Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2003
This Q&A answers some common questions about patents and international trade agreements. The rules on drug patents in international trade agreements and domestic laws affect the availability and affordability of medicines. This document explains the connection...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2002
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The paper:discusses the difficulties in defining the precise scope of the field of complementary and/or alternative medicine;reviews the available evidence regarding the use of CAM by Canadians generally;reviews the available evidence regarding the use of CAM by...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2002
Format:
PDF
These questions and answers explain how forced HIV testing is a serious violation of constitutional rights and rules of professional ethics. They also provide information about occupational exposure to HIV, about how information about the source person can — and...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2002
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The paper attempts to determine how health-care and service providers confront ethical dilemmas on a practical level; and to provide, based on their responses, a general set of ethical decision-making guidelines.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2001
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The report provides information with reference to current policies, procedures, and scientific literature on:the risk of accidental occupational exposure to HBV, HCV, and HIV;post-exposure protocols and treatment;testing technologies and procedures;benefits to the...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2001
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The UNAIDS Executive Director established the UNAIDS Expert Panel on HIV Testing in UN Peacekeeping Operations to analyze and formulate a comprehensive position on the issue of HIV testing. This Expert Panel convened in New York on 17–18 September 2001.The...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2001
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This is one of a series of seven info sheets:Risks of TransmissionManagement of ExposurePost-exposure ProphylaxisTesting for InfectionInformation from the Source PersonCalls for Compulsory Testing of Source PersonsReadings and Resources
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2001
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The Report contains a re-examination of the issues raised by HIV testing and confidentiality in Canada.The main question addressed is whether new developments warrant a departure from the "general principle governing HIV antibody testing in Canada." In...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2000
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The report:explains rapid HIV testing technologies;describes the status of rapid HIV test kits in Canada;presents an overview of the Canadian regulatory framework applicable to the approval and use of rapid test kits;provides a comprehensive evaluation of the...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 1999
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The Report provides an overview of the Cuerrier decision. Based on the judgment, the Report then attempts to provide some answers (where possible) as to when an HIV-positive person may risk criminal prosecution if they do not disclose their status, looking at the...