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  FULL-TEXT REPORT
Policy Paralysis:  A Call for Action on HIV/AIDS-Related Human Rights Abuses Against
Women and Girls in Africa
Human Rights Watch 
December 01, 2003
 Report

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
HIV and AIDS stigma violates human rights in five African countries.
Kohi TW, Makoae L, Chirwa M, et al
lNurs Ethics. 2006 Jul;13(4):404-15.
 Abstract

The HIV/AIDS pandemic: African women at the heart of the control program or the difficulties
with regard to gender.
Moulin B, Louis JP
Med Trop (Mars) 1999;59(4 Pt 2):465-7
Abstract

  

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Reproductive health, HIV and human rights: policy implications for HIV prevention in
Sub-Saharan Africa
Daoussi R., Hennessey B.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Botswana
                               
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 HIV prevalence, risks for HIV infection, and human rights among men who have sex with men (MSM)
in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana.
Baral S, Trapence G, Motimedi F, et al  
 PLoS ONE. 2009;4(3):e4997.
 Paper

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Reinforcing beliefs surrounding women's rights violations independently elevate sexual HIV risk
and rape in Botswana and Swaziland: a call for rights-based approaches to HIV prevention
K. Shannon, K. Leiter, S. Weiser, et al  
(5th IAS Conference)
 Abstract

Training health practitioners in human rights, ethics and law in the context of pediatric
HIV/AIDS care in Botswana
Navario P., Kenyon K., Maxwell E.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Burundi
                               

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Study on the impact of the HIV/AIDS infection on food security and human rights
Diane M.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Egypt
                               

     Internet Documents

  Egypt: New Indictments in HIV Crackdown
Human Rights Watch 
March 11, 2008
 News Report
Ghana
                               

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  From mandatory to voluntary testing: Balancing human rights, religious and
cultural values, and HIV/AIDS prevention in Ghana.
Luginaah IN, Yiridoe EK, Taabazuing MM  .
Soc Sci Med. 2005 May 21;
 Abstract

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Infringements on the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS as evidenced in Ghana
EN Appiah
 (15IAC)
Abstract
Kenya
                               

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Human-rights based approaches to HIV/AIDS in two African countries
D Patterson, DA Falconer, L Forman, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
HIV/AIDS management – public health versus human rights approach
 F Ilako, M Ngunga, B King, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
Lesotho
                               
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
A cross-sectional assessment of population demographics, HIV risks and human rights contexts
among men who have sex with men in Lesotho.
Baral S, Adams D, Lebona J,  et al
J Int AIDS Soc. 2011 Jul 4;14(1):36.
 Paper
Malawi
                               
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 HIV prevalence, risks for HIV infection, and human rights among men who have sex with men (MSM)
in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana.
Baral S, Trapence G, Motimedi F, et al  
 PLoS ONE. 2009;4(3):e4997.
 Paper

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  HIV/AIDS and human rights issues in Malawi
Palamuleni M.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Namibia
                               

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 HIV prevalence, risks for HIV infection, and human rights among men who have sex with men (MSM)
in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana.
Baral S, Trapence G, Motimedi F, et al  
 PLoS ONE. 2009;4(3):e4997.
 Paper
Nigeria
                               

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Achieving Gold Standards in Ethics and Human Rights in Medical Practice.
Benatar SR
PLOS Medicine Vol2 Issue 9 Sep 2005
 Paper

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Model legislation: Harm reduction and human rights
Pearshouse R., Csete J., Elliott R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Adopting human rights based policies and legislation to discourage HIV/AIDS related stigma
& discriminations
NWAOGWUGWU C.O.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Combating stigma & discrimination of persons living with HIV; as a way of prevention of AIDS-
human rights approach
Iheme R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
HIV/AIDS and human rights: perspectives from Nigeria
Ortuanya S.U.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Legal collaboration and it’s effect in the fight against human rights abuses on persons living
with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Anambra state
Ibekwe J., Ibekwe J.I., Onyeacholem K., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Ethical and Human Rights challenges in HIV/AIDS clinical trial in Nigeria
B Eziefule, E Durojaiye, B Nwanguma
(15IAC)
Abstract 

Access to HIV treatment and Human Rights training for health workers
E Durojaiye, B Awofodu, B Eziefule, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
Rwanda
                               

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Global health and human rights in the era of HIV: a new approach for the millennium?
Kamundu M., Kavira M., Tshala-Katumbay D.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Sierra Leone
                               

       Internet Reports

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Sierra Leone: Lesbian Rights Activist Brutally Murdered
Human Rights Watch, October 01, 2004
 Report
Swaziland
                               

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Health and human rights dimensions of HIV/AIDS and policy implications in
Swaziland
Leiter K.S., Weiser S., Heisler M., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Tanzania
                               

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Issues and challenges to communities and PLWHA on understanding and advocating
for human rights - the case study of Tanzania
Sabuni J.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Harmful cultural practices as a human rights issue in the context of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania
Minde E., John G.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Operationalising human rights and gender approach to HIV and AIDS prevention: the
experience of LCCB in Tanzania and Zambia
Hillary J., Siame Y., Sichinga K., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Uganda
                               

        Internet  Reports

  FULL-TEXT REPORT
Abducted and Abused: Renewed Conflict in Northern Uganda
Human Rights Watch July 15, 2003
 Report

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
The experience of undertaking advocacy interventions for HIV/AIDS and human rights in Uganda
Mayambala Kisaakye E
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Using human rights standards to assess HIV-prevention programs for children and youth:
a case study of Uganda
Cohen J., Tate T.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract|
 
Human rights implications of AIDS-affected children’s unequal access to education
Cohen J., Epstein H., Amon J.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
A collaborative educational study course on health, human rights and social justice, focused
on HIV/AIDS in Uganda
JG Okonsky, SA Eagan, JJ Fitzpatrick, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Human rights awareness and needs amongst people living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs) in Uganda
 GW Maina
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Strengthening of an appropriate legal human rights and policy responce to the HIV/AIDS
pandemic
RLM Mutyaba
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Towiards a human rights approach in HIV/AIDS program design and implementation
through clients' involvement - TASO (Ug)
P Sebbanja, A G Coutinho, C Nabiryo, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Zambia
                               
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Health and human rights of women imprisoned in Zambia.
Todrys KW, Amon JJ.
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2011 Jun 22;11(1):8
 Paper

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Human rights based approach to HIV/AIDS prevention and care in rural African communities:
challenges and lessons from the local competence community building (LCCB) HIV/AIDS
programme in Zambia
Siame Y., Mphuka S., Sichinga K., Doran C.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Operationalising human rights and gender approach to HIV and AIDS prevention: the
experience of LCCB in Tanzania and Zambia
Hillary J., Siame Y., Sichinga K., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Social norms, human rights and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in rural communities
of Zambia
Mwansa E.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Human-rights based approaches to HIV/AIDS in two African countries
D Patterson, DA Falconer, L Forman, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Zimbabwe
                               

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Structural barriers and human rights related to HIV prevention and treatment in Zimbabwe.
Amon JJ, Kasambala T. 
Glob Public Health. 2009 Mar 26:1-17.
Abstract

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