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House Moves to Remove Needle Exchange Ban
This morning, Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, took the first step toward ending the 20-year-old ban on federal funding of syringe exchange. He removed the ban from the draft House Labor HHS spending bill he introduced to the subcommittee.
PHR Holds Rally for HIV/AIDS Funding
Every 9.5 minutes there is one new HIV infection in the US and forty-five new infections worldwide. This is unacceptable.
Action for Senate Appropriations Committee Constituents
Thanks for taking this important action! In addition to making calls to Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi, we need you to make a special call your Senator if she or he is on the important Senate Appropriations Committee, which has a say in all funding issues before Congress.
Hopeful Signs on Lifting the HIV Entry Ban
It looks like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is about to take a big step towards lifting the nation's draconian restrictions denying people living with HIV entry into the United States.
We Don't Have to Choose between HIV/AIDS Programs and Other Global Health Initiatives
With hearings and debates scheduled in Congress in the coming weeks global AIDS funding is in the news once again. Health Action AIDS Campaign Director Pat Daoust responded to recent coverage in the Boston Globe with a hard-hitting letter to the editor.
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