Ensuring Sexual and Reproductive Health for People Living with HIV: An Overview of Key Human Rights, Policy and Health Systems Issues

Sexual relations and childbearing decisions of HIV-discordant couples: an exploratory study in South Africa and Tanzania

“…2,3,44,45 Sexual and reproductive health needs are frequently not addressed by health care providers, and it is difficult for HIV-positive women to get appropriate information and support from family planning clinics or maternity services. 20,22,36,46,47 Health worker attitudes and behaviour play a major role in the sexual health and childbearing decisions of people with HIV. 36,[48][49][50] Policy debates have also largely ignored the sexuality of people living with HIV, with programmes limited to helping pregnant women avoid transmitting the virus to their children.…”

“…[14][15][16][17][18][19] However, providing reproductive assistance to discordant couples is often not feasible in resource-constrained settings and there has been little policy and programmatic focus or guidance to ensure access to these sexual and reproductive health services within a human rights framework. [20][21][22] In 2007, the Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) requested the South African Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to conduct an exploratory study to gather information about the psychosocial experiences of couples in long-term HIV serodiscordant relationships. The purpose of the study was to inform the HIV prevention and advocacy programmes of GNP+ and others of the challenges faced by individuals in discordant relationships, and the support that partners are able to provide to one another to protect their mutual health.…”

Sexual and reproductive health and rights in Latin America: an analysis of trends, commitments and achievements

“…1,71 In 2002, donors had mobilized only 46% of the global target for that year, and although by 2004, the 10th anniversary of ICPD, donor assistance met initial goals, 72 it was discovered that the original estimates were too low:…”

“…En este artículo se utilizan elementos de un marco creado por Gruskin et al 1 , el cual analiza los factores interconectados que afectan la salud sexual y reproductiva de las personas que viven con VIH. Utilizamos y adaptamos algunos de estos elementos para examinar hasta qué punto se han realizado los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en Latinoamérica desde 1994.…”

A Social Ecological Approach to Exploring Barriers to Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services among Couples Living with HIV in Southern Malawi

“…Since HIV has myriad effects on the reproductive health of both men and women [19], several authors situate reproductive health, HIV, and AIDS in the arena of public health, consequently, recommending application of theories that can provide this scope to analyze the social and cultural issues involved in couples living with HIV (CLWH) reproductive decisions [19][20][21]. One way is through use of the social ecological Model (SEM).…”