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Testing policies and guidelines
US: Free HIV tests for teens in public raise eyebrows

John Chittick, the cheery, unorthodox leader of an AIDS education group, started his testing effort in Virginia Beach last October. He has been testing teens and young adults on public streets and in city parks and bringing volunteers of his Norfolk-based TeenAIDS-PeerCorps to videotape those he approaches.

Published
06 June 2013
From
The Virginian-Pilot
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
China: Real-name AIDS testing creates controversy

A legislation requiring real-name registration for HIV testing in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has drawn criticism from experts and AIDS patients despite officials' promises to protect patients' privacy.

Published
04 June 2013
From
China.org.cn
PEP
Doctors call for law to protect them against HIV

Leading doctors are calling for a change in the law, so that unconscious patients can be tested for HIV if those treating them get injured.

Published
03 June 2013
From
The Telegraph
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
US: Blue Cross To Allow HIV/AIDS Patients to "Opt-Out" of Mandatory Mail-Order Rx Drug Program

Anthem Blue Cross patients with HIV/AIDS may "opt-out" of a program that would have required them to obtain their medications by mail order under a settlement announced today by Consumer Watchdog and Whatley Kallas LLC. Blue Cross members who opt-out can continue purchasing such medications at a retail pharmacy.

Published
24 May 2013
From
PR Newswire (press release)
UK health services
Wales: HIV patients are at risk of being identified because of new prescribing system

HIV patients who are forced to report to hospital every month for a prescription could be forced into a situation where they have to reveal their condition to an employer.

Published
23 May 2013
From
Wales Online
Testing policies and guidelines
Complaints over Kaiser Permanente's involuntary HIV screening may hint of things to come: critics

For some people HIV testing remains a touchy subject, while others only want to be tested anonymously for privacy reasons. But Kaiser says that despite member complaints, the test records won't be deleted. Critics say the episode is a taste of things to come.

Published
17 May 2013
From
Oregon Live
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Uganda: Govt Demands Students' HIV Status

Heads of schools are grappling with an unusual instruction, after the government ordered them to declare the HIV status of all their people, including students.

Published
22 April 2013
From
AllAfrica
HIV and criminal law
Promise by Kansas Officials Addresses HIV Quarantine Fears

A promise from health officials in Kansas has helped state legislators get by a dispute over a bill that advocates feared could lead to people with HIV/AIDS being quarantined, The Kansas City Star reports.

Published
16 April 2013
From
Poz magazine news
Human rights
Botswana’s draconian Public Health Bill approved by Parliament, BONELA will challenge it as unconstitutional once President signs into law

Very disappointing news from Botswana. The Public Health Bill – including all of its draconian provisions on HIV – has been approved by Parliament.

Published
08 April 2013
From
HIV Justice Network
Clinical trials
Big pharma, big data

From the beginning of next year, the European Medicines Agency will release all information about clinical studies submitted to it by organisations seeking authorisation for new treatments. As this deadline approaches, heated parliamentary and legal debates are raging to determine how far this new culture of open access should go.

Published
05 April 2013
From
Financial Times
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