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HIV activists are mobilizing now to ask the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to vote to remove language in the FY 2010 Labor-Health & Human Services appropriations bill that prevents federal funding from being used by state and local jurisdictions for syringe access. We are very close to having enough votes in the House to achieve this significant change in HIV health policy.  In order to succeed this year, we need to encourage as many members of both houses of Congress as possible to support lifting the ban on federal funding of syringe access.

We at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation know, based on overwhelming research data and our own experience operating one of the nation's largest syringe access programs, that access to clean syringes dramatically reduces the number of new HIV infections and creates sustainable progress against HIV. We ask you to join us in asking Congress to remove the ban on needle exchange funding that is in the Labor-HHS appropriations bill, and allow federal support for a proven health measure for curbing the spread of HIV, viral hepatitis, and increased access to medical services and drug treatment. Lifting the federal ban on funding syringe access does not require new federal funding, but would allow states to exercise their discretion to use their federal HIV dollars to support these programs if they determine they are appropriate to meet their local needs.

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