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Medical-Legal Partnerships: Building Effective Strategies for HIV Policy Initiatives
Scientific Development Workshop
AIDS 2014:International AIDS Conference
Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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Medical-Legal Partnerships: Building Effective Strategies for HIV Policy Initiatives
Using Case Studies to explore collaborative partnerships in Australia and the United States between physicians, nurses, solicitors and advocates that have advanced HIV public policy in order to identify replicable strategies for local issues.
Participants will: • build knowledge about the synergistic partnerships between medical and legal
professionals • understand the process for building these partnerships around a shared policy goal • identify the HIV policy issues in their environment that will benefit from similar
partnerships.
Faculty: Carole Treston Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC), USA
Anna Roberts Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) Brad Sears The Williams Institute, USA
Michael Horberg HIVMA. Kaiser Permanente, USA
Darren Russell Queensland HIV Foundation, Australia
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Agenda:• Introduction/Overview• CS1: Bringing clinical expertise into the development of
federal strategies in Australia• CS2: Concerned US physicians against HIV criminalization• CS3: Engaging Physicians in the development of HIV
prosecutorial guidelines • BREAK• CS4: Mobilizing nurses in the US for syringe exchange
legislative advocacy• CS5: Creating clinical /community partnerships to influence
Australian immigration policies• Break out discussions• Closing Remarks