Rudolf V. Van Puymbroeck

This book covers 64 wide-ranging topics related to HIV and AIDS, in a concise format that is easy to use for lawyers and people without legal training. It should be an invaluable resource for lawyers, policy makers and other practitioners with an interest in countries' responses to HIV. The book explains how laws and regulations can either underpin or undermine good public health programs and responsible personal behaviors. Each topic provides a concise summary of the key legal and policy issues, provides relevant ""practice examples"" (often citing from actual laws and regulations) and offers a selective list of references for each topic that may be consulted for more detailed information.

This work addresses the complexity of the WTO's August 30, 2003 decision on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. It provides an explanation of the decision and model legal texts for the required notifications to the WTO and for the amendments of their patent law that most developing countries will need to pass in order to incorporate the decision in their domestic legal framework.