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  Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS  Pandemic 
 L O. Gostin, and Z Lazzarini,
Oxford University Press
Review
 

         Internet Documents

 
FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
 India: AIDS Fueled by Abuses Against Children
 Human Rights Watch July 29 2004
 Paper
 
FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
 Dominican Republic: Women with HIV Doubly Abused  
 Human Rights Watch July 13, 2004
 Paper
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Human Rights Abuses and HIV/AIDS in the Russian Federation
 Human Rights Watch April 2004    Vol. 16, No. 5 (D)
 Report
 
FULL-TEXT  ARTICLE
 Thailand: Grant to Fight HIV Faces Human Rights Test
 Human Rights Watch October 31, 2003
 Report
 
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
 Paper
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
The General Comments on HIV adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights as a tool to advance the sexual and reproductive rights of women in Africa.
Durojaye E.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 Aug 13.
Abstract

From rhetoric to reality? Putting HIV and AIDS rights talk into practice in a South African rural community.
Campbell C, Nair Y.
Cult Health Sex. 2014 Jul 8:1-15.
 Abstract

Living with HIV and dying with AIDS: Diversity, inequality and human rights in the global pandemic.
Singer M.Glob Public Health. 2014
Jan-Feb;9(1-2):252
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV now: why human rights matter more than ever.
Beyrer C.
 J Int AIDS Soc. 2013 Dec 10;16(1):18968.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The HIV epidemic and human rights violations in Brazil.
Malta M, Beyrer C.
 J Int AIDS Soc. 2013 Nov 12;16:18817.
Paper

Living with HIV and Dying with AIDS – Diversity, Inequality and Human Rights in the Global PandemicLiving with HIV and Dying with AIDS – Diversity, Inequality and Human Rights in the Global Pandemic.
[No authors listed] 
Nurs Stand. 2013 Aug 28;27(52):28.
Abstract

HIV, unwanted pregnancy and abortion – where is the human rights approach?
 de Bruyn M.
Reprod Health Matters. 2012 Dec;20(39 Suppl):70-9.
 Abstract

"She made up a choice for me": 22 HIV-positive women’s experiences of involuntary sterilization in two South African provinces.
 Strode A, Mthembu S, Essack Z.
Reprod Health Matters. 2012 Dec;20(39 Suppl):61-9
 Abstract

Dilemma of concepts and strategies for the prevention of spread of HIV in relation to human behavior,
law and human rights.
Dennin RH, Lafrenz M, Sinn A, Li LJ.
J Zhejiang Univ Sci B. 2011 Jul;12(7):591-610.
 Abstract

Facilitating HIV Disclosure Across Diverse Settings: A Review.
Obermeyer C, Baijal P, Pegurri E.
Am J Public Health. 2011 Apr 14.
 Abstract

Human rights and HIV prevention, treatment, and care for people who inject drugs:
key principles and research needs.
Wolfe D, Cohen  J  J
 A cquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Dec 1;55 Suppl 1:S56-62.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Intervening in global markets to improve access to HIV/AIDS treatment: an analysis
of international policies and the dynamics of global antiretroviral medicines markets.
Waning B, Kyle M, Diedrichsen E, Soucy L, et al
Global Health. 2010 May 25;6(1):9.
Paper

Human rights in the global response to HIV: findings from the 2008 United Nations
General Assembly Special Session Reports.
Gruskin S, Ferguson L, Peersman G, Rugg D.
 J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Dec;52 Suppl 2:S104-10
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Within but without: human rights and access to HIV prevention and treatment for
internal migrants.
Wiltenburg Todrys K, Amon JJ.
Global Health. 2009 Nov 19;5(1):17
 Paper

Confinement for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: balancing protection of health systems,
individual rights and the public’s health.
London L .
 Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2009 Oct;13(10):1200-9.
 Abstract

Building International Research Partnerships to Develop HIV Programs for Women of Color in the
Context of Social Inequalities and Human Rights.
Sanders-Phillips K, Pretorius L, Reddy P.
Soc Work Public Health. 2009 Jan;24(1):60-75
Abstract
 
Respect for persons permits prioritizing treatment for HIV/AIDS.
Metz T.
 Dev World Bioeth. 2008 Aug;8(2):89-103
 Abstract
 
Health and human rights in today’s fight against HIV/AIDS.
Stemple L. 
AIDS. 2008 Aug;22 Suppl 2:S113-21.
 Abstract
 
Universal Access to HIV prevention, treatment and care: assessing the inclusion of human rights
in international and national strategic plans.
Gruskin S, Tarantola D  
AIDS. 2008 Aug;22 Suppl 2:S123-3
 Abstract
 
HIV/AIDS, Reproductive and Sexual Health, and the Law
Gable L, Gostin LO, Hodge Jr JG.
Am J Public Health. 2008 Aug 13.
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Health and human rights in today’s fight against HIV/AIDS
Stemple L 
AIDS Aug 2008
 Paper

Rights of HIV Positive People to Sexual and Reproductive Health: Parenthood.
Segurado AC, Paiva V.
Reprod Health Matters. 2007 May;15(29 Suppl):27-4
 Abstract
 
HIV and AIDS stigma violates human rights in five African countries.
Kohi TW, Makoae L, Chirwa M, et al
Nurs Ethics. 2006 Jul;13(4):404-15.
 Abstract
 
Reproductive rights and HIV/AIDS.
Mocumbi P, Amaral E.
 Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2006 Mar 22;
Abstract
 
Scaling up health promotion interventions in the era of HIV/AIDS: challenges for a rights
based approach.
Chopra M, Ford N. 
Health Promot Int. 2005 Dec;20(4):383-90.
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 The Discriminatory Attitudes of Health Workers against People Living with HIV
Letamo G
PLOS Medicine Vol2 Issue 9 Sep 2005
 Paper
 
The rights of blood recipients should supersede any asserted rights of blood donors.
Brooks JP.
 Vox Sang. 2004 Nov;87(4):280-6.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Using Human Rights to Combat the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Stone L Gostin LO 
Human Rights Magazine Fall 2004
 Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Human Rights and the President’s AIDS Initiative
Rubenstein LS. Friedman EA 
Human Rights Magazine Fall 2004
 Paper
 
      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Prevention of HIV among bonded sex workers through establishing human rights
J.S. Piwoo, A.Y. Choudhury
 (XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION
The now more than ever declaration: defining and taking action on AIDS and human rights
J Cohen
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Poster Presentation
 
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
 Human rights and HIV/AIDS: legislation, policy and practise in five Central American countries
D Postigo Otero
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Presentation
 
Using existing HIV/AIDS indicators to capture human rights concerns
Gruskin S., Ahmed S., Ferguson L., Tarantola D.
 XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Using international human rights law to guide domestic policy on ARV
Forman L.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Tuberculosis
       
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The exercise of public health powers in an era of human rights: the particular problems
of tuberculosis.
Harris A, Martin R.
Public Health. 2004 Jul;118(5):313-22.
 Abstract
 
TB and human rights.
Bhatia V, Chauhan LS.
J Indian Med Assoc. 2003 Mar;101(3):180-1.
 Abstract

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