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Eastern U.S.

Philadelphia Board of Health Approves Names-Based HIV Reporting System (September 1, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Pennsylvania: State OKs Code-Based HIV Reporting for Philadelphia (April 7, 2004)
Agreement ends standoff that left United States without Philadelphia HIV data since 2002.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Partner Notification Program Tracks New Yorkers Exposed to HIV (March 15, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York: HIV Names Reporting Falls Short (October 8, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Name-Based HIV Reporting Approved by Pennsylvania Panel (June 14, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Partner Notification (Summer 2002)
Data from New York State, which recently instituted an HIV reporting law.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Connecticut to Begin HIV Tracking by Name (December 2001)
In HEPP News, from Brown Medical School
Names Reporting: Pennsylvania, California Activists Change the Momentum (June 29, 2001)
To read PDF, click here
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
HIV Reporting and Partner Notification -- What You Need to Know About the Law (July 2000)
From New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York State Update (July 2000)
New surveillance law takes effect.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Tests and Consequences: The Struggle Over HIV Information Goes On (April 7-13, 1999)
In The Village Voice
New York State Laws -- Yet Another Q&A (April 1999)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
GMHC Opposes New York State Health Department's Draft Regulations on Partner Notification (March 12, 1999)
From Gay Men's Health Crisis
It's the Law! What Is? (March 1999)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Hitting Home (January 1999)
Will New York's new partner notification law increase the threat of domestic violence?.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
What's in a Name? (January 1999)
Contact tracing and names reporting in New York State.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Whose Virus Is It Anyway? (January 1999)
Mandatory testing of newborns in New York State.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Gay & Lesbian Doctors Warn Against Mandatory Reporting (July 1998)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
GMHC Decries Passage of HIV Partner Notification Bill (June 19, 1998)
From Gay Men's Health Crisis
More Attention to HIV Reporting as GMHC Changes Policy (January 23, 1998)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News

Southern U.S.

HIV Names Reporting in Georgia: The First Year (March/April 2005)
An interview with a Georgia surveillance official on the new policy's successes and challenges.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Kentucky Lawmakers Move State Closer to Name-Based AIDS Reporting (March 30, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kentucky: HIV Identification Bill Clears House Committee (January 16, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Names Reporting Begins in Georgia (January/February 2004)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Georgia Must Maintain "Delicate Balance" Between Public Health, Confidentiality in HIV Testing Program, Editorial Says (August 20, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Georgia Set to Adopt Names-Based HIV Reporting System; AIDS Advocates Say System Will Jeopardize Confidentiality (August 14, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Georgia to Report HIV by Year's End (May 7, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What's in a Name? (May 1998)
The debate over names reporting comes to Georgia.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project

Midwestern U.S.

With Federal Money at Risk, Illinois Will Add Patient Names to HIV Tracking System (December 8, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Illinois Likely to Require Names Reporting (September 15, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lambda Fights Illegal, Widespread Practice: Mandatory HIV Testing and Disclosure (Spring/Summer 1997)
From Lambda Legal

Western U.S.

Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Summarizes Editorials on California's Code-Based HIV Reporting System (August 2, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
California May Switch From Coded to Names-Based HIV Reporting (July 26, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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
Names Reporting: Pennsylvania, California Activists Change the Momentum (June 29, 2001)
To read PDF, click here
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Naming Names (Winter 1998/1999)
In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
AIDS Reporting (Fall 1998)
Monitoring in California.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Names Reporting: Public Health Outcomes (Summer 1998)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive

Canada

Canada: New HIV Reporting Law May Make People Fearful of Testing -- Advocacy Group (April 30, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Must Be Declared, Quebec Says (April 9, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Australia

Wife Wins Damages for HIV Case (June 10, 2003)
An Australian woman wins more than US$460,000 from two doctors because they didn't tell her that her husband was HIV positive.
From BBC News

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