HIV testing and care in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda: Ethics on the ground

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf ^a   Bott, Sarah ^b   Bayer, Ron ^c   Desclaux, Alice ^d   Baggaley, Rachel ^e  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement ^*  (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult; Confidentiality; Counseling; Ethics; Health policy; Health Services Accessibility; HIV Infections diagnosis drug therapy prevention control transmission; HIV Seropositivity diagnosis transmission; Informed consent; Mass screening; Medical

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; BURKINA FASO; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEAR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EQUITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KENYA; MALAWI; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UGANDA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION;

BURKINA FASO; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; KENYA; MALAWI; MALE; MASS SCREENING; UGANDA;

EID: 84872573317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-13-6     Document Type: Review

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