U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Clarifies Policy on HIV/AIDS Programs and Activities

Summary

The Office of Global Health Affairs within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is issuing a final rule to clarify the policy requirements for recipients of HHS funds implementing HIV/AIDS programs and activities under the Leadership Act, allowing them to maintain affiliations with organizations that do not have a policy opposing prostitution and sex trafficking, as long as such affiliations do not threaten the integrity of the government's programs and message.