Mandatory HIV Testing for All Pregnant Women

Ensuring health of the nation

required component activities to ensure universal access to prevention and treatment of HIV
significant reduction in HIV-related morbidity and mortality
maximizing the ability of people with HIV to access treatment
preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (Bulled, 2016)
support the concept of universal access to knowledge about HIV status
providing antiretroviral treatment free of charge

Protecting rights of newborns

providing early treatment for a child
providing a child with the information about his possible HIV-status
early awareness of HIV positive status
linking tested people with HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services
reducing the number of new HIV infections (Bulled, 2016)
providing further consulting a child within the process of his/her growing

Possible scaling up voluntary testing

more willingness of women to pass voluntary HIV testing
more attention to the needs of adolescents in the provision of testing, counseling and follow-up services
more attention of pregnant women to own health
more attention of a woman to own health prior to pregnancy
more willingness of women to pass voluntary test for other infections
more responsible behavior of women in relation to planning pregnancy

Widening of access to HIV test and consulting

free HIV test for women with low income
free HIV test for homeless women
health services must be accessible and acceptable to key populations
ensuring referrals to other linked services
popularization of the necessity of HIV testing
covering of all communities with HIV testing
providing HIV testing in remote areas

Popularization of biomedical HIV prevention trials

widening possibilities of participants enrollment into HIV prevention preparation trials
more opportunities for trials in HIV treatment and prevention preparations
attracting public attention to HIV problem
contribution of development of strategies for HIV prevention
ensuring sociology data on the number of HIV-infected in the country
contributing development of national health care and prevention issues

More opportunities for social research on the problem of women health and welfare

possibility to reveal links between social status of a woman and her health
possibility to reveal links between social behavior of woman and her health
possibility to reveal links between health practices of women and HIV status
contributing to social work with women from vulnerable groups
contributing to social work with children from families with HIV-infected parents
contributing to scientific work in the considered area

Access to voluntary HIV testing and counseling

services for key populations at higher risk and vulnerable population
awareness of women on their reproductive health
creation of favorable social conditions for women
taking into account needs of vulnerable groups
contribution to total access to health care services
prophylaxis of HIV dissemination depending on the population groups

Wide range of models and approaches to HIV prevention

broad field of data and cases for research
more data on HIV transfer and prevention
more opportunities for clinical trials
more opportunities for health care policies development
more opportunities for panning in public health care
inclusion of society into policies development and assessment

The risk of implementing practice of compulsory sterilization

unnecessary risk to woman health during abortion
devaluation of human life, due to making abortion everyday norm
some similarity to Nazi regime practices (Watkins-Hayes, 2019)
propaganda of eugenics philosophy
violation of alienable human rights of women
possible practice of intimidation and corruption

Violation of a woman right for confidentiality of personal data

violation of medical and health privacy
devaluation of human dignity and right for privacy
opening of the field for applying blackmail to a woman
risks of appearing practice of other medical data disclosure
widening of practice of unauthorised access to health data
absence of woman right to protect personal medical data

Stigmatization of HIV-infected women and her child (Hoppe, 2017)

risk of improper treatment and harassment in case of HIV revealing
wide distribution of stigmatization practice
risk of emerging social stereotypes about children born by infected mother
risk of further child stigmatization
deterioration of the atmosphere in society
contributing to social conflicts and marginalization

Violation of deontology principles

blurring of deontology boundaries and frames
modifying the concept of biomedical ethics
changes in health care education foundation
occurrence of turbulence in biomedical ethics environment
risk of devaluation of patients dignity
risk of disrespecting to health care ethics

Prevention of HIV infection spread

tested women are expected to manifest more responsible sexual behavior (Ofori, 2018)
HIV-positive women will receive treatment and virus will be suppressed in their bodies
possibilities of virus dissemination will be reduced
positive results for public health in the country
decreasing of other infections spread
appearing of best practices to be used over the world

Making changes to corporate behavior codes in health care facilities

contradictions of established principles and new practices
impossibility to change codes of behavior in all health care facilities simultaneously
risk of entropy in health care system due to changes
risk of ambiguousness of the codes
lack of professionals to draw up new codes
risk of resisting to change during implementation of new codes

Need for competent approach

taking into account all pros and cons
forecasting for the future consequences
mechanisms for implementation
addressing challenges
working out directions for further development
taking into account interests of stakeholders

References

Bulled, N. (2016). Prescribing HIV prevention: Bringing culture into global health communication. Routledge.

Hoppe, T. (2017). Punishing disease: HIV and the criminalization of sickness. University of California Press.

Ofori, K. (2018). HIV testing and counselling: Among youth of Fanteakwa district of Ghana. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.

Watkins-Hayes, C. (2019). Remaking a life: How women living with HIV/AIDS confront inequality. University of California Press.

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