- Author
- Center for Reproductive Rights
- Title
- Pregnant Women Living with HIV/AIDS: Protecting Human Rights in Programs to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
- Description of Work
- Breifing Paper
- Imprint
- August 2005, 16 pp
- Url
- http://reproductiverights.org/sites/default/files/documents/pub_bp_HIV.pdf
- Description
"The Center for Reproductive Rights is indebted to Marianne Mollmann, Americas Researcher for the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, and Maria de Bruyn, Senior Policy Advisor at Ipas, for invaluable feedback on earlier drafts of this paper. The Center for Reproductive Rights is solely responsible for any errors or omissions in this briefing paper."
- Abstract
"This briefing paper addresses the fundamental human rights standards that governments must uphold in creating PMTCT programs. These standards include requirements of informed consent, provider-patient confidentiality, and health-care access without discrimination. The briefing paper concludes with recommendations for government action to ensure that women are treated with dignity and respect through every phase of HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care. If PMTCT programs fail to protect the rights of the women involved, not only will they reinforce women’s marginalization, but they will ultimately prove ineffective."