Legal Aspects of HIV/AIDS. A Guide for Policy and Law Reform

Lance Gable - Assistant Professor of Law , Wayne State University Law School
Katharina Gamharter - Counsel/Legal Associate , World Bank's Legal Vice Presidency
World Bank, 2007
ISBN 0821371061




Cantidad de documentos en esta fuente: 69

April 30, 2007

  • Foreword

  • Acknowledgments

  • Explanatory Note, with Key References

  • Acronyms

  • Surveillance, Screening, and Testing for HIV and AIDS

  • Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT)

  • Disclosure of HIV Information

  • Partner Notification: The Responsibility of the Patient

  • Partner Notification: The Duty of the Physician or Counselor

  • Partner Notification: The Powers of Government Agencies

  • Isolation and Quarantine

  • Blood/Tissue/Organ Supply

  • Universal Infection Control Precautions

  • Postexposure Prophylaxis

  • Access to the Technical Means of Prevention (Condoms)

  • Male Circumcision

  • Protection Against Discrimination Based on HIV Status or Health Status

  • Antidiscrimination Protection under Disability Laws

  • The Workplace: Testing at Recruitment and Mandatory Testing During Employment

  • The Workplace: Denial of Employment

  • The Workplace: Differential Treatment

  • The Workplace: Disclosure and Confidentiality

  • Health Care: Refusal to Treat

  • Health Care: Differential Treatment

  • Issues at the Border: Travel and Immigration Restrictions

  • Issues at the Border: Refugees and Asylum

  • Discrimination in Public and Private Benefits

  • Duty to Disclose HIV Status to Partner

  • Negligent or Willful Exposure or Transmission

  • Access to Clean Needles and Drug Paraphernalia Laws

  • Needle/Syringe Exchange Programs

  • Drug Substitution Programs

  • International Drug Conventions: Punitive v. Public Health Approach

  • Criminal Statutes on Sex Work

  • Vague Criminal Statutes and Police Harassment

  • Regulatory Regimes (Labor, Health, Occupational Safety)

  • 100% Condom Use Programs

  • Trafficking of Women for Sex Work

  • Gender Orientation in General Antidiscrimination Statutes

  • Sexual Offenses

  • Vague or Overbroad Criminal Statutes and Police Harassment

  • Rights of Association and Expression

  • Access to Medical Treatment

  • Property Ownership and Inheritance

  • Marital Rape

  • Reproductive Rights

  • Sexual Harassment and Violence

  • Traditional Practices

  • Orphans, Inheritance, Birth Registration, Caregivers

  • Discrimination in Education