Testing, trials and re-thinking human rights: reflections from the HIV pandemic
This monograph outlines some contemporary explorations of the promises and challenges of approaching HIV through the framework of human rights.
Countries which have failed to tackle HIV are often marked by conflict, a history of colonisation and high levels of stigma and discrimination against HIV-positive people, or people suspected of being positive.
Those which have been more successful have introduced policies and legislation which work towards enabling people’s agency, and work against the proliferation of discriminatory social practices.
Together, the contributors to this volume powerfully demonstrate the centrality of human rights in contemporary problems pertaining to HIV prevention, the development of vaccines and more effective treatments, as well as access to treatment and use of testing technologies.
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