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Epidemiology and behaviour
Up to a third of HIV infections in European gay men may have come from another country

A study (Frentz) that looked at genetic similarities in the HIV from recently diagnosed people in 24 European countries found that among ‘clusters’ of closely related

Published
10 May 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Migrants
Amidst a growing humanitarian crisis in Greece, new report recommends strategies to improve the situation of migrants

PICUM’s new report The Silent Humanitarian Crisis in Greece: Devising Strategies to Improve the Situation of Migrants in Greece puts the humanitarian crisis of migrants in the context of the economic crisis in Greece and analyses barriers to upholding migrants’ human rights in Greece.

Published
26 April 2013
From
PICUM press release
Migrants
Doctors warn of rising xenophobia in Europe's healthcare systems

Austerity measures adopted in Europe in response to the public debt crisis have a devastating impact on healthcare services, resulting in rising xenophobia in countries like Greece and Spain, the humanitarian group Doctors of the World said Tuesday (9 April). Rising unemployment and poverty across Europe have generated extreme-right statements stigmatising migrants,...

Published
11 April 2013
From
EurActiv
Immigration
Study: Undocumented Latinos Get Into HIV Treatment Dangerously Late

A recent study conducted at a free clinic in Houston found undocumented Latinos with HIV infections enter care with more advanced disease than other patients. Despite getting medical care at later dates, however, undocumented Latinos with HIV achieved similar success in treatment as documented Latino and white patients.

Published
04 April 2013
From
ColorLines
Migrants
Q&A: Portugal Neglects Undocumented Immigrants with AIDS

Mario Queiroz interviews LUÍS MENDÃO, leader of the Portuguese Group of Activists for HIV/AIDS Treatment (GAT).

Published
29 March 2013
From
Inter Press Service
Outcomes and prognosis
In resource-rich countries, migrants have a higher risk of progressing to AIDS in the first year of HIV therapy

Rates of AIDS-defining illnesses in the first year of antiretroviral therapy are significantly higher among migrant than non-migrant populations in resource-rich countries, investigators report in the online edition

Published
01 March 2013
By
Michael Carter
Migrants
Mexico: Efforts to provide HIV-AIDS care services to migrants face major obstacles

Since 2007, HIV and AIDS rates have gone up throughout rural Mexican states, partly as a result of returning migrants who have engaged in high-risk behaviors in the United States and not been able to receive diagnosis or treatment.

Published
13 February 2013
From
VOXXI
Migrants
ECDC meeting report: Responses to HIV and migration in western industrialised countries: current challenges, promising practices, future directions

The meeting had a special focus on HIV and the public health response relating to the health in migrants: monitoring HIV among migrant populations, as well as migrant-sensitive HIV prevention and treatment programmes and services.

Published
01 February 2013
From
ECDC press release
Access to medicines and treatment
Refugees in Canada have poorer access to health care than in refugee camps

Has the day come when access to basic health care is worse in Canada than in a refugee camp? It has, thanks to cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program. Refugee claimants from 27 designated countries of origin, announced on Dec. 15, will now be denied almost all health care services.

Published
22 January 2013
From
The Star
Migrants
Migrants Disproportionately Affected by HIV and AIDS in High-Income Countries, Says International Organization for Migration

Migrants and mobile populations are at particularly high risk of HIV infection all over the world, as they frequently face marginalization, exclusion and various barriers to accessing health promotion and care. In addition, there is also a lack of awareness of migrants’ vulnerability to HIV in high-income countries.

Published
03 December 2012
From
International Organization for Migration press release
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