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Overview

HIV Name/Code-Based Reporting Policies in the United States (Regularly Updated)
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
HIV Testing Requirements for Entry Into Foreign Countries (March 2006)
From U.S. Department of State
HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Reporting in the United States (February 2001)
An excerpt from the comprehensive on-line textbook of HIV disease from the University of California-San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
From HIV InSite
CDC Guidelines for Improved Data on U.S. HIV Epidemic (December 1999)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York State Laws -- Yet Another Q&A (April 1999)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive

Viewpoints

Warning: Your Medical Privacy Is at Risk (March 1, 2000)
From Lambda Legal
Comments on the Department of Health's Revised, Proposed Regulations Implementing the 1998 HIV Reporting and Partner Notification Law (January 21, 2000)
Amending Articles 21 and 27 of the Public Health Law.
From Lambda Legal
Comments on the CDC's Draft Guidelines for HIV Case Surveillance, Including Monitoring HIV Infection & AIDS (January 11, 1999)
From Lambda Legal
The Virus in the Balance: Public Health and the Individual (January 1999)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
CDC Names Reporting Recommendation Taints HIV Tracking Plan (December 10, 1998)
From AIDS Action Council
"Confidential" (Ms) Information (Fall 1998)
A woman's experience with health service breaches of confidentiality.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Mandatory HIV Case Reporting (Spring/Summer 1998)
In The Lambda Update, from Lambda Legal
Teleconference on Mandatory Reporting and Partner Notification (March 1998)
A discussion with Catherine Hanssens, Dennis Levy, and Derek Link.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
HIV Watch: Hard Questions on Names Reporting (February 1998)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
AIDS Project Director's Update: Inventing "AIDS Exceptionalism" (Winter 1997/1998)
Mandatory testing and names reporting: comparing AIDS with other epidemics.
In The Lambda Update, from Lambda Legal
The Histrionic Push for Mandatory Perinatal HIV Testing (July/August 1997)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Lambda Fights Illegal, Widespread Practice: Mandatory HIV Testing and Disclosure (Spring/Summer 1997)
From Lambda Legal

General News & Research

HIV Infection Reporting (March 19, 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Survey Finds Many U.S. Physicians Miss Opportunities on STD Care (November 18, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Name-Based HIV Surveillance Does Not Hurt Testing Rates, Study Finds (November 8, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV/AIDS Policy Discussions (December 1999)
Developments in HIV testing and privacy issues from the Women and HIV Conference.
In WISE Words, from Project Inform
Tests and Consequences: The Struggle Over HIV Information Goes On (April 7-13, 1999)
In The Village Voice
New Studies Reinforce Importance of Anonymous HIV Testing (October 28, 1998)
From AIDS Action Council
Gay & Lesbian Doctors Warn Against Mandatory Reporting (July 1998)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Diagnosis and Reporting of HIV and AIDS in States With Integrated HIV and AIDS Surveillance (April 24, 1998)
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mandatory Reporting (November 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive

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