HIV-AIDS and Governmental Control of Information: International Denial of Human Rights

Authors

Michael L. Closent, The John Marshall Law School
Scott H. Isaacman, The John Marshall Law School

First Page

107

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article will identify two significant failures in the efforts to effectively combat the HIV-AIDS pandemic. Both problems deal with the collection and dissemination of HIV-AIDS information. The first topic of concern is what we call the AIDS "name game." The definition of AIDS varies from country to country and changes from time to time within a single country, with substantial negative consequences. In addition, too much attention is focused upon AIDS rather than upon HIVAIDS (or HIV infection). Secondly, the underreporting of HIV-AIDS is a serious problem resulting in the denial of important human rights to hundreds of thousands of people around the world.

Recommended Citation

Michael L. Closent & Scott H. Isaacman, HIV-AIDS and Governmental Control of Information: International Denial of Human Rights, 4 St. Thomas L. Rev. 107 (1992).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/stlr/vol4/iss1/7