• S. Afr. Med. J. · Mar 2016

    HIV testing of children is not simple for health providers and researchers: Legal and policy frameworks guidance in South Africa.

    • Heidi Eve Van Rooyen, Ann E Strode, and Catherine M Slack.
    • Human and Social Development Programme, Human Sciences Research Council, Durban, South Africa. hvanrooyen@hsrc.ac.za.
    • S. Afr. Med. J. 2016 Mar 30; 106 (5): 373937-9.

    AbstractAntiretroviral treatment coverage for children and adolescents is significantly lower than that for adults. A first step in improving this situation is ensuring increased access to HIV counselling and testing services. Current legal and policy frameworks outline four norms that should inform HIV testing of children in South Africa: limiting HIV testing to defined circumstances, and ensuring that consent is obtained, counselling is provided and confidentiality is maintained. Implementing these norms is not simple. We discuss the challenges and opportunities these norms present for children, their families, health providers and researchers working in this area. Better alignment between evolving public health approaches and the HIV counselling and testing legal/policy frameworks (and the internal coherence of domestic frameworks) would better serve children, their parents and those who work with them.

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