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People doing well on HIV therapy "should be eligible" for life insurance cover

The long-term effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy means that many HIV-positive people should be eligible for affordable life insurance, European investigators write in the online edition of AIDS. Even

Published
9 hours ago
By
Michael Carter
Money, benefits and housing
Antiretroviral Drugs Sold for Food in Kenya’s Slums

Impoverished Kenyans living with HIV/AIDs are sometimes selling their antiretroviral drugs to buy food for themselves and their families. Medical professionals believe there has been a slight growth in the trend, saying that people are simply trying to survive.

Published
05 March 2013
From
Voice of America
Money, benefits and housing
Finances for the over-50s

Guest writer Emma Lunn investigates some of the financial options for people approaching retirement age.

Published
14 February 2013
From
HIV treatment update
Discrimination and the law
NYC Realtors Guilty of Discriminating Against People With AIDS

A federal judge has ruled that two New York City realtors discriminated against people with AIDS because they received housing subsidies.

Published
06 December 2012
From
Poz magazine news
Money, benefits and housing
The impact of welfare cuts: living with HIV just got harder

The aim, to get people with HIV back to work, is laudable, but the means are devastating. Government figures show that a shocking 44 per cent of people with HIV who have completed a "Work Capability Assessment" have had their support cut off, and charities warn that it is causing destitution.

Published
03 December 2012
From
New Statesman
Money, benefits and housing
UK: Life assurance companies better than banks for HIV cover

A new survey has shown that two thirds of life assurance companies now offer HIV life assurance through independent brokers. But whilst 40% of bank assurