Beyond AIDS is committed to reversing the global HIV epidemic through sound public health policy.

DECLARATIONS
The only survivors of the AIDS epidemic will be those who do not become HIV infected.

• Disease control and prevention should always be compassionate.
• It is a crime against all humanity to knowingly expose others to HIV.
• Public Health services must return to their inherent duty of controlling diseases.
• Stopping the AIDS epidemic will require early HIV identification of every infected individual.
• Routine and universal testing and reporting of all infected individuals to
• Public Health services is imperative.
• Public Health services must educate on the basic principles of disease prevention.
• It is the responsibility of everyone to avoid HIV exposure.
• The ultimate control of HIV is in the hands and hearts of the HIV infected.
• It is imperative to empower the infected to live their lives with honor and the understanding that the virus stops with them.
• AIDS is a public health emergency and not a public health exception.
• The goal of Beyond AIDS is not to promote what is currently feasible but what is ultimately necessary to one day see a world without HIV.
• Rational fear of the H I Virus is appropriate but discrimination against the infected is not.
• By politicizing HIV as a personal rights issue instead of treating HIV as a communicable disease, we fail to protect the uninfected.

Insist that Public Health services return to their inherent duty to control deadly disease. For HIV, this requires confidential testing of the population and reporting of all infected individuals.

Require that HIV positive individuals, after appropriate notification and counseling, be held accountable for preventing transmission to others.

Demand that Public Health services notify contacts and provide infected persons with counseling, referrals for early and compassionate treatment, and assistance in maintaining low risk behaviors and treatment compliance, including followup as needed.