HIV Criminalization Scan in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia
This report, produced by EWNA, focuses on the criminalisation of HIV transmission, which remains a serious human rights concern in EECA, and includes findings from country informants, including women living with HIV, on laws and policies that criminalise people living with HIV in the EECA region. The report is based on data from 11 countries in the EECA region: Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
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Beyond criminalization: reconsidering HIV criminalization in an era of reform
This paper reviews recent studies examining the application of HIV-specific criminal laws in North America (particularly the United States and Canada). In the wake of the development of new biomedical prevention strategies, many states in the United States (US) have recently begun to reform or repeal their HIV-specific laws. These findings can help inform efforts to ‘modernize’ HIV laws (or, to revise in ways that reflect recent scientific advances in HIV treatment and prevention).
End HIV Criminalisation in Zimbabwe
Quick media toolkit summary on why HIV criminalisation law should be reformed in Zimbabwe.
Informe técnico VIH, derechos humanos e igualdad de género
El objetivo del presente informe técnico es ayudar a los solicitantes del Fondo Mundial a incluir y ampliar programas concretos y efectivos dirigidos a eliminar los obstáculos relacionados con los derechos humanos en los servicios de prevención, diagnóstico y tratamiento del VIH. El informe explora los obstáculos en el acceso y la utilización de los servicios del VIH que estos programas ayudan a eliminar, incluida la penalización del VIH.
Undetectable = untransmittable — Public health and HIV viral load suppression
UNAIDS factsheet explaining how twenty years of evidence demonstrate that HIV treatment is highly effective in reducing the transmission of HIV. People living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy who have an undetectable level of HIV in their blood have a negligible risk of transmitting HIV sexually.