Notification For Hiv Aids

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South Carolina: Panel Votes to End School Notification About HIV/AIDS

A state Senate subcommittee has approved a measure that would remove a longstanding requirement that South Carolina health officials notify a school when a student tests HIV-positive. A similar bill passed the Legislature in 2008 but Gov. Mark... Read more »

Calif. Gov. Signs Bill Requiring Parental Notification When Consultants Teach HIV/AIDS, Sex Education in Schools

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Monday signed 37 bills, including a measure (AB 1925 ) that requires school districts to notify a student's parent or guardian if an outside consultant or assembly with a guest speaker will provide... Read more »

Exposure to HIV Partner Counseling and Referral Services and Notification of Sexual Partners Among Persons Recently Diagnosed With HIV

The current cross-sectional, observational study examined recently diagnosed HIV patients' use of client partner notification (CPN), health department partner notification, or other means to inform sex partners of possible HIV exposure, and the... Read more »

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Aids Notification

If a person has AIDS is that person required to tell anyone that they come in contact with while working (customer, co-worker, employer...)...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

No. The only exception I know anything about applies only to health care workers performing invasive procedures. Medical information is confidential in the workplace.... Read more »

notification of test results

My question is if you go to a department of health clinic and take a confidential Hiv test but never pick up the result and test positive do the clinic try to notify you or what is the general procedures in this case...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

It depends on the specific policies of that department of health. Some departments of health initiated anonymous testing programs so that people could be tested without disclosing identifying information. Other testing programs request more... Read more »

Partner notification and domestic violence issues

I recently tested positive for hiv at a local clinic . The clinic called a partner identification program and they asked me to list my former partners . I left out my last partner because he has a history of violence and if the Board of Health is...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your question. My answer will be limited to what is done in the United States, since procedures may differ in other countries. When a person tests positive for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), it is important that... Read more »

partner notification

When a person tests posative for hiv is there a system for partner notification without telling them in person such as anonymous partner notification?...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

yes, some localities have contact notification systems. The specifics would really depend on the particular government and location. BY... Read more »

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Contact notification

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Newly diagnosed and want to notify 3 contacts anonymously. I live in upstate NY and was told I would have to give my name to my county health dept to take advantage of CNAP, but it's a small county, I know people who work there and I'm sure word... Read more »

Blood Bank notification

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anyone know how long a blood bank takes to notify a donor if there is a find with the blood. I have been told by many people it is 2 weeks but one sourse said it can take up to two months. I know that in most cases they send a cerified letter.... Read more »

Starting to get worried

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

44 year old male. I have been positive since 1993 and then diagnosed with aids in 1998 or so. Ever since the very first notification that i was + i have kept a very upbeat attitude about it and dealt with things as they came along.My medical care is... Read more »

World AIDS Day 2006: raising 'HIV/AIDS' Awareness

Posted by Anonymous

World AIDS Day 2006: Raising 'HIV/AIDS' Awareness

We urgently need to raise 'HIV/AIDS' Awareness to stop the epidemic spread of AIDS-related Myths, HIV-related Lies and Pharmogenocide: Iatrogenic 'AIDS' ('AIDS' caused by anti-retroviral' drugs).

World... Read more »

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