Georgia
| 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? | No |
| Which groups can legally do HIV testing? |
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| Further comments | |
| Free HIV testing | |
| HIV testing free to all who want it? | Yes in certain places |
| Further comments | Key population has access to testing free of charge through GFATM program. People not covered by the GFATM program will have to pay a fee of 5 dollars per HIV test. |
| Is free HIV testing available? | Yes in certain places |
| 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 | Mobile testing buses |
| 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 | At NGOs it is anonymous, when confirming at AIDS Center it is not. An ID is needed |
| 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 | The 2008 AIDS law protects people living with HIV. Violation of confidentiality and discrimination of HIV person is a subject to punishment. |
| Other key populations | |
| Needle exchange available for people who inject drugs? | No |
| Further comments | Only distribution allowed by Georgian Drug Law. Needle exchange is financed by the Global fund till 2019. |
| Opiate substitution therapy available? | Yes |
| Further comments | 22 OST sites and 1 buprenorphine. |
| Are PWID (people who inject drugs) excluded from HIV treatment while actively using drugs? | No |
| Further comments | People living in remote areas are facing barriers (financial and other obstacles) accessing services. |
| Legal to sell sex? | No |
| Further comments | Buying sexual services criminalized only. (For more information: http://sexualrightsdatabase.org/map/21/Adult%20sex%20work/362/Georgia) |
| Legal to buy sex? | Yes |
| Further comments | |
| Access to HIV Treatment | |
| Free access to HIV treatment? | Yes, for some |
| Further comments | undocumented migrants have no free access to services. |
| 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 | No |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | only available for citizens of Georgia |
| Legal treatment access: Non-EU migrants with asylum/refugee status | No |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | only available for citizens of Georgia |
| Legal treatment access: Non-EU migrants who are undocumented | No |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | |
| Further comments | only available for citizens of Georgia |
| About this data | |
| Last minor revision | 12 July 2016 |
| Last major revision | 5 January 2017 |
| Published | |
| Data sources | As well as responses
from in-country individuals and organisations information and data was taken
from the following 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 Georgian Harm Reduction Network (www.hrn.ge) |