Military HIV Policy Assessment in Sub-Saharan Africa
| العنوان: | Military HIV Policy Assessment in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| المؤلفون: | Richard Shaffer, Braden R. Hale, Anne Thomas, Michael Grillo, Djeneba Audrey Djibo |
| المصدر: | Military Medicine. 179:773-777 |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Mandatory Testing, Developing country, HIV Infections, Communicable Diseases, Military medicine, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Environmental health, Humans, Mass Screening, Medicine, Military Medicine, Developing Countries, Africa South of the Sahara, Health policy, business.industry, Incidence, Public health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, HIV, virus diseases, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Military personnel, Military Personnel, business, Military deployment, Peacekeeping |
| الوصف: | While HIV/AIDS continues to inflict a heavy toll on African militaries, the military commitment and leadership response has been inconsistent, as reflected by variable presence of a written HIV policy. The Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program collaborates with most sub-Saharan military HIV/AIDS programs. In 2010, 28 invited countries (80%) completed a self-administered survey describing their program, including policy. Descriptive and nonparametric measures were calculated. The majority (57%) of respondents reported having a written military HIV policy. Of these, 86% included HIV testing, 88% required recruit testing, and 96% denied entry for those testing HIV-positive. Mandatory HIV testing was reported by 71%, occurring before deployments, peacekeeping missions, foreign training, and when clinically indicated. Southern African militaries were most likely to require HIV testing. The majority of militaries allowed deployment of HIV-positive personnel in-country, whereas few allowed foreign deployment. Most sub-Saharan militaries screen applicants for HIV and other diseases to determine duty fitness, resulting in near universal HIV negative recruit cohorts. No militaries discharge personnel from service if they acquire HIV. Legal challenges to military HIV policies may hinder finalization and dissemination of policies. Lack of HIV policies impedes routine testing and earlier care and treatment for HIV-infected personnel. |
| تدمد: | 1930-613X 0026-4075 |
| DOI: | 10.7205/milmed-d-13-00495 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::804e6398ca3217990dee4fc1b2d6f4b5 https://doi.org/10.7205/milmed-d-13-00495 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....804e6398ca3217990dee4fc1b2d6f4b5 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 1930613X 00264075 |
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| DOI: | 10.7205/milmed-d-13-00495 |