Desperately seeking targets: the ethics of routine HIV testing in low-income countries

Desperately seeking targets: the ethics of routine HIV testing in low-income countries

The human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic, and responses to it, have exposed clear political, social and economic inequities between and within nations. The most striking manifestations of this inequity is access to AIDS treatment. In affluent nations,...

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Main Authors: Rennie Stuart, Behets Frieda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2006-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
HIV infections/diagnosis
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome/diagnosis
Ethics, Medical
Human rights
Informed consent
Developing countries
Botswana
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862006000100014

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