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Protection of access to essential treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda from a human rights perspective
Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/1170 Protection of access to essential treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda from a human rights perspective Twinomugisha, Ben Kiromba Trillo Diaz, Liliana UCTD Access to health care Access to medical treatment Right to health care Human rights HIV/AIDS africa HIV infected persons Anti-retroviral drugs Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2005. [Prepared under the supervision of] Dr. Ben Kiromba Twinomugisha, Makerere University "Although the number of new infections has dramatically decreased during the last ten years, portraying this country [Uganda] as the 'AIDS miracle', the number of people already infected and progressing to AIDS is increasing. Acces to anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, as well as to medicines for treatment of opportunistic infections (TOI), is essential for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) to enjoy their right to life and health. Although access to these essentail medicines forms part of the core content of the right to health, which states should be able to provide irrespective of their available resources, slightly more than half of the people in need in Uganda were accessing them in June 2005. Of 63,896 PLWHA accessing ARVs, still 83.5 percent are paying the medicines out of their pockets. This is despite the fact that Uganda receives funds from various sources, among which Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF) and the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Although the cost of ARV treatment in Uganda has dramatically decreased since 1997, the price of treatment remains still unaffordable for most Ugandans. ... This study comprises five chapters. The present chapter exposes the problem, the objectives of the study and the research questions, reviews the literature available on the subject, outlines the study's structure, proposes a methodology and points out the study's limitations and relevance. Chapter two sets out the international legal framework of the study. It oulines the scope of the right of PLWHA to access to essential treatment under different international instruments of relevance for Uganda and its connection with other human rights. The chapter also assesses the implications of this right for state and non-state actors. Chapter three sets out the national legal, policy and judicial framework. It explores the action taken by the various branches of the government in addressing the international obligations with regard to access essential treatment. This chapter will also look at the role played by other relevant stakeholders in the realisation of this right in Uganda. Chapter four analyses the various obstacles that impede the realisation of this right at national level, taking into account the globalisation process, the political situation of Uganda, as well as other socio-economic factors. Chapter five provides the final conclusions and recommends legal, judicial and administrative channels towards the realisation of the right to access essential treatment for OLWHA in Uganda." -- Introduction. http://www.chr.up.ac.za/academic_pro/llm1/dissertations.html Centre for Human Rights LLM 2006-11-28T11:35:05Z 2006-11-28T11:35:05Z Oct-05 2005 Mini Dissertation Trillo Diaz, L 2005, Protection of access to essential treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda from a human rights perspective, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1170> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1170 en LLM Dissertations 2005(23) Centre for Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Pretoria 337867 bytes application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Access to health care Access to medical treatment Right to health care Human rights HIV/AIDS africa HIV infected persons Anti-retroviral drugs Protection of access to essential treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda from a human rights perspective |
| title | Protection of access to essential treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda from a human rights perspective |
| title_full | Protection of access to essential treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda from a human rights perspective |
| title_fullStr | Protection of access to essential treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda from a human rights perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Protection of access to essential treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda from a human rights perspective |
| title_short | Protection of access to essential treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda from a human rights perspective |
| title_sort | protection of access to essential treatment for people living with hiv aids in uganda from a human rights perspective |
| topic | UCTD Access to health care Access to medical treatment Right to health care Human rights HIV/AIDS africa HIV infected persons Anti-retroviral drugs |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1170 |