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. 2015 Dec 1;18(6Suppl 5):20290. doi: 10.7448/IAS.18.6.20290

Table 2.

Human rights aspects addressed by peer-reviewed articles included in the review

Author(s) Year Title Human right(s) and/or rights-related issue(s) addressed
C. Barroso & S. Sippel 2011 Sexual and reproductive health and rights: integration as a holistic and rights-based response to HIV/AIDS Discrimination; equality; human rights violations; reproductive and sexual rights; rights-based approach; quality; women's rights
C. Beyrer, S. Baral, D. Kerrigan, N. El-Bassel, L.-G. Bekker and D. D. Celentano 2011 Expanding the space: inclusion of most-at-risk populations in HIV prevention, treatment, and care services Accessibility; criminalization; discrimination; human rights principles; participation
C. H. Logie, L. James, W. Tharao and M. R. Loutfy 2011 HIV, gender, race, sexual orientation, and sex work: a qualitative study of intersectional stigma experienced by HIV-positive women in Ontario, Canada Accessibility; discrimination
H. MacGregor and E. Mills 2011 Framing rights and responsibilities: accounts of women with a history of AIDS activism Accessibility; gender inequality; privacy and confidentiality; reproductive and sexual rights; right to health
E. Mykhalovskiy 2011 The problem of “significant risk”: exploring the public health impact of criminalizing HIV non-disclosure Criminalization; privacy and confidentiality
P. Orner, M. d. Bruyn and D. Cooper 2011 “It hurts, but I don't have a choice, I'm not working and I'm sick”: decisions and experiences regarding abortion of women living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa Discrimination; laws/policies; 3AQ
P. J. Orner, M. de Bruyn, R. M. Barbosa, H. Boonstra, J. Gatsi-Mallet and D. D. Cooper 2011 Access to safe abortion: building choices for women living with HIV and AIDS Accessibility; laws/policies; reproductive and sexual rights
G. Anderson, G. Caswell, O. Edwards, A. Hsieh, B. Hull, C. Mallouris, … C. Nöstlinger 2012 Community voices: barriers and opportunities for programmes to successfully prevent vertical transmission of HIV identified through consultations among people living with HIV Accessibility; human rights violations; participation; privacy and confidentiality; quality; reproductive and sexual rights
R. M. Barbosa, A. A. Pinho, N. S. Santos and W. V. Villela 2012 Exploring the relationship between induced abortion and HIV infection in Brazil Accessibility; laws/policies; quality; reproductive and sexual rights
M. de Bruyn 2012 HIV, unwanted pregnancy and abortion – where is the human rights approach? Accessibility; discrimination; human rights; laws/policies; reproductive rights; women's rights
O. Erhabor, C.I. Akani, & C.E. Eyindah 2012 Reproductive health options among HIV-infected persons in the low-income Niger Delta of Nigeria Discrimination; laws/policies; reproductive and sexual rights; 3AQ
Z. Essack and A. Strode 2012 I feel like half a woman all the time: the impacts of coerced and forced sterilisations on HIV-positive women in South Africa Discrimination; human rights violations; informed consent; reproductive and sexual rights
S. Fried, B. Harrison, K. Starcevich, C. Whitaker and T. O'Konek 2012 Integrating interventions on maternal mortality and morbidity and HIV: a human rights-based framework and approach Accountability; discrimination; gender inequality; human rights violations; participation; right to health; 3AQ
E. Ghanotakis, D. Peacock and R. Wilcher 2012 The importance of addressing gender inequality in efforts to end vertical transmission of HIV Accessibility; gender inequality
A. Gibbs, E. T. Crone, S. Willan and J. Mannell 2012 The inclusion of women, girls and gender equality in National Strategic Plans for HIV and AIDS in southern and eastern Africa Accessibility; accountability; gender inequality; laws/policies; reproductive and sexual rights
A. Gibbs, M. Mushinga, E. T. Crone, S. Willan and J. Mannell 2012 How do national strategic plans for HIV and AIDS in southern and eastern Africa address gender-based violence? A women's rights perspective Human rights violations; laws/policies; women's rights
C. H. Logie, L. James, W. Tharao and M. R. Loutfy 2012 We don't exist: a qualitative study of marginalization experienced by HIV-positive lesbian, bisexual, queer and transgender women in Toronto, Canada Accessibility; discrimination; participation; quality
S. MacCarthy, J. J. K. Rasanathan, L. Ferguson and S. Gruskin 2012 The pregnancy decisions of HIV-positive women: the state of knowledge and way forward Participation; reproductive and sexual rights; 3AQ
L. J. Messersmith, K. Semrau, T.L. Anh, N.N. Trang, D.M. Hoa, K. Eifler, & L. Sabin 2012 Women living with HIV in Vietnam: desire for children, use of sexual and reproductive health services, and advice from providers Accessibility; discrimination; human rights violations; reproductive and sexual rights
