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Chapter 10
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INTRODUCTION
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WHAT ARE HIV AND AIDS?
3
The different stages of HIV
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How do you get HIV?
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Who is at most risk of contracting HIV?
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How do you treat HIV and AIDS?
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How do HIV and AIDS impact on individuals and society?
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HIV/AIDS AND TB
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What is TB?
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What is the association between TB and HIV?
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How does TB spread?
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What factors affect TB transmission?
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What is the difference between TB infection and disease?
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What is drug-resistant TB?
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How can TB be recognised?
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Why is early diagnosis important?
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What are the symptoms of TB?
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How is TB treated?
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HIV/AIDS AND RIGHTS
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HEALTH AND MEDICAL RIGHTS
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Confidentiality
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HIV testing and informed consent
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The right to health care and medical treatment
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HIV/AIDS AND TB IN THE WORKPLACE
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Laws that give employees with HIV, AIDs and/or TB rights at work
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General rules about HIV and AIDS that apply in the workplace
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Code of Good Practice on HIV/AIDS and Employment
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What happens if you become too ill to work?
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When can TB patients return to work?
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Can TB patients go on leave?
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How can TB be prevented in the workplace?
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What can you do to protect your rights at work?
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WOMEN AND HIV/AIDS
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Rape and HIV infection
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Termination of pregnancy (Abortion)
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Sterilisation
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Commercial sex work
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Customary practices and HIV/AIDS
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Mother-to-child transmission of HIV
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LGBTQI+ PERSONS AND HIV/AIDS
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CHILDREN & YOUTH AND HIV/AIDS
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Discrimination and abuses faced by children (relating to HIV/AIDS)
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How does the law protect children (relating to HIV/AIDS)?
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Dealing with HIV/AIDS in schools
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Adoption, fostering and HIV/AIDS
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Children’s health rights and HIV/AIDS
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PRISONERS AND HIV/AIDS
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Prisoners’ rights and HIV/AIDS
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Some rights and rules about prisoners and HIV/AIDS
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The rights of accused people and HIV/AIDS
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Bail and sentencing for rape accused with HIV/AIDS
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SOCIAL SUPPORT AND MEDICAL CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS
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Disability grants for people with HIV/AIDS
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Grant-in-aid for people with HIV/AIDS
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Fast-tracking grants
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Other forms of relief for people with HIV/AIDS
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Insurance and HIV/AIDS
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HIV/AIDS STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SOUTH AFRICA
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The South African National Aids Council (SANAC)
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PROBLEMS
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Problem 1: Keeping medical information confidential
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Problem 2: Entry to school refused because of HIV status
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Problem 3: Dismissing a worker who is HIV-positive
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Problem 4: Refusing to employ an HIV-positive person
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Problem 5: Making a complaint about being refused medical care
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Problem 6: Applying for a disability grant
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COMMUNITY ACTION
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Running an HIV/AIDS and TB Awareness Campaign

Sterilisation

A woman with HIV cannot be sterilised unless she agrees to this. All women, including women with HIV, have the right to have children. If a woman with HIV chooses to get sterilised, the hospital must respect her decision. She does not have to discuss her decision with her husband or get his consent.

CONSENT TO STERILISATION

A woman of 18 years or older can consent on her own to sterilisation. As sterilisation is a medical operation, a girl under 18 must have the consent of her parents or legal guardians before a hospital will agree to the operation.