eLesson 5
All Global Fund grant agreements list five human rights standards that implementers must meet:
Non-discriminatory access to services
Using only scientifically sound or approved medicines or medical practices
Not employing methods that constitute torture or that are cruel, inhuman or degrading
Protecting patient consent, confidentiality and the right to privacy
Avoiding medical detention or involuntary isolation
Not allowing HIV+ patients the same treatment as others
Sharing or selling private patient medical records
Discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender
eLesson on human rights violations:
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The promotion and protection of human rights is essential for expanding access to health services, especially for key populations and those who are most vulnerable.
Discriminating against individuals because of their status prevents medicines and services from reaching the people who need them the most. Additionally, the fear of torture or the invasion of privacy may deter people from seeking help through Global Fund financed programs.
The Global Fund works with implementers in country to ensure the protection and promotion of human rights is achieved through three actions: the integration of human rights throughout the grant cycle, increased investment in programs that remove barriers to accessing health services, and ensuring that the Global Fund does not support programs that infringe human rights.
eLesson on human rights violations:
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Human rights violations can have the following red flags:
People living with HIV/AIDS are refused treatment because of their sexual orientation
Experimental treatments are tested on people without regulatory approval
HIV or tuberculosis treatments are withheld from prisoners as a punishment
Doctors tell a patient’s family that the patient is HIV positive
A tuberculosis patient is jailed without choices to carry out less intrusive care
Clinics refuse treatments to sex workers and people who inject drugs
eLesson on human rights violations:
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Real case studies of human rights violations from our archives
04.12.2015
The Global Fund received a report about poor conditions for prisoners and people held in pre-trial detention centers. Some of the individuals were in need of care and treatment for both HIV and TB.
eLesson on human rights violations:
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Is this a human rights violation? |
YES |
NO |
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Members of the LGTBI community are denied access to a health facility | ||
Counterfeit condoms are found in a health facility | ||
Programmatic data is falsified, to inflate the number of patients on treatment |