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HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 7(2–3) December 2002
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

FEATURES

• The 1^st Annual Awards for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
• House of Commons Committee Releases Report on Canada’s Drug Strategy
• HIV/AIDS in Prisons: Recent Developments

• Canada Refuses to Issue a Visa to an HIV-Positive Worker on Antiretroviral Drugs
• Supervised Injection Sites: Minister of Health Ready to Review Applications for Pilot Research Projects
• Minister Reaffirms Commitment to Provide Medical Marijuana, but Delays Continue
• Canada Will Have a National HIV Vaccine Plan
• Senate Committee Calls for Major New Spending on Health Care
• Provinces Create Centralized System for Assessing New Drugs
• Regulators Deny Access to Experimental Hepatitis C Drug
• Medical Association Calls for Routine HIV Testing of Pregnant Women
• HIV Study among Pregnant Aboriginal Women Raises Concerns
• Vancouver Police Raid Needle Exchange Run by Drug Users
• Studies Document Gender Differences in HIV Risk and Impact

• RCMP Lay Charges in Tainted-Blood Scandal
• Spitting Incident Leads to Renewed Calls for Mandatory Testing
• Alberta Gets a Second Methadone Clinic
• Youth Prevented from Giving Out Condoms at a Catholic Festival
• NWT Prohibits Discrimination Based on Gender Identity

• Chinese Scholars Call for AIDS Rules Based on Respect for Individual Rights
• ILO Training for Industrial Court Judges
• International Forums
• African Regional Meeting on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
• Nigeria Health Rights Group Provides Legal Support
• Legislative Initiatives in the Asia Pacific Region
• HIV/AIDS Discrimination in the Asia Pacific Region
• Police Abuses Hinder HIV Prevention in Cambodia and India
• HIV Testing: Progress in Hungary, Problems in Russia
• El Salvador: Legislature Removes Law Allowing Pre-employment HIV Testing

• South Africa: Highest Court Orders Government to Provide Antiretrovirals to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission
• Update to International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
• UN Commission on Human Rights Adopts Resolutions on Access to Medication, Right to Health
• WHO Initiatives to Increase Access to Treatment in Developing Countries
• Global Fund Decides to Promote Use of Generic Drugs
• UK Commission Concludes International Patent Laws Hinder Access to Medicines in Developing Countries
• Thailand: Successful Challenge to Invalid Patent Claim on Antiretrovirals
• China: Government Issues Licences for Three Antiretrovirals
• Kenya: Legislative Amendments Ease Imports of Generic Drugs
• South Africa: Voluntary Licence to Generic Drug Company for Nevirapine
• South Africa: TAC, COSATU and Allies File Complaint of Excessive Pricing
• WTO: US and Argentina Settle Dispute over Patents and Data Protection
• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Hearing on Access to Treatment in Latin America and the Caribbean

• BC Court Orders Government to Pay for Treatment
• Discrimination in Same-Sex Survivor Amendments to the Canada Pension Plan
• Supreme Court Denies Leave to Appeal in Tainted-Blood Case
• Supreme Court Denies Leave to Appeal in Medical Marijuana Charter Challenge
• Vancouver Island Compassion Club President Receives Absolute Discharge
• BC Court of Appeal Refuses to Reduce Sentence for HIV-Positive Prisoner
• Criminal Law and HIV Transmission/Exposure: More New Cases

• An Advocacy and Political Conference Produces a Consensus: Effective Action Is Urgently Required
• Global Battle Cry: Health is a Right, Not a Commodity
• The Need for Harm-Reduction Approaches in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
• Using the Law to Improve Access to Treatments
• Introducing ARVs in Resource-Poor Settings: Challenges and Consequences
• "I Have No Watch, But I Haven’t Missed a Dose"
• Advancing Research and Access to HIV Vaccines: A Framework for Action
• Juggling Individual and Collective Concerns with Respect to HIV/AIDS Policies
• Toward a More Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS
• HIV Testing for Peacekeeping Forces: Legal and Human Rights Issues
• HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma and Discrimination:A Conceptual Framework
• Barcelona 2002: Abstracts on Legal, Ethical, and Human Rights Issues

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