HIV/TB

Within but Without

Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys and Joseph J. Amon — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:28:13 -0800

Abstract

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Progress Against HIV at Risk

Joseph Amon — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:38 -0800

Cambodia is considered one of the few success stories in the global fight against AIDS. HIV is on the decline: More than 2 percent of adults were affected in 1997; a decade later, HIV prevalence is 0.8 percent.

According to UNAIDS, "Cambodia provides evidence that well-focused and sustained prevention efforts can help reverse an HIV epidemic."

Uganda: Bill Threatens Progress on HIV/AIDS

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:57:56 -0800

(Kampala) - A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released today. The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill could be taken up by Uganda's parliament shortly.

Comments to Uganda’s Parliamentary Committee on HIV/AIDS and Related Matters about the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Bill

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:51:08 -0800

Summary
1. HIV Testing
Insufficient Protections Relating to Testing of Children
2. Mandatory Notification and Disclosure
3. Criminalization of Transmission

US: Obama Announces End to HIV Travel Ban

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:59:11 -0700

President Barack Obama's announcement today that national travel and immigration restrictions on people living with HIV will be removed should have positive consequences for public health and other countries with similar restrictions should follow suit, Human Rights Watch said.

Unbearable Pain

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:50:00 -0700

This 102-page report found that many major cancer hospitals in India do not provide patients with morphine, despite the fact that more than 70 percent of their patients are incurable and likely to require pain treatment and palliative care. Health centers offering services to people living with HIV similarly do not have morphine or doctors trained to prescribe it.

Limitations on Human Rights in the Context of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Joseph J. Amon, Françoise Girard, and Salmaan Keshavjee — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:38:36 -0700

US: Act on Immigration Detention Reform

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:23:52 -0700

(New York) - Plans to reform immigration detention management and oversight, announced today by the US government, should quickly be translated into actual policy change and accountability, Human Rights Watch said today. The plans focus on centralizing control of facilities used to hold detained immigrants.

UN Human Rights Council: 'Traditional Values' Vote and Gaza Overshadow Progress

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:47:52 -0700

(Geneva) - The UN Human Rights Council concluded its session with mixed results, Human Rights Watch said today. The council adopted helpful resolutions on the human rights situations in Burma, Somalia, Honduras, and Cambodia and unanimously supported resolutions on freedom of expression, migrants' rights, HIV/AIDS, and access to medicines.

Returned to Risk

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:40:00 -0700

Returned to Risk

Deportation of HIV-Positive Migrants

Summary

Introduction

International Law