Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 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 | It |
| Free HIV testing | |
| HIV testing free to all who want it? | Yes for all |
| Further comments | More information about the way that testing is carried out : http://www.hivtestiranjebih.com/testiranje.html |
| Is free HIV testing available? | Across whole country |
| Further comments | |
| 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 | Both finger blood and saliva are used. |
| Rapid tests used by community based testing services/initiatives? | |
| Anonymity/Confidentiality of HIV testing | |
| Anonymous testing available? | Yes |
| If yes, please give details | From the site above Testing: anonymity protection. Coding was first introduced in early 2002, then modified in late 2003. The client does not give your personal data, but is recorded under the code-code, and stops in case of a positive finding and inclusion in the further treatment; CONFIDENTIALITY Testing is confidential, which means that the adviser will not share any information with anyone else without the express and informed permission persons who carried out the testing for HIV.the results of the HIV tests are kept confidential and are only available to the client / patient and his doctor / counselor; |
| 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 | Our respondent informs us that 'Only in general under the BiH Law on Prohibition of Discrimination' . This is uploaded below. This is a generic anti-discrimination law enacted on 5th August 2009. It does not specifically mention HIV or indeed any specific discriminatory act or group. The official text in English is uploaded below. |
| Other key populations | |
| Needle exchange available for people who inject drugs? | Yes |
| Further comments | Availability of needle exchange is also confirmed by information available on https://www.hri.global/global-state-of-harm-reduction |
| Opiate substitution therapy available? | Yes |
| Further comments | Availability of OST
is also confirmed by information available on https://www.hri.global/global-state-of-harm-reduction |
| Are PWID (people who inject drugs) excluded from HIV treatment while actively using drugs? | Don't know |
| Further comments | |
| Legal to sell sex? | No |
| Further comments | |
| Legal to buy sex? | No |
| Further comments | |
| Access to HIV Treatment | |
| Free access to HIV treatment? | Yes, for all |
| Further comments | The national Health Insurance Fund covers the cost of treatment. |
| Status and access to HIV treatment and care in your country | |
| Access to HIV treatment restricted for certain populations with HIV? | No |
| 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 | No information |
| About this data | |
| Last minor revision | |
| Last major revision | 18 November 2016 |
| Published | 18 November 2016 |
| Data sources | |
| Data contacts | Responses were received from Action Against AIDS www.aaa.ba |