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Sunday, 28 July 2013
HIV & Human Rights

If the patients decide not to tell what can we do?

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Partner notification is an important component of HIV counseling. However, counsellors are often frustrated by the reluctance of HIV-positive patients to voluntarily notify their sexual partners. Barnabas N Njozing, Kerstin E Edin, Miguel San Sebastian and Anna-Karin Hurtig report on interviews with TB/HIV counselors and legal professionals in Cameroon, to explore their perspectives regarding confidentiality and partner notification.

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HIV/AIDS Activism Reaches Beyond Health Issues

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When the Delhi High Court ordered the decriminalisation of gay sex in July the credit went to HIV/AIDS activists seeking a better deal for those living with the virus.

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The power of community in advancing the right to health: A conversation with Anand Grover

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Anand Grover was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council as Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. In this interview with Alec Irwin, co-managing editor of Health and Human Rights, Grover explains what the office involves

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Legalising gay existence: the Delhi High Court verdict

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By ruling that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code violates provisions of the Constitution, the Delhi High Court has taken the first step to legalise the existence of the gay community in India and specifically recognise that gay people have equal rights in accordance with the Constitution of India, says Vivek Raj Anand

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Women’s property rights and HIV & AIDS: evidence from India

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Women’s limited ability to own property is a manifestation of gender inequity that has grave implications for them in the context of HIV/AIDS. Hema Swaminathan, Nandita Bhatla, and Swati Chakraborty present findings from a research study that locates women’s experiences of property conflicts within the larger context of being HIV-affected

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Seeking a more equal Bill

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The law ministry’s changes to the draft HIV/AIDS Bill have been roundly criticised by lawyers, activists and networks of people with HIV/AIDS. It ignores people's views and dilutes principles of democratic governance, they said in a memorandum of protest submitted to the law minister. Ranjita Biswas looks at the issues involved

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Is the right to treatment legally enforceable?

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Under the constitutionally guaranteed right to health, the Indian government has to do more to ensure that the most effective treatment is available to all HIV-positive people who need it, say Atiya Bose and Kajal Bhardwaj of the Lawyers Collective

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HIV and military recruitment

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Making testing for HIV mandatory for military recruits, and denying HIV-positive persons jobs in the armed forces, could be open to constitutional challenge. Atiya Bose and Kajal Bhardwaj of the Lawyers Collective cite international cases where courts have ruled that rejection of applications to the military based solely on HIV status is discriminatory.

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Rights of children and young persons

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The paternalistic approach to children and adolescents in India impacts adversely on the rights of young persons to receive accurate, scientific and timely information related to sex and sexual health, on their right to confidentiality and to make other decisions on their own. This needs to change, say Atiya Bose and Kajal Bhardwaj of the Lawyers’ Collective

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Legal issues that arise in the HIV context

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Stigma and discrimination triggered by HIV and AIDS lead to significant human rights violations for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Atiya Bose and Kajal Bhardwaj of the Lawyers Collective look at how the Indian courts have handled these and other issues such as confidentiality and consent to testing

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