Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Women with HIV in Costa Rica

Abstract

Since 1983 in Costa Rica, the first cases of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) have occurred, and nowadays, the incidence of HIV infection has increased in recent years, making great progress with antiretroviral treatment (ART). But coexistence with HIV proves to be a stigma for society, which has generated a rejection on the part of Costa Rican culture. For this reason, the present article presents a qualitative study about the reality of the Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Women with HIV. A bibliographic review of 67 articles was carried out, including databases from Cochrane, EBSCO Host, MEDLine, bibliographic sources for database of hospital libraries and statistics up to 2015 on HIV incidence in Costa Rica. The main objective is to know the current situation of women's vulnerability to HIV discrimination, as well as their Sexual and Reproductive Rights. In the same way, in this small bibliographic study, the lack of information on the part of the citizenship in the subject of HIV, in prevention and protection of the Rights of people with HIV, is evidenced.