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Treatment programs that meet the needs of key populations such as sex workers and trans populations are needed. Recent WHO guidelines (WHO, 2014b) have noted that key populations living with HIV should have the same access to ART and ART management as other populations.
Provision and Access
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Interventions are needed to foster the involvement of HIV-positive women and promote cooperation between people living with HIV and AIDS and health care facilities, government and other agencies creating HIV-related programs and policies. Studies found that little cooperation existed between HIV-positive women and health facilities but that efforts have been underway to educate parliamentarians concerning HIV-positive women’s issues.
Promoting Women’s Leadership
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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
1 study
Interventions are needed to provide sex workers with greater control and access over money and resources, which can have a positive impact on HIV-related risk reduction. Studies found that if sex workers had access to resources under their control, women were more likely to negotiate condom use and that female sex workers in debt were less likely to report condom use.
Female Sex Workers
1 study
Clear policies and legislation supporting access to information and sexuality education are needed to reduce the risk of HIV transmission among young people. Studies found that sex education was lacking, particularly among street children who are at high risk of HIV acquisition.
Mitigating Risk
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Youth-friendly services are needed within schools to increase access to condoms and/or HIV testing for those who are sexually active. A study found that youth in numerous countries do not have information or access to condoms within school systems.
Increasing Access to Services
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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