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23 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 295 (2014-2015)
Copy and Paste: Transplanting International HIV/AIDS Model Laws into African Countries

handle is hein.journals/cjic23 and id is 333 raw text is: ARTICLE COPY AND PASTE: TRANSPLANTING INTERNATIONAL HIV/AIDS MODEL LAWS INTO AFRICAN COUNTRIES Maya Berinzon* ABSTRACT There has been a recent increase in legislative and regulatory frameworks to govern HIV in Africa. This includes rules on when and how a health practitioner may disclose the HIV status of a patient to a spouse or sexual partner. In balancing the right to privacy against a doctor's duty of care, two international model laws have emerged, and have been wholly or partially copied by a number of African countries. This paper questions the usefulness of such model laws as legal transplants in national legislatures through an analysis of the regulations developed in thirty-eight African countries. TABLE OF CONTENTS A B STRA CT ............................................................................................ 295 I. IN TRO DUCTION .................................................................................. 296 II. HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA .............................................. 298 III. PARTNER N OTIFICATION ................................................................. 300 A. Defining Partner Notification ............................................... 300 B. International Partner Notification Models ............................ 303 C. National Partner Notification Models ................................... 305 D. Trends of Partner Notification Laws in Africa ..................... 307 1. Countries with an Affirmative Duty to Disclose Only on the Part of the HIV-Positive Person ......................... 308 2. Countries That Conditionally Allow Physicians to D isclose H IV Status ...................................................... 309 3. Countries that Create a Duty for Seropositive People and Physicians to Disclose HIV Status ......................... 313 E. Patterns in African Partner Notification Laws ...................... 314 IV. TRANSPLANTING PARTNER NOTIFICATION LAWS INTO AFRICA ....... 315 V . C ONC LUSION .................................................................................... 32 1

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