A new briefing paper published in October by Positive Women’s Network-USA on behalf of the HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE coalition aimed to support people living with HIV, activists, legal experts, and human rights campaigners in understanding the complexities and consequences of molecular HIV surveillance (MHS).
“Molecular HIV Surveillance: A global review of human rights implications” provides a detailed explanation of what MHS is and how it is used across the globe, including how the technology works, where it is being conducted, and by whom. The paper describes growing human rights concerns relating to the use of this technology and goes on to list a number of recommendations for the use of MHS which were gathered from an international literature review and from members of an Expert Advisory Group.
Initially available in English, the paper was subsequently published in French, Russian and Spanish in December 2021.