexual men at risk and homeless youth. Simple informational materials and programs are not enough.