The Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS has issued an interim set of guidelines aimed at ensuring the protection of the confidentiality and security of information about people with HIV infection.* The Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS has issued an interim set of guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. aimed at ensuring the protection of the confidentiality and security of information about people with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. infection. The guidelines, which were developed at a three-day workshop in May 2006, emphasize the need for countries and "organizations at all levels of the healthcare system" to adopt policies and practices that balance the goal of safeguarding the health of communities with individuals' rights to privacy and confidentiality. Before the guidelines are finalized See finalization. , they will be field-tested and evaluated; the final product is expected to include sample policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental , as well as a self-assessment program. The draft guidelines are available at <http://data.unaids.org/pub/manual/2007/confidentiality_ security_interim_guidelines_15may2007_en.pdf>. |
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