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Network action for women living with HIV/AIDS.
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The Network News
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March 1, 1993
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1993 National Women's Health Network. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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For several years, the Network has actively promoted policies and programs to help women who are affected by HIWAIDS. Our activities have included a nationwide policy survey, coalition work with AIDS activists, and, this past year, facilitation of communication between health care providers and women with HIV through regional forums.
In 1990 the NWHN conducted a telephone survey of all fifty states, four U.S. territories, the District of Columbia, the military, and the Indian Health Service regarding policies they had in place related to women and AIDS. The results of the survey were released in a report entitled, "Wornen, AIDS, and Public Health Policies." It became the ...
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