Report of the Criminalization of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections
- Author: WHO technical consultation, in collaboration with the European AIDS Treatment Group and AIDS Action Europe on the crimin
Summary
In October 2006, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe convened the first in a series of technical consultations on the criminalization of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) transmission and exposure. The consultation brought together representatives of organizations of people living with HIV/AIDS, non-governmental technical experts from European Member States, WHO and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). They identified urgent needs for further collaborative action, including a WHO or United Nations position statement, by sharing experiences from select European countries.
