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KMID : 1143420200130523660
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Public Health Weekly Report
2020 Volume.13 No. 52 p.3660 ~ p.3664
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The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency’s (KDCA) clinical guidelines for the management of people living with HIV
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Park Soo-Jin
Kim Tae-Young
Kim Yu-Mi
Lee Hyeon-Su
Choi Ho-Yong
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Abstract
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Due to medical breakthroughs, HIV/AIDS has become a manageable chronic disease, yet prejudice and discrimination against the disease still exist. This can lead to social stigma, a damaging social phenomenon. In the case of people living with HIV (PLHIV), social stigma impedes medical accessibility, leads to aggravated health problems and increases the possibility of the virus infecting others. Based on their experiences of discrimination accessing medical services, PLHIV petitioned the National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea. As a result, the commission recommended that the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KCDA) develop guidelines to improve the perception of the disease among medical professionals with the ultimate aim of preventing human rights violations and discrimination of PLHIV. The ensuing KDCA guidelines contain eight recommendations for medical professionals to follow while counseling and providing medical care. The recommendations cover ① the health rights of patients, ② medical services without discrimination, ③testing and counseling, ④ confidentiality and the protection of privacy, ⑤ respect to patients, ⑥ infection control ? standard precautions, ⑦ education and training ? accountability of professional societies, and ⑧ policy ? accountability of the nation. The KDCA expects that the guidelines will alleviate the medical discrimination of PLHIV, promote a medical environment favorable for both medical staff and PLHIV, assure PLHIV that they have the right and accessibility to treatment, and eventually improve the health of PLHIV. In addition, the KDCA recommends the continuous implementation of tailored policies to alleviate medical discrimination.
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KEYWORD
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HIV/AIDS, Discrimination, Medical services, Guidelines
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