G. Paz-Bailey, V. I. Fernandez, S. Morales Miranda, J. O. Jacobson, S. Mendoza, M. A. Paredes, D. C. Danaval, D. Mabey and E. Monterroso 2012 Unsafe sexual behaviours among HIV-positive men and women in Honduras: the role of discrimination, condom access, and gender Accessibility; discrimination; gender inequality
M. M. Schaan, M. Taylor, J. Puvimanasinghe, L. Busang, K. Keapoletswe and R. Marlink 2012 Sexual and reproductive health needs of HIV-positive women in Botswana – a study of health care worker's views Discrimination; 3AQ
J. A. Smit, K. Church, C. Milford, A. D. Harrison and M. E. Beksinska 2012 Key informant perspectives on policy- and service-level challenges and opportunities for delivering integrated sexual and reproductive health and HIV care in South Africa Accessibility; laws/policies
A. Strode, S. Mthembu and Z. Essack 2012 She made up a choice for me: 22 HIV-positive women's experiences of involuntary sterilization in two South African provinces Discrimination; informed consent; reproductive and sexual rights
C. J. Badul and A. Strode 2013 LM and Others v Government of the Republic of Namibia: the first sub-Saharan African case dealing with coerced sterilisations of HIV-positive women – Quo vadis? Discrimination; human rights violations; informed consent
S. Bott and C. M. Obermeyer 2013 The social and gender context of HIV disclosure in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of policies and practices Criminalization; human rights; laws/policies; privacy and confidentiality
B. Chimphamba Gombachika, E. Chirwa, A. Malata, J. Sundby and H. Fjeld 2013 Reproductive decisions of couples living with HIV in Malawi: what can we learn for future policy and research studies? Accessibility; availability; laws/policies
K. Church, A. Wringe, P. Fakudze, J. Kikuvi, D. Simelane and S. H. Mayhew 2013 Are integrated HIV services less stigmatizing than stand-alone models of care? A comparative case study from Swaziland Discrimination; 3AQ
G. G. Eamer and G. E. Randall 2013 Barriers to implementing WHO's exclusive breastfeeding policy for women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: an exploration of ideas, interests and institutions Accessibility; availability; laws/policies; participation
T. Kendall 2013 Falling short of universal access to reproductive health: unintended pregnancy and contraceptive use among Mexican women with HIV Accessibility; discrimination; reproductive rights
E. J. King, S. Maman, J. M. Bowling, K. E. Moracco and V. Dudina 2013 The influence of stigma and discrimination on female sex workers’ access to HIV services in St. Petersburg, Russia Accessibility; discrimination; quality
A. K. Laar 2013 Reproductive rights and options available to women infected with HIV in Ghana: perspectives of service providers from three Ghanaian health facilities Quality; reproductive rights
M. Loutfy, U. Sonnenberg-Schwan, S. Margolese, & L. Sherr 2013 A review of reproductive health research, guidelines and related gaps for women living with HIV Accessibility; discrimination; reproductive rights
M. Malta and C. Beyrer 2013 The HIV epidemic and human rights violations in Brazil Discrimination; laws/policies; rights-based approach
K. Clouse, S. Schwartz, A. Van Rie, J. Bassett, N. Yende and A. Pettifor 2014 What they wanted was to give birth; nothing else: barriers to retention in option B plus HIV care among postpartum women in South Africa Accessibility; discrimination; laws/policies
S. MacCarthy, J. J. K. Rasanathan, A. Crawford-Roberts, I. Dourado and S. Gruskin 2014 Contemplating abortion: HIV-positive women's decision to terminate pregnancy Laws/policies; reproductive and sexual rights; 3AQ
P. Madhivanan, K. Krupp, V. Kulkarni, S. Kulkarni, N. Vaidya, R. Shaheen, … C. Fisher 2014 HIV testing among pregnant women living with HIV in India: are private healthcare providers routinely violating women's human rights? Discrimination; human rights violations; informed consent; privacy and confidentiality; rights-based approach; right to health; quality
S. Malavé, J. Ramakrishna, E. Heylen, S. Bharat and M. L. Ekstrand 2014 Differences in testing, stigma, and perceived consequences of stigmatization among heterosexual men and women living with HIV in Bengaluru, India Gender inequality
E. Marsicano, R. Dray-Spira, F. Lert, C. Aubriere, B. Spire and C. Hamelin 2014 Multiple discriminations experienced by people living with HIV in France: results from the ANRS-Vespa2 study Discrimination
S. A. Spangler, M. Onono, E. A. Bukusi, C. R. Cohen, & J. M. Turan 2014 HIV-positive status disclosure and use of essential PMTCT and maternal health services in rural Kenya Women's rights
M. G. van Dijk, K. S. Wilson, M. Silva, X. Contreras, H. D. Fukuda and S. G. Garcia 2014 Health care experiences of HIV-infected women with fertility desires in Mexico: a qualitative study Discrimination; quality; reproductive rights