- Author
- Boonstra, Heather
- Title
- Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living with HIV
- In
- Guttmacher Institute - In Brief
- Description of Work
- 2006 Series, No. 6
- Imprint
- The Guttmacher Institute and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, New York, October 2006, 4 pp
- Description
"This 'In Brief', written by Heather Boonstra of the Guttmacher Institute, is published jointly by the Guttmacher Institute and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). It has been produced with the collaboration of EngenderHealth, the Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+), the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO)."
Source: Guttmacher Institute, Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living with HIV, 'In Brief', New York: Guttmacher, 2006, http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/IB_HIV.pdf, accessed 13 April 2007.- Abstract
"As the prognosis for people living with HIV has improved worldwide, AIDS activists and the global public health community have increased their focus on quality-of-life issues as well as length-of-life issues. Regardless of HIV status, the ability to express oneself sexually and the desire to experience parenthood are, for many, central to what it means to be human. Therefore, acknowledging these needs and aspirations is essential to vindicating the basic human rights of HIVpositive people. At the same time, because the large majority of HIV infections worldwide occur as a result of sexual intercourse, global HIV prevention efforts must address the sexual and reproductive health needs of people living with HIV to succeed. For both of these reasons, meeting the sexual and reproductive health goals and service needs of people with HIV must be considered a global priority."