AIDS: human rights and responsibilities.
As epidemiology changes and new therapies emerge, the focus of disease control is shifting from the voluntary to the mandatory. This is reflected in debates about routine HIV testing of newborns and the confidentiality of HIV-infected adults. Other issues include access to unproven drugs, the problems posed by co-infection with TB, and prevention through needle and condom distribution.
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Division of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York.
D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D003219:Confidentiality; D017007:Duty to Warn; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D012922:Social Change; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D035141:Voluntary Programs