Document Type

Article

Department

Institute for Educational Development, East Africa

Abstract

The reach of HIV counseling and testing has grown rapidly since the 2000s, particularly since 2007 when provider-initiated counseling and testing was implemented alongside voluntary counseling and testing and testing for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission. Nevertheless, we still know little about the attendant practices of disclosing HIV-positive status. Persistently high rates of non-disclosure raise difficult ethical, public health and human rights issues. The articles in this special issue show that disclosure practices in Africa not only follow the public health rationality but are shaped by fears of stigma that favor secrecy. They show how practices of disclosure are embedded in social relationships. More specifically, they present disclosure practices at the intersection of five social spaces: international norms, national legislation and public health recommendations; household and family settings; couples' relationships; parental relationships; and relationships between health workers and PLWHA

Comments

This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.

Publication (Name of Journal)

SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

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