Rico B, Uribe-Zúñiga P, Panebianco-Labbé S, del Río-Chiriboga C
SIDA/ETS, Consejo Nacional de Prevención y Control del SIDA (CONASIDA), Secretaría de Salud (SSA), México.
Salud Publica Mex. 1995 Nov-Dec;37(6):661-8.
AIDS and human rights are closely related issues. This paper describes the relationship between AIDS and human rights, the impact and consequences of discrimination and the importance of the defense of human rights as a cornerstone strategy in AIDS prevention. Some general ethical aspects are addressed and two dilemmas which have been raised by the epidemic are discussed: the apparent conflict between individual and community rights and the reactions of intolerance and repression from those who claim that only through coercive strategies will the epidemic be brought under control. Specific problems in Mexico are described based on data collected at CONASIDA's Human Rights Department between 1992 and 1994. Finally some conclusions are stated emphasizing that, in the AIDS epidemic, the defense of human rights is the cornerstone of any public health strategy.
艾滋病与人权是密切相关的问题。本文描述了艾滋病与人权之间的关系、歧视的影响和后果，以及捍卫人权作为艾滋病预防基石战略的重要性。文中探讨了一些一般伦理问题，并讨论了这一流行病引发的两个困境：个人权利与社区权利之间明显的冲突，以及那些声称只有通过强制策略才能控制这一流行病的人所表现出的不容忍和镇压反应。根据1992年至1994年期间国家艾滋病委员会人权部门收集的数据，描述了墨西哥的具体问题。最后得出了一些结论，强调在艾滋病流行中，捍卫人权是任何公共卫生战略的基石。
