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Table of Contents FOREWORD v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi EXPLANATORY NOTE, WITH KEY REFERENCES vii ABOUT THE AUTHORS ix ACRONYMS xi 1. PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES AND PRACTICES 14 1.1 Surveillance, screening, and testing for HIV and AIDS 15 1.2 Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) 19 1.3 Disclosure of HIV information 22 1.4 Partner notification: the responsibility of the patient 26 1.5 Partner notification: the duty of the physician or counselor 29 1.6 Partner notification: the powers of government agencies 33 1.7 Isolation and quarantine 36 1.8 Blood/tissue/organ supply 38 1.9 Universal infection control precautions 41 1.10 Post-exposure prophylaxis 44 1.11 Access to the technical means of prevention (condoms) 47 2. PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV: DISCRIMINATION 51 2.1 Protection against discrimination based on HIV status or health status 52 2.2 Antidiscrimination protection under disability laws 56 2.3 The workplace: testing at recruitment and mandatory testing during employment 59 2.4 The workplace: denial of employment 63 2.5 The workplace: differential treatment 67 2.6 The workplace: disclosure and confidentiality 70 2.7 Health care: refusal to treat 73 2.8 Health care: differential treatment 76 2.9 Issues at the border: travel and immigration restrictions 79 2.10 Issues at the border: refugees and asylum 82 2.11 Discrimination in public and private benefits 85 3. DISCLOSURE and EXPOSURE 88 3.1 Duty to disclose HIV status to partner 89 3.2 Negligent or willful exposure or transmission 93 4. INJECTING DRUG USE 95 4.1 Access to clean needles and drug paraphernalia laws 96 4.2 Needle / syringe exchange programs 99 4.3 Drug substitution programs 102 4.4 International drug conventions: punitive v. public health approach 105 5. SEX WORK 108 5.1 Criminal statutes on sex work 109 5.2 Vague criminal statutes and police harassment 113 5.3 Regulatory regimes (labor, health, occupational safety) 116 5.4 100% Condom use programs 119 5.5 Trafficking of women for sex work 122 6. MEN HAVING SEX WITH MEN 125 6.1 Gender orientation in general anti-discrimination statutes 126 6.2 Sexual offenses 129 6.3 Vague or overbroad criminal statutes and police harassment 132 6.4 Rights of association and expression 135 7. WOMEN 138 7.1 Access to medical treatment 139 7.2 Property ownership and inheritance 142 7.3 Marital rape 145 7.4 Reproductive rights 148 7.5 Sexual harassment and violence 151 7.6 Traditional practices 154 8. CHILDREN 158 8.1 Orphans, inheritance, birth registration, caregivers 159 8.2 Discrimination in education 163 8.3 Sexual abuse, legal age, child marriage 167 8.4 Sexual and economic exploitation 172 9. CLINICAL RESEARCH 175 9.1 Non-discrimination in selection of research subjects 176 9.2 Informed consent 178 9.3 Confidentiality 181 9.4 Equitable access to information and benefits 183 9.5 Ethics boards 185 10. INFORMATION 188 10.1 Informational and educational material; censorship 189 10.2 Regulation of NGOs 192 11. ACCESS TO MEDICINES 195 11.1 Patented and generic drugs: overview 196 11.2 WTO members: special considerations under the TRIPS Agreement 199 11.3 Parallel importing, exhaustion of patent rights, differential pricing 203 11.4 Free Trade Agreements: special considerations 206 12. WORLD BANK POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 209 12.1 IDA grants for HIV and AIDS projects 210 12.2 OP/BP 4.01 and medical waste management 213 12.3 OP/BP 4.10 and Indigenous Peoples in HIV and AIDS projects 216 12.4 Communities and CBOs: fiduciary issues 218 12.5 Procurement of pharmaceutical products 221 12.6 Procurement of condoms 224
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
AIDS (Disease) -- Law and legislation.
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Public health laws.
Health Policy -- Law and legislation.
HIV Infections.
Health Policy -- legislation & jurisprudence.
Health Services Accessibility -- legislation & jurisprudence.
Public Health -- legislation & jurisprudence.
World Health.