HIV/AIDS policy & law review / Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
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HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev · Dec 2008
Supreme Court of India approves government commitments on health care for people living with HIV.
In August 2008, the Government of India issued a list of directives with respect to its national response to HIV/AIDS. A panel of the Supreme Court approved the directives on 1 October 2008 and directed that all state governments comply with them. The panel's order also directed that the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) submit a progress report on compliance within four months. As a result, a legally binding framework for healthcare and treatment of people living with HIV now exists for all of India.
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HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev · Dec 2007
China: Two steps forward, one step back for new AIDS rights organization.
A new AIDS law centre has been established in China, and continues to operate, despite a pre-Olympics crackdown on AIDS groups by Chinese authorities.
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Drug treatment courts (DTCs), which are judicially mandated treatment alternatives to the incarceration of illicit drug offenders, were introduced in Canada in late 1998. Recent announcements from the federal government suggest that the drug treatment court model will continue to operate and expand in a number of Canadian jurisdictions. Two major evaluations of these programs--in Vancouver and Toronto--have been conducted. ⋯ Werb et al. analyze the results of these evaluations. Their analysis reveals that, despite the evaluations, little is known regarding the success of DTCs in contributing to the long-term reduction of drug use and recidivism among their participants; and that the cost-effectiveness of these programs requires further study. The authors conclude that further funding for DTCs in Canada should be dependent on the implementation of randomized controlled trials that measure the success of these programs in reducing drug use and recidivism in the long term; that measure the impact of DTCs on societal end-points such as rates of crime and incarceration of injection drug users; and that include components to measure the cost-effectiveness of DTCs compared with other interventions aimed at reducing the negative effects of problematic drug use and drug-related crime.
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HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev · Dec 2007
Documenting human rights violations against sex workers in Kenya.
The human rights of sex workers are an increasing concern for prominent women's rights organizations such as the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA). As FIDA-Kenya's MaryFrances Lukera writes, documenting human rights abuses against sex workers is critical to responding to Kenya's HIV epidemic.