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    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Human rights and HIV/AIDS: legislation, policy and practise in five Central American countries
D Postigo Otero
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
Presentation
 

Integrating HIV/TB advocacy, human rights, and HIV/AIDS treatment access in Latin America
and the Caribbean
Schiff E., Argueta J., Porras L., Stern R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 

The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition: a regional civil society coalition strengthening
outreach and human rights advocacy in the Caribbean
Carr R., Mcknight I.
 (15IAC)
Abstract

Human rights-based approaches to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean region
D Patterson, DA Falcone, M Mendonca, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
Brazil
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
HIV-positive women in northeast Brazil: Tubal sterilization, medical recommendation and
reproductive rights.
 Oliveira F, Kerr L, Frota A, et al
AIDS Care. 2007 Nov;19(10):1258-65.
 Abstract

Brazil and Access to HIV/AIDS Drugs: A Question of Human Rights and Public Health.
Galvao J.
Am J Public Health. 2005 Jul;95(7):1110-6
Abstract

A Critical Analysis of the Brazilian Response to HIV/AIDS: Lessons Learned for
Controlling and Mitigating the Epidemic in Developing Countries.
Berkman A, Garcia J, Munoz-Laboy M, Paiva V, Parker R .
Am J Public Health. 2005 Jul;95(7):1162-72.
 Abstract
 
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
The promotion of human rights in the Brazilian responses to the AIDS epidemic
Abadia-Barrero C.E.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
A human rights challenge: public services response to the reproductive needs and desires
of PLWHA in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Gogna M., Weller S., Portnoy F.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

HIV/AIDS as a human rights issue: the case of the Brazilian response to the epidemic
Costa Chaves N.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Dominican Republic
       

     Internet Documents

  FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
 Dominican Republic: Women with HIV Doubly Abused  
 Human Rights Watch J
July 13, 2004
 Internet Document

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  HIV/AIDS and human rights in the Caribbean - the case of the Dominican Republic
and Guyana
Hanefeld J., Welsh J., Ducos G
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
El Salvador
       

     Internet Documents

  FULL-TEXT REPORT
 El Salvador: Child Labor on Sugar Plantations
Human Rights Web  
June 10, 2004
 Internet Document
Guyana
       

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  HIV/AIDS and human rights in the Caribbean - the case of the Dominican Republic
and Guyana
Hanefeld J., Welsh J., Ducos G
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Jamaica
       

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Fulcrums for Change: Building a Human Rights Response for MSM in Jamaica through Civil
Society Coalitions
Mcknight I., Carr R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Peru
       

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION
Using impact litigation to strengthen the human rights of those most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
P Patel  
(XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Poster Presentation
Puerto Rico
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Human rights abuse and other criminal violations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: a random survey
of households.
Kolbe AR, Hutson RA.
Lancet. 2006 Sep 2;368(9538):864-73
 Abstract
Mexico
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Murder in Ciudad Juarez: A Parable of Women's Struggle for Human Rights.
Ensalaco M.
Violence Against Women. 2006 May;12(5):417-40.
 Abstract

Assessment of torture and ill treatment of detainees in Mexico: attitudes and
experiences of forensic physicians.
Heisler M, Moreno A, DeMonner S,  et al  
JAMA 2003 Apr 23;289(16):2135-43
 Abstract

  

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Reinforcing civil society capacities for responding to legal and policy changes related to
stigma, discrimination, human rights and HIV/AIDS in Mexico
Negroni Belen M.J., Morrison K., Brito A.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Monitoring change in the challenges and responses to respect for human rights and
reduction of discrimination related to HIV/AIDS in Central America
Salas Martinez J., Morrison K., Negroni Belen M.J., Hernandez J.J.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 

UNGASS: its follow-up and the Mexican civil society's participation. Point of
view of a Mexican organization
C García de León-Moreno, J Huerdo Siqueiros, et al
(15IAC)
 Abstract
Nicaragua
       

     Internet Documents

  Nicaragua: Penal Reform Constitutes an Assault on Human Rights
Human Rights Watch 
October 26, 2006
News Report
Puerto Rico
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Organizing, Educating, and Advocating for Health and Human Rights in Vieques,
Puerto Rico
MI Torres,
J American Journal of Public Health . Jan 2005, Vol 95, No. 1  9-12
 Abstract
Suriname
       

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Protection of human rights as a strategy to improve the quality of life of HIV-infected
and affected people
Castelen M.A.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Venezuela
       

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  The human right to health, national courts and access to HIV/AIDS treatment: a case
study from Venezuela
MA Torres
 (15IAC)
Abstract

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