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Women living with HIV and AIDS: Right to prevention, treatment, and health care
Author(s) -
Titus Mokete Joseph,
Moodley Jack
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.03.026
Subject(s) - medicine , accountability , human rights , pandemic , reproductive rights , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , infertility , transmission (telecommunications) , reproductive health , economic growth , environmental health , covid-19 , population , law , pregnancy , disease , political science , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , genetics , electrical engineering , pathology , engineering
Women living with HIV/AIDS not only bear the burden of this pandemic in under‐resourced countries, but are faced with the human rights issues concerning the management of their condition, not only for their own health, but also for prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission of the virus and infertility investigation. This article tackles the issues of reproductive health rights pertaining to prevention of HIV, and rights regarding HIV testing including the ethical dilemmas associated with “opt in,” “opt out,” and mandatory testing. Accountability, rights to treatment and travel, and employment issues are also discussed.