Reporting
Reporting these casesallow local and state officials to
track the epidemic. It assists in providing effective
planning, intervention, and efforts to reduce the
transmission of HIV to other people.
Another important reason for reporting cases is that it
helps assure that people living with HIV are receiving
treatments as early as possible.
3.
Also, that exposedpartners to the virus receive
HIV testing.
Case counts determine federal funding for HIV
prevention.
Surveillance of complete and accurate data is
done
4.
Reportable HIV &AIDS Requirements
Providers who diagnose a person with HIV and
AIDS are responsible to report these “confidential”
cases to the local health jurisdiction and do so in
a timely manner.
Cases not reportable are positive HIV results
obtained through anonymous testing.
But a positive test obtained from someone who
seeks medical care for conditions related to HIV or
AIDS is required to report.
5.
Notifying Spouses
This notificationinvolves counseling the
individual who tested positive about the
importance of notifying their spouses or
partners.
They will be given the choice to do it
themselves or allow the health care provider
to do it for them.
6.
Confidentiality
All medical recordsmust be maintained in a
manner that protects the infected person.
Confidential testing involves the individual giving
their real name.
Results of the HIV antibody test can only be
known by that individual and the health care
provider performing the test.
Positive results become reportable to local public
health.
7.
Confidentiality entails allmedical information, including
HIV testing and HIV results. Information must not be
disclosed to anyone without an authorized signature on a
release form signed by the HIV-infected person. The only
exceptions include:
1.Information exchanged from one health care provider to
another health care provider for on-going medical care of
the patient.
2.A life-or-death emergency exists
3.A third-party payer—insurance providers for medical
payment
4.Reportable and notifiable conditions legally set under the
local health jurisdiction.
8.
Stigma, Discrimination and
Criminalization
Accordingto the Global AIDS Update 2016,
UNAIDS, ignorance and misunderstanding is
among the greatest challenges being faced as
they work toward the goal to end AIDS by 2030.
UNAIDS highlights the effects of stigma,
discrimination, and criminalization of people living
with HIV and has found in 2016 that 72 countries
have laws criminalizing HIV.
9.
Areas Covered byProtection Laws:
1.Employment
2.Rental, purchase or sale of apartment, house or real estate
3.Places of public accommodation (restaurants, theaters,
etc.)
4.Health care, legal services, home repairs, and other
personal services available to the general public
5.Applying for a loan or credit card, or other credit
transaction
6.Certain insurance transactions
