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Ruling in High Court gives right to free NHS care to refused asylum seekers

A decision in the High Court means that HIV-positive refused asylum seekers are entitled to free HIV treatment and care for as long as they

Published
16 April 2008
By
Michael Carter
Immigration
Campaign to stop UK deportations of HIV-positive failed asylum seekers launched

The African HIV Policy Network (AHPN) has launched a campaign calling on the UK government to stop the deportation of people living with HIV to

Published
31 May 2007
By
Edwin J. Bernard
Immigration
Advice published for healthcare and voluntary sector staff about dispersal of HIV-positive asylum seekers

The British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the National AIDS Trust (NAT) have produced a booklet providing advice to healthcare staff and workers in the voluntary

Published
09 January 2007
By
Michael Carter
Access to medicines and treatment
Non UK-born migrants are 'largely hidden' from NHS and have high burden of HIV, TB and malaria

Some groups of migrants living in the UK carry a high burden of HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria according to the first report into migrant

Published
16 November 2006
By
Edwin J. Bernard
Immigration
For the sake of public health, restore HIV drugs to failed asylum seekers, say MPs

Failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants should be provided with free anti-HIV treatment, the House of Commons Health Select Committee has recommended in a new

Published
21 March 2005
By
Michael Carter
Immigration
Denying HIV treatment to failed asylum seekers makes no economic, public health or moral sense, say leading UK HIV doctors

Denying anti-HIV treatment to failed asylum seekers or individuals of doubtful immigration status has no sound economic, public health, or moral justifications, a panel of

Published
08 March 2005
By
Michael Carter
Immigration
Dispersal of HIV-positive asylum seekers often medically inappropriate finds study

The overwhelming majority of doctors with experience of treating HIV-positive asylum seekers believe that the current policy of dispersing asylum seekers at short notice around

Published
30 July 2004
By
Michael Carter
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Asylum seekers should not be forced to take HIV test, say MPs

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS have rejected the idea that mandatory HIV testing should be forced upon migrants and asylum seekers entering the UK

Published
10 July 2003
By
Edwin J. Bernard
Immigration
HIV-positive asylum seeker loses appeal against dispersal from London

The Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday morning the case of an HIV-positive Ugandan National who has lost the right to remain in London following a

Published
04 April 2003
By
Robert Fieldhouse
Immigration
Impact of immigration and international travel on UK HIV and STI epidemics

Worldwide travel has increased in the past decade due, in part to its increasing accessibility and affordability. Affluent, highly travelled gay men were among the

Published
10 July 2002
By
Robert Fieldhouse
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