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HIV/AIDS PROJECT NEWS

1.22.10 Walter Smith Commentary responding to Washington Post HIV/AIDS Series, January 22, 2010
8.05.09 Washington Examiner story on DC Appleseed's Fifth HIV/AIDS Report Card.
8.05.09 Washington Post Story on DC Appleseed's Fifth HIV/AIDS Report Card
7.16.09 New Congressional Rider Threatens DC Needle Exchange Effort, Washington Post July 16, 2009
   
 

HIV/AIDS PROJECT

In August 2005, DC Appleseed issued a report calling for sweeping reforms in the District government's response to the city's HIV/AIDS epidemic and making specific recommendations for improvement. The report has been embraced by the District government and a broad cross-section of stakeholders as a "blueprint for change." Since the report release, several key recommendations have been implemented, including: an overhaul of the District's system for collecting and analyzing HIV and AIDS epidemiologic data; a citywide HIV testing campaign designed to make HIV testing a routine part of all medical care; and a citywide condom distribution program. DC Appleseed is now working to ensure that additional needed changes are made by playing an ongoing monitoring role, as well as conducting further research and advocacy in several areas, including: HIV prevention among drug users; HIV prevention education in DCPS; condom distribution; HIV/AIDS surveillance; and mental health services related to HIV/AIDS. Pro bono support for our efforts has been provided by Hogan & Hartson LLP and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.


HIV/AIDS PROJECT PUBLICATIONS

DC Appleseed's Fifth HIV/AIDS Report Card, August 5, 2009
Essence Magazine highlights DC HIV/AIDS crisis among African American women.
Fourth HIV/AIDS Report Card, September 2008
DC Appleseed's Third HIV/AIDS Report Card, December 2007
The Community Impact of Needle Exchange Programs, Prepared for the D.C. Appleseed Center by Hogan & Hartson LLP, March 2007
DC Appleseed's Second Report Card Monitoring the District's Progress Responding to HIV/AIDS, December 16, 2006
DC Appleseed Briefing Paper on the Need for Name-Based HIV Surveillance in the District of Columbia, Prepared with the Assistance of Hogan & Hartson, July 5, 2006
DC Appleseed's Briefing Paper on HIV Testing in Jails, July 2006
DC Appleseed's HIV/AIDS Report Card, released on March 23, 2006, assessing the progress made by the District government in the implementation of twelve recommendations from DC Appleseed's August 2005 HIV/AIDS report
Areas to be measured in the February 2006 "Report card" on the District's progress in implementing 12 key recommendations during the six months after the release of the DC Appleseed report
Press release announcing the public release of DC Appleseed's HIV/AIDS report, entitled HIV/AIDS in the Nation's Capital:  Improving the District of Columbia's Response to a Public Health Crisis, August 10, 2005
HIV/AIDS in the Nation's Capital:  Improving the District of Columbia's Response to a Public Health Crisis, by the DC Appleseed Center and Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., August 10, 2005

 

   
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