Should HIV be a notifiable disease? Old questions with some new arguments
Date
2014-09
Authors
Venter, W D F
Black, A
Allais, L
et al
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Abstract
HIV notification enters national debate regularly, often introduced by politicians and supported by many individual healthcare workers. We argue that its proponents advance confused or poorly informed rationales for making HIV notifiable. We present reasons why making HIV notifiable would be inappropriate in South Africa, why the public health benefits of a notification programme are not even likely, and why there are risks of public health and human rights harms.
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Keywords
HIV, South Africa, Disease notification
Citation
Venter ,W.D., Black ,A., Allias ,L. et al. 2014. Should HIV be a notifiable disease? Old questions with some new arguments. SAMJ;104(9):607-609