Section edited by Maria Ekstrand
This section considers studies regarding all aspects of healthcare provision for and the social aspects of HIV/AIDS in developing countries, including awareness, stigma, prevention, treatment, and all other aspects.
Debate
In line with its half century old penal code, Ghana currently criminalizes and penalizes behaviors of some key populations – populations deemed to be at higher risk of acquiring or transmitting Human Immunodef...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:20
Published on: 2 August 2017
Research article
Transgender people are disproportionately affected by HIV. Despite their high vulnerability to HIV, lack of adequate epidemiological and surveillance data related to this population in many countries prevents ...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:14
Published on: 23 May 2017
Research article
HIV screening has existed in numerous methods as an important part of HIV prevention efforts over the years. Premarital HIV testing for couples who wish to marry has been implemented in a number of regions, wh...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:12
Published on: 10 May 2017
Research article
HIV prevalence among female sex workers (FSWs) in high burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa varies between 24 and 72%, however their access to HIV services remains limited. This study explored FSWs’ perspect...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:11
Published on: 5 May 2017
Research article
The Cameroon government has made HIV testing and counselling (HTC) a priority in its HIV/AIDS strategic plan. However, there is a dearth of literature on the perspectives of providers on the quality of HTC ser...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:9
Published on: 8 April 2017
Research article
Globally there are about 3.3million children under the age of 15 years living with HIV. Of this number, 88% live in sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana, an estimated 33,000 children were said to be living with the HI...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:8
Published on: 8 April 2017
Research article
Early infant male circumcision (EIMC) has been identified as a key HIV prevention intervention. Exploring the decision-making process for adoption of EIMC for HIV prevention among parents and other key stakeho...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:2
Published on: 9 January 2017
Research article
Civil society organizations (CSOs) are often assumed to be institutions that facilitate communication between citizens and policymakers. However, CSO advocacy is only as effective as the space allowed by gover...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2016 16:19
Published on: 11 July 2016
Research article
The prevalence of HIV in Malawi is one of the highest in sub-Saharan Africa, and misconceptions about its mode of transmission are considered a major contributor to the continued spread of the virus.
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2016 16:16
Published on: 7 June 2016
Research article
Couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC) at antenatal care (ANC) settings allows pregnant women to learn the HIV status of themselves and their partners. Couples can make decisions together to prevent HIV tra...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:39
Published on: 24 December 2014
Research article
Male involvement (MI) in Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) services remains low despite the progress registered in the implementation of the PMTCT program...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:30
Published on: 30 October 2014
Research article
Campaigns have been conducted in a number of low HIV prevalence African settings, as a strategy to expand HIV testing, and it is important to assess the extent to which individual rights and quality of care ar...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:27
Published on: 16 October 2014
Research article
In India, approximately 49,000 women living with HIV become pregnant and deliver each year. While the government of India has made progress increasing the availability of prevention of mother-to-child transmis...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:7
Published on: 24 March 2014
Research article
In a context of inadequate human resources for health, this study investigated whether traditional healers have the knowledge and skill base which could be utilised to assist in the scaling up of HIV preventio...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:45
Published on: 23 October 2013
Research article
Adolescents and parents’ differ in their perceptions regarding engaging in sexual activity and protecting themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The views of adolescents and pare...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:40
Published on: 26 September 2013
Debate
The failure to reduce preventable maternal deaths represents a violation of women’s right to life, health, non-discrimination and equality. Maternal deaths result from weaknesses in health systems: inadequate ...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:27
Published on: 10 June 2013
Research article
HIV/AIDS is the major problem and an obstacle to both the health and development of people in Ethiopia today. It is also indicated that the use of substances have dramatically increased despite the serious con...
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:10
Published on: 2 February 2013
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