Guide pratique à l’intention du législateur sur le VIH/SIDA, la législation et les droits de l’homme
A pour but d’aider les parlementaires et autres représentants élus à formuler et promulguer une législation efficace et à entreprendre une réforme législative appropriée pour lutter contre le SIDA. Donne des exemples d’approches législatives et réglementaires exemplaires, en provenance du monde entier. (Le contenu de ce guide va au dela de la criminalisation du VIH).
Sexual transmission of HIV according to viral load and antiretroviral therapy: systematic review and meta-analysis
Review and meta-analysis of 11 articles found no HIV transmission among heterosexual discordant couples when the positive patient was treated with ART and had a viral load below 400 copies (with data compatible with one transmission per 79 years).
HIV-positive individuals not suffering from any other STD and adhering to an effective antiretroviral treatment do not transmit HIV sexually. [The Swiss Statement]
Review of existing studies to show that a person with HIV who has no other sexually transmissible infection, has adhered to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for at least 6 months to achieve completely suppressed viremia, and is monitored by an attending physician cannot pass on the virus through sexual contact.
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Criminalising HIV transmission: is this what women really need?
Outlines Sub Saharan Africa’s proliferation of legislation criminalizing HIV exposure and/or transmission, highlighting its negative impact on women. Argues UNAIDS, USAID, and other international health agencies must take urgent action to educate lawmakers and civil society about the limitations of criminal law to prevent HIV transmission and the harms of criminalization laws already in place.
The Global Criminalisation Scan Report
Provides global overview of the extent to which criminal and other laws have been used to prosecute people living with HIV for HIV transmission and exposure.