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UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
Women in Zimbabwe push for HIV status disclosure law
June 15th, 2005
Zimbabwean women have called for legislation that compels spouses to reveal their HIV status to their partners, reports the UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN; www.irin.org). Delegates at a May 2005 meeting on gender violence and human rights in the capital, Harare, expressed concern over the dangers that could result from a married person's HIV status being considered "private and confidential" by the country's current Sexual Offenses Act. "When a man is treated for a sexually transmitted disease, health workers are quick to inform him to bring his wife along to also be treated. The same should be done in the case of HIV. We have many...
Source: Physician Law Weekly (2005-06-15)
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