Since the emergence of the HIV epidemic, the call for HIV disclosure has been around. And with that call for total disclosure comes controversy. Some feel disclosure is an absolute necessity to maintain the public health. Others feel it is a private matter and forcing disclosure would be a breach of confidentiality. What do you think? What Do You Think and Why
Mandatory HIV Disclosure
- The rights and health of everybody should be considered, if an HIV+ person is going to have sex with a partner, he/she has an obligation to disclosure to that would be partner, there are cases where HIV+ are more concerned protecting their privacy than the health and well being of their partners....so YES, they should disclose.
- —Guest evergreen
The Scarlet Letter
- forcing disclosure of one's HIV status is akin to sewing a scarlet 'A' on all their clothing and shunning them as much as possible. There are not enough HIV education programs available - especially in rural areas - to adequately inform the general population what is true and what has been imagined by those that saw but were not affected by the huge numbers of deaths when HIV and AIDS reared their ugly heads. The only thing that will remove the stigma of individuals living with HIV/AIDS is teaching as many people as possible the facts about the disease. It is not 1984 any more. We know how to treat this, and HIV+ are living longer and having a normal life.
- —Guest tjc1204
mandatory disclosure
- yes status shiuld be disclosed because no one should be allowed to determine when or how you die
- —Guest calloway
Shared confidentiality
- In view of psycho-social changes involved with HIV test results,a client who tests positive will most probably decline to disclose their positive status even to their spouses..therefore there's need to protect the spouse(in a legal marriage or cohabitation)by sharing the status with them and consequently having them test theirs too especially in the Kenyan society.
- —Guest Felix Munene University of Nairobi
mandatory disclosure
- IDON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE UNLESS YOU ARE PLANNING TO HAVE SEX WITH THA PERSON
- —Guest lorna henry
mandatory HIV disclosure
- for couples / intending couples. for casual affairs,hiv + person mus guard against infecting his / her partner.
- —Guest ibrahim rasheed
