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Failing Siracusa: governments' obligations to find the least restrictive options for tuberculosis control
Public health action, v 3(1), pp 7-10
21 Mar 2013
PMID: 26392987
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Abstract
One of the world's leading causes of death, tuberculosis (TB) remains a stigmatized and feared disease. Prevention, diagnosis, and adherence to TB treatment remain a challenge for many people, including migrants, those with alcohol and drug dependency, sex workers, people living with
the human immunodeficiency virus, and individuals with disabilities. Low levels of TB treatment literacy and ignorance of transmission risks are common, and-along with inadequate funding for treatment support-contribute to patients' non-adherence to treatment. Recent cases involving
the detention of individuals with TB in Kenyan and Canadian correctional facilities illustrate the circumstances under which individuals interrupt treatment and how health authorities seek restrictive measures to oversee and compel treatment. The legitimacy of restrictive measures is often
defended by international public health authorities in relation to the non-binding Siracusa Principles. Yet in practice, as illustrated by examples from Kenya and Canada, government authorities and local laws sometimes do not fully meet, or entirely disregard, the requirements in the Siracusa
Principles that restrictions on rights in the name of public health be strictly necessary and the least intrusive available to reach their objective. In addition, more specific standards are required at the international level to guide states' development and use of rights-restricting measures
to address TB.
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- Title
- Failing Siracusa: governments' obligations to find the least restrictive options for tuberculosis control
- Creators
- K. W. Todrys - Human Rights WatchE. Howe - Open Society FoundationsJ. J. Amon - Human Rights Watch
- Publication Details
- Public health action, v 3(1), pp 7-10
- Publisher
- International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000219724500005
- Other Identifier
- 991021895684804721
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