Write a 6 page essay on HIV/ AIDS international and national health policy.HIV/AIDS health policies established and implemented in the national and international community to resolve and to counteract

Write a 6 page essay on HIV/ AIDS international and national health policy.

HIV/AIDS health policies established and implemented in the national and international community to resolve and to counteract the effects of the disease. Included in the topics discussed are the funding initiatives and the relationship to established policies. insurance and health coverage. cultural,

religious and spiritual beliefs and influences. and the political issues related to HIV/AIDS.

There are international and national health policies established and implemented to resolve the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In the international community, the main leaders in the initiatives related to the disease include the United Nations and other coalition organized by different countries. In the national level, every country with the participation of both the public and public sectors has their own course of action, depending mainly on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the particular country.

There are different areas needed to be given attention to achieve an effective formulation of policies. One of the said areas is the relationship of the international human rights to the response of the authorities and the public to the disease. This can be attributed to the fact that by focusing on the components of the human rights, improvement in the public health principles and health care provisions can be perceived and taken into consideration. This view was also considered as one of the most effective ways to implement action with regards to the high number of HIV/AIDS cases. The international human rights law in the context of HIV/AIDS had been established in 1996 by representatives of the UNAIDS, the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights, different national AIDS programs, NGOs and people with HIV/AIDS. This resulted to the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and human rights (Patterson and London, 2002, p.965).

One example of policy is the criminalization of transmission. In certain countries, criminalization of the transmission of HIV/AIDS is recognized as a