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ILO/WHO guidelines on health services and HIV/AIDS, 2005-
- Glossary p. XI 21, 25: Discrimination: In these guidelines, defined in accordance with the ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), and includes HIV status. It also includes discrimination on the basis of a worker's perceived HIV status, including discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation.
- 21: The scale of occupational risk in the health sector is unclear, in part because of the stigma and blame attached to the reporting of sharps injuries and the lack of available post-exposure prophylaxis.
- 25: Stigma and discrimination - by health-care workers towards other health-care workers, towards patients, or by employers towards health-care workers - are a serious issue in many health-care settings, undermining the provision of care as well as programmes for prevention. They take a variety of forms and can result in treatment being delayed, inappropriate or withheld, and in breaches of confidentiality, inappropriate and unethical behaviour and the use of excessive precautions.
ILO/WHO PEP guidelines, 2008- Sections 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3:
- 2.2.1 Non-discrimination A non-discriminatory approach to service accessibility, information provision and education is critical and must underpin any policy or operational guidelines on HIV PEP. The ILO code of practice on HIV and the world of work and several other international human rights instruments provide detailed guidance regarding consent, confidentiality and access to information and health care services on a non- discriminatory basis. The policy for eligibility for PEP should always be founded on the principle of equity. Decisions about whether or not to offer post-exposure prophylaxis should be based purely on clinical considerations of risk and should not be tied in any way to a person's decision to file a police report or to pursue legal action. Individuals should be assessed for PEP regardless of their involvement in any activities considered to be illegal by national legislation, such as injecting drug use, sex work or men having sex with men. Nor should there be any barriers to access for financial or administrative reasons. Non-citizens (such as refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless people) should have equal access to health care, including PEP, in the country in which they are currently residing or staying.
UNAIDS International guidelines on HIV and Human Rights:
- 30. States should also ensure that their laws, policies, programmes and practices do not exclude, stigmatize or discriminate against people living with HIV or their families, either on the basis of their HIV status or on other grounds contrary to international or domestic human rights norms, with respect to their entitlement or access to health-care goods, services and information
- 61. States should take measures to reduce the vulnerability, stigmatization and discrimination that surround HIV and promote a supportive and enabling environment by addressing underlying prejudices and inequalities within societies and a social environment conducive to positive behaviour change. An essential part of this enabling environment involves the empowerment of women, youth and other vulnerable groups to deal with HIV by taking measures to improve UNAIDS OHCHR 56 their social and legal status, involving them in the design and implementation of programmes and assisting them to mobilize their communities. The vulnerability of some groups is due to their limited access to resources, information, education and lack of autonomy. Special programmes and measures should be designed to increase access. In many countries, community-based organizations and NGOs have already begun the process of creating a supportive and enabling environment in their response to the HIV epidemic. Governments must recognize these efforts and lend moral, legal, financial and political support to strengthen them.
- 62: States should promote the wide and ongoing distribution of creative education, training and media programmes explicitly designed to change attitudes of discrimination and stigmatization associated with HIV to understanding and acceptance.