Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 34 , Pages 127-134 , November 2009

Protecting HIV-positive women's human rights: recommendations for the United States National HIV/AIDS Strategy

  • Aziza Ahmed

      Affiliations

    • Women's Law & Public Policy Fellow, International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, Washington DC, USA
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  • Catherine Hanssens

      Affiliations

    • Executive Director, Center for HIV Law and Policy, New York NY, USA
  • ,
  • Brook Kelly

      Affiliations

    • Women's Law & Public Policy Fellow, The Women's Collective, Washington DC, USA

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PII: S0968-8080(09)34464-X

doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)34464-X

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 34 , Pages 127-134 , November 2009