HIV and Disability Law

POZ magazine reports that the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) will be held July 2012 in Washington, DC. As the custodian of the conference, the International AIDS Society (IAS) made the decision because the United States is repealing its HIV travel ban, effective January 4, 2010. The last time the conference was held in the United States was 1990 in San Francisco.

“The return of the conference to the United States is the result of years of dedicated advocacy to end a misguided policy based on fear, rather than science, and represents a significant victory for public health and human rights,” said Elly Katabira, MD, president-elect of IAS and professor of medicine at Makerere University in Uganda, who also will serve as the international chair of AIDS 2012
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