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Homophobia, Violence and Jamaica's HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Glossary of
Key Terms
A Note on Jamaican language
I.SUMMARY..
II.RECOMMENDATIONS
To the Jamaican government
Reform the law enforcement system...
Enhance the national effort against HIV/AIDS
To Donors and International Organizations
III.METHODS
IV.BACKGROUND...
HIV/AIDS in Jamaica
Homophobia in Jamaica and its role in driving the
HIV/AIDS epidemic
V.FINDINGS OF
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH'S INVESTIGATION...
Police abuse
Police abuse based on sexual orientation and gender
identity
Police abuse of sex workers
Police interference with access to HIV/AIDS
information and health services
Abuses in the health care system...
Discrimination by health care providers
Discrimination in health care provision
Inadequate protection of confidential information
Driving men who have sex with men and people living
with HIV/AIDS from health care services
Fostering dangerous practices and complicating health
care provision
Denial of access to transportation
Other abuses by non-state actors: violence in the
family and in the community
Abuses based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Abuses against people living with HIV/AIDS
VI.GOVERNMENT
RESPONSE..
Improving legal and policy protections
Educating health personnel
Efforts to address police abuse and provide HIV/AIDS
education to police
Institutional mechanisms to address police misconduct
Police training on HIV/AIDS and related human rights
issues
VII.REGIONAL
EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HIV/AIDS
VIII.LEGAL
STANDARDS
Freedom from violence
The right to privacy and the right to freedom from
discrimination
Freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention
Freedom of association and assembly
The right to the highest attainable standard of health
IX.CONCLUSION...
Acknowledgments
Appendix