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HIV & human rights : Legal and policy perspectives on HIV and human rights in the Caribbean

Title
HIV & human rights : Legal and policy perspectives on HIV and human rights in the Caribbean / edited by George Alleyne and Rose-Marie Belle Antoine.
Publication
Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Alleyne, G. A. O.
  • Antoine, Rose-Marie Belle
  • University of the West Indies.
  • Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS.
  • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
  • Symposium on HIV and Human Rights (2010 : Cave Hill, Barbados)
Description
ix, 211 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Alternative Title
Legal and policy perspectives on HIV and human rights in the Caribbean
Subject
  • Human rights > Caribbean Area > Congresses
  • HIV-positive persons > Civil rights > Caribbean Area > Congresses
  • AIDS (Disease) > Patients > Civil rights > Caribbean Area > Congresses
  • HIV infections > Social aspects > Caribbean Area > Congresses
  • HIV infections > Government policy > Caribbean Area > Congresses
  • HIV-positive persons > Medical care > Caribbean Area > Congresses
  • HIV-positive persons > Employment > Caribbean Area > Congresses
  • Sex discrimination against women > Caribbean Area > Congresses
Note
  • This book is the outcome of the Symposium on HIV and Human Rights (held 13-14 September to the Universiy of the West Indies in Cave Hill, Barbados) organized by the University of the West Indies together with the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) -- from the foreword.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / George Alleyne -- HIV, AIDS and human rights: A Barbados governmental perspective / Freundel J. Stuart -- Reflections on reducing the gap between "promise and reality" / Edward Greene -- Making a change: Discrimination and stigma against people living with HIV or AIDS / Susan Timberlake -- Human rights and the Caribbean constitution / Simeon C.R. McIntosh -- The responsibility of parliamentarians in shaping and promoting the human rights agenda on HIV and AIDS: Promoting human rights for all / Anne Peters and Juliette Bynoe- Sutherland -- Pragmatic approaches to HIV and human rights with special emphasis on employment / Rose-Marie Belle Antoine -- HIV and human rights: The role of international organizations / Amalia Del Riego -- Current legal and institutional responses to HIV stigma and discrimination / F. Ayana Hypolite -- HIV, AIDS and human rights in the Caribbean: An international perspective / Clare K. Roberts -- A snapshot of legal and institutional responses to HIV and human rights in the Caribbean / Veronica S.P. Cenac -- Discrimination and access to treatment of HIV and AIDS / Douglas Slater -- HIV infection and the AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean: HIV transmission, treatment and prevention / Michel de Groulard -- HIV and AIDS in the workplace: Business coalitions / Colin T. Brewer -- Discrimination and access to treatment / Yolanda Simon -- Human rights needs of people living with HIV or AIDS / Suzette M. Moses-Burton -- Human rights, HIV and sexual reproductive health: A support group of PLWHA mothers speaks to issues of their reproductive health and health care / Rosemary Stone -- Addressing the capacity- building needs of people living with HIV or AIDS: A critical element in the response / Ainsley Reid.
Call Number
Sc E 13-1144
ISBN
  • 9789766403140
  • 9766403147
OCLC
856525678
Title
HIV & human rights : Legal and policy perspectives on HIV and human rights in the Caribbean / edited by George Alleyne and Rose-Marie Belle Antoine.
Publisher
Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Alleyne, G. A. O., editor.
Antoine, Rose-Marie Belle, editor.
University of the West Indies.
Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS.
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
Symposium on HIV and Human Rights (2010 : Cave Hill, Barbados)
Research Call Number
Sc E 13-1144
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