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PAGE 10<br />
TABOO<br />
HIV AND HUMAN RIGHTS<br />
IN COLOMBIA<br />
COLOMBIA<br />
HIV activism began in Colombia tied with the<br />
LGBT+ community the was being affected in a<br />
negative way. This activism wanted to give<br />
people a dignified death. In the early 90s, the<br />
court agreed that people living with HIV had the<br />
right to antiretroviral therapy. Since that<br />
decision, the HIV activists became the legal<br />
experts on human rights of every sickness, not<br />
only HIV and AIDS.<br />
In 2008, according to the HIV movement, the<br />
number of healthcare cases filed in Colombia<br />
had reached 100 000. By the result, the court<br />
ordered a massive reconstruction of the<br />
healthcare services in order to equalize the<br />
benefits for rich and poor people, and to<br />
demonstrate that the treatment would be<br />
included.
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