M8 HIV Laws Flashcards
refers to a health condition where there is a deficiency of the immune system that stems from infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) making an individual susceptible to opportunistic infections
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
refers to the treatment that stops or suppresses viral replication or replications of a retrovirus, like HIV, thereby slowing down the progression of infection
Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART)
refer to groups of nongovernmental and noncommercial individuals or legal entities that are engaged in non-coerced collective action around shared interests, purpose and values
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
refers to HIV testing imposed upon an individual characterized by lack of consent, use of force or intimidation, the use of testing as a prerequisite for employment or other purposes, and other circumstances when informed choice is absent
Compulsary HIV testing
refers to juridical entities legally organized to provide or arrange for the provision of pre-agreed or designated health care services to its enrolled members for a fixed pre-paid fee for a specified period of time
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
refers to the virus, of the type called retrovirus, which infects cells of the human immune system, and destroys or impairs the cells’ function. Infection with HIV results in the progressive deterioration of the immune system, leading to immune deficiency
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
refers to the interpersonal and dynamic communication process between a client and a trained counselor, who is bound by a code of ethics and practice, to resolve personal, social, or psychological problems and difficulties, whose objective in counseling, in the context of an HIV diagnosis, is to encourage the client to explore important personal issues, identify ways of coping with anxiety and stress, and plan for the future (keeping healthy, adhering to treatment, and preventing transmission); and in the context of a negative HIV test result, to encourage the client to explore motivations, options, and skills to stay HIV-negative.
HIV counseling
refers to any facility-based, mobile medical procedure, or community- based screening modalities that are conducted to determine the presence or absence of HIV in a person’s body. HIV testing is confidential, voluntary in nature, and must be accompanied by counseling prior to and after the testing, and conducted only with the informed consent of the person
HIV testing
refers to the core duty of medical practice where the information provided by the patient to health practitioners and his/her health status is kept private and is not divulged to third parties.
medical confidentiality
refers to the process by which the “index client”, “source”, or “patient”, who has a sexually transmitted infection (STI), including HIV, is given support in order to notify and advise the partners that have been exposed to infection
partner notification
refers to any individual diagnosed to be infected with HIV
Person Living with HIV (PLHIV)
refers to the use of prescription drugs as a strategy for the prevention of HIV infection by people who do not have HIV and AIDS. It is an optional treatment which may be taken by people who are HIV-negative but who have substantial, higher-than-average risk of contracting an HIV infection.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
refers to the process of providing an individual with information on the biomedical aspects of HIV and AIDS and emotional support to any psychological implications of undergoing HIV testing and the test result itself before the individual is subjected to the test
Pre-test counseling
refers to a preventive medical treatment started immediately after exposure to a pathogen (HIV) in order to prevent infection by the pathogen and the development of the disease
post-exposure prophylaxis
refers to the process of providing risk-reduction information and emotional support to a person who has submitted to HIV testing at the time the result is released
post-test counseling
