Armenia
| National policy | |
|---|---|
| National policy/strategy or official recommendations on HIV testing? | Yes |
| National policy/strategy document | |
| Who can administer HIV tests? | |
| Restrictions on who can legally administer HIV tests? | Yes |
| Which groups can legally do HIV testing? |
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| Further comments | HIV testing is considered as a medical performance and only authorised (licensed) medical personnel can do it in licensed premises. |
| Free HIV testing | |
| HIV testing free to all who want it? | Yes in certain places |
| Further comments | It is for free in the national aids prevention centers. To get a free test you must be an Armenian Citizen and it has to be done in a clinic in your area of official residence/ |
| Is free HIV testing available? | Yes in certain places |
| Further comments | HIV test is free, however to get free test a person should apply to a clinic in the area of their residence. Rural areas run out of tests. |
| HIV testing restrictions | |
| HIV testing access restricted for some groups/populations? | No |
| Which groups are restricted | |
| Further comments | |
| Availability of testing in non-clinical settings | |
| Is testing available in any of the following ways? | |
| Postal HIV sampling legal? | No |
| Home HIV testing legal? | No |
| Community testing at NGOs legal? | No |
| Community/outreach event testing legal? | Yes |
| Other | |
| Rapid tests used by community based testing services/initiatives? | Finger blood |
| Anonymity/Confidentiality of HIV testing | |
| Anonymous testing available? | Yes |
| If yes, please give details | Most testing by NGOs and National AIDS Prevention Centre. |
| If not, why not, what sort of information is required and is there any promise of confidentiality? | |
| Discrimination & equality | |
| Legislation | |
| Legislation protecting the rights of people with HIV? | Yes |
| Key documents | |
| Further comments | http://www.arlis.am/DocumentView.aspx?DocID=78616 is where the Armenian original of the document attached can be found .
The main 'protective' section of the 1997 legislation is as follows: HIV-infected persons have the right to:
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| Other key populations | |
| Needle exchange available for people who inject drugs? | Yes |
| Further comments | We have had conflicting reports on this country from respondents. We have relied upon the country entry at: https://www.hri.global/global-state-of-harm-reduction One respondent stated that Syringe distribution is available but not an exchange. There is limited service because of problems with law enforcement. |
| Opiate substitution therapy available? | Yes |
| Further comments | Coverage is low. Many intravenous drug users are not sufficiently informed, and avoid passing the commission due to the presence of law enforcement officials. |
| Are PWID (people who inject drugs) excluded from HIV treatment while actively using drugs? | No |
| Further comments | |
| Legal to sell sex? | Yes |
| Further comments | We have had conflicting reports on this country from respondents. We have relied upon the country entry at http://sexualrightsdatabase.org/map/21/Adult%20sex%20work/407/Armenia (accessed 10 December 2016) |
| Legal to buy sex? | No |
| Further comments | There is an Administrative fine. |
| Access to HIV Treatment | |
| Free access to HIV treatment? | Yes, for some |
| Further comments | locals only, with funding from the Global Fund. Only ethnic Armenians and those with Armenian passports receive free treatment |
| Status and access to HIV treatment and care in your country | |
| Access to HIV treatment restricted for certain populations with HIV? | Yes |
| Which groups are restricted? |
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| If more than one of the above populations selected, please give more information | |
| Status | |
| Country status | Non-EU / Non EFTA |
| Mobility in Europe | |
| Do the following groups/populations have legal access to HIV treatment? (i.e provided on the same basis as citizens of the country) | |
| Legal treatment access: Other EU migrant nationals | N/A |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | |
| Legal treatment access: general non-EU migrants | Yes but there are exceptions |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | Only ethnic Armenians and those with Armenian passports receive free treatment |
| Legal treatment access: Non-EU migrants with asylum/refugee status | No |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | Only ethnic Armenians and those with Armenian passports receive free treatment |
| Legal treatment access: Non-EU migrants who are undocumented | No |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | Only ethnic Armenians and those with Armenian passports receive free treatment |
| Further comments | We have conflicting reports One source states the only Armenian passport holders can recieve 'free' treatment Another source states that the are exceptions- and those who are ethnically Armenian but have ctizenship of other country, (Georgia, Russia...). Pregnant women, also recieve 'free' treatment. |
| About this data | |
| Last minor revision | 10 November 2016 |
| Last major revision | 1 December 2016 |
| Published | 1 December 2016 |
| Data sources | As well as responses from in-country individuals information was taken from the follwing sources:http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/aids/Pages/monitoring-dublin-declaration.aspx Sex Work Laws These included https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_by_country#Europe The Global Network of Sex Work Projects www.nswp.org and country sources and http://sexualrightsdatabase.org/map/21/Adult%20sex%20work and http://spl.ids.ac.uk/sexworklaw Drug use Needle exchange information was taken from Harm Reduction International who have an interactive tool https://www.hri.global/global-state-of-harm-reduction Criminal Law http://criminalisation.gnpplus.net has useful info about the criminal law and is searchable by country as well as http://www.hivjustice.net/site/countries/ MSM http://ilga.org/what-we-do/state-sponsored-homophobia-report/ (2016) |
| Data contacts | Responses were received from Positive People Armenian Network (www.ppan.info), Real World, Real People NGO (www.realwrp.com) and PINK Armenia (www.pinkarmenia.org, www.pinkarmenia.hiv) |