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In May 2008, the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) held a consultation meeting, supported by the Open Society Institute (OSI), to develop policy and programmatic recommendations to deal with cross-border management of TB between Lesotho and South Africa with a particular focus on...
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In order for human rights to be respected in testing people for HIV/AIDS the following activities should be followed and services must be in place: pre-test counselling, informed consent, confidentiality, access to treatment care and support, referral services and post-test counselling.
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“Africa South of the Sahara still faces a grim scenario with respect to the health of its people. The region –which is home to 12 percent of the world’s population –accounts for 22 percent of the total global disease burden and more than 68 percent of the people living with HIV/AIDS. The region’s...
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Recent years have seen the creation, particularly in parts of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, of HIV-specific
laws that criminalize HIV transmission and exposure. At the
same time, particularly in Europe and North America, existing
criminal laws are increasingly being used to...
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A collection of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights work that ARASA has been involved in as well as some links to useful websites. Under campaign activities is a list of presentations that were made at a Sexual and Reproductive Health Workshop co-ordinated and facillitated by ARASA in August...
In May 2008, the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) held a consultation meeting, supported by the Open Society Institute (OSI), to develop policy and programmatic recommendations to deal with cross-border management of TB between Lesotho and South Africa with a particular focus on...
In order for human rights to be respected in testing people for HIV/AIDS the following activities should be followed and services must be in place: pre-test counselling, informed consent, confidentiality, access to treatment care and support, referral services and post-test counselling.
“Africa South of the Sahara still faces a grim scenario with respect to the health of its people. The region –which is home to 12 percent of the world’s population –accounts for 22 percent of the total global disease burden and more than 68 percent of the people living with HIV/AIDS. The region’s...
Recent years have seen the creation, particularly in parts of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, of HIV-specific laws that criminalize HIV transmission and exposure. At the same time, particularly in Europe and North America, existing criminal laws are increasingly being used to...
A collection of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights work that ARASA has been involved in as well as some links to useful websites. Under campaign activities is a list of presentations that were made at a Sexual and Reproductive Health Workshop co-ordinated and facillitated by ARASA in August...