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Policy guidelines, including service delivery guidelines, need to specify how contraception should be addressed in HIV prevention, treatment and care. Studies found that many guidelines did not explicitly address family planning in VCT and PMTCT guidelines and that providers and policymakers felt they had insufficient knowledge.
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living With HIV
1 study
Health service providers must make additional efforts to ensure confidentiality regarding patient’s serostatus. [See also %{c:11}, %{c:15}, %{c:17}, and %{s:67}] Numerous studies found that health workers and the structure of health services, such as services that are only for HIV-positive patients in physically separate parts of hospitals, violate patient confidentiality. In addition, health providers who brought services to women’s homes also violated their confidentiality.
Structuring Health Services to Meet Women’s Needs
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Providers need training on meeting the contraceptive needs of women and couples with HIV, including providing non-directive, informed choice counseling and reducing stigma and discrimination for women living with HIV. [See also %{s:67}] Studies found that HIV-positive women were required to wait in separate waiting rooms and that because provider bias limited contraceptive options, providers needed additional training on the full range of contraceptive options. Other studies showed that providers have inaccurate knowledge concerning HIV and contraception.
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living With HIV
1 study
Interventions are needed to increase adherence for adolescents. Multiple studies from developed and developing countries reported young age as a risk factor for treatment interruption and that adolescents were less adherent to antiretroviral therapy than adults.
Adherence and Support
1 study
Women living with HIV need information and access to services for emergency contraception and post-abortion care (PAC) services. Studies found that women did not have adequate knowledge of emergency contraception, nor access to services for post-abortion care.
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living With HIV
1 study
Further interventions are needed to ensure that women, especially women living with HIV, are screened and treated for cervical pre-cancer and cancer. Studies found that women were not aware of and/or did not receive regular screening and treatment of cervical cancer, despite higher risk of developing cervical cancer.
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living With HIV
1 study
Additional efforts are needed to provide information and more contraceptive options for women living with HIV (or whose serostatus is unknown) who do not desire to have a child or wish to space the next pregnancy. The 2012 WHO guidelines on hormonal contraceptives and HIV should be widely disseminated to programs and providers. Studies found that many HIV-positive women had significant numbers of unintended pregnancies and that preferred contraceptive methods were not available.
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living With HIV
1 study
Programs must adhere to the longstanding international agreement to voluntarism, informed consent, and ensuring the right of individuals and couples to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children. Studies found that women living with HIV had been sterilized against their will, were pressured by providers to terminate a pregnancy, or were stigmatized for becoming pregnant. Studies also found that provision of antiretroviral therapy was conditional on using certain types of contraception. Litigation is currently being undertaken. A study found that HIV-positive women who accessed contraceptive services were not informed of the benefits of PMTCT programs in reducing vertical transmission.
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living With HIV
1 study