Clause by Clause Analysis of Uganda's HIV/AIDS Control Bill from a Sexual and Gender Minorities Perspective
Parliament of Uganda in session. Uhspa has submitted the analysis below to parliament in respect to the hiv bill making its way through the house REASONED ANALYSIS OF HIV PREVENTION AND CONTROL BILL, 2010 By Uganda Health and Science Press Association (UHSPA) to Uganda’s 9 th Parliament TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS . 2 1.0 INTRODUCTORY SECTIONS OF THE BILL .. 5 1.1 Title of the Bill 5 2.0 Objectives of the Bill 5 1.3 Commencement Section (Section 1) 5 1.4 Interpretation Section (Section 2) 5 2.0 PREVENTION OF HIV AND AIDS . 6 2.1 Reasonable care to be taken to avoid transmission of HIV and AIDS (Section 3) 6 3.0 HIV AND AIDS COUNSELLING AND TESTING .. 7 3.1 Pre-test and post-test HIV Counselling (Section 4) 7 3.2 Counselling to be conducted by professional counselors (Section 5) 7 3.3 Nature of pre-test counselling (Section 6) 7 3.4 Nature of post-test Counselling (Section 7) 7 3.5 Continu...