Azerbaijan
| National policy | |
|---|---|
| National policy/strategy or official recommendations on HIV testing? | Yes |
| Who can administer HIV tests? | |
| Restrictions on who can legally administer HIV tests? | Yes |
| Which groups can legally do HIV testing? |
|
| Further comments | Doctors and other medical staff perform the HIV test. |
| Free HIV testing | |
| HIV testing free to all who want it? | Yes in certain places |
| Further comments | Only in state institutions-These include national and regional AIDS centers, many state hospitals, maternity homes and primary health care sites. |
| Is free HIV testing available? | Across whole country |
| Further comments | The coverage is wide because of the number of places that the HIV test can be accessed. |
| 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? | Yes |
| Community/outreach event testing legal? | Yes |
| Other | With participation of medical staff from AIDS centres. There are mobile units with outreach workers who also supply other services such as exchange of syringes. |
| 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 | Anonymous testing for HIV only happens at AIDS centres. Some respondents have indicated that having an HIV test is a condition of employment for some occupations. More information about this would be appreciated. |
| 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 |
| Further comments | Azerbaijan has a law on HIV rights and responsibilities of people living with HIV. At this time we do not have access to the legislation. |
| Other key populations | |
| Needle exchange available for people who inject drugs? | Yes |
| Further comments | |
| Opiate substitution therapy available? | Yes |
| Further comments | Though available - coverage is very limited. |
| Are PWID (people who inject drugs) excluded from HIV treatment while actively using drugs? | No |
| Further comments | |
| Legal to sell sex? | No |
| Further comments | |
| Legal to buy sex? | Don't know |
| Further comments | We have conflicting reports from respondents and there is NO information available on the three databases consulted. |
| Access to HIV Treatment | |
| Free access to HIV treatment? | Yes, for some |
| Further comments | There is only free access for citizens of the country. However, another respondent contradicts this |
| Status and access to HIV treatment and care in your country | |
| Access to HIV treatment restricted for certain populations with HIV? | Don't know |
| Which groups are restricted? | |
| 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 | Don't know |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | |
| Legal treatment access: Non-EU migrants with asylum/refugee status | Don't know |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | |
| Legal treatment access: Non-EU migrants who are undocumented | Don't know |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | |
| Further comments | Respondents have provided conflicting data: Some have reported that there are no restrictions on the treatment of HIV and that currrently foreign nationals are also able to receive treatment on the same basis as citizens of Azerbaijan.Others have reported that access to treatment is restrited to citizens of the country. |
| About this data | |
| Last minor revision | 8 July 2016 |
| Last major revision | 14 December 2016 |
| Published | 17 November 2016 |
| Data sources | As well as responses from in-country individuals and organisations 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 Scientific research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |