Children Confronting HIV/Aids
Charting the Confluence of Rights and Health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12440410 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Tarantola (corresponding author), Sofia Gruskin (0000-0002-2418-011X) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 60-60 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health and Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1079-0969 • E-ISSN: 2150-4113 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/4065285 |
| PMID | 10347375 |
| OpenAlex | W74911767 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
From a child rights perspective, HIV/AIDS serves to illuminate how cultural norms and legal precepts facilitate or constrain the protection of the child from HIV infection and from its individual and collective impacts. Recognition of human rights in the design, implementation, and evaluation of governmental policy can point the way toward actions which are not only necessary but, in public health terms, most effective. This article summarizes the three situations -- children infected, affected, and vulnerable -- and three levels of governmental obliations -- to respect, protect, and fulfill rights -- which should be considered when identifying children's specific needs and rights in the context of HIV/AIDS. The article then proposes a method to analyze systematically the confluence between HIV/AIDS and children's rights, creating opportunities for a synergy between those involved in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and research, and others engaged to the promotion and protection of the rights of the child
Child Rights · Context (archaeology · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Human rights · Law and economics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Public relations · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Computer Science · Law · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Sex work and related issues · Virology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2013 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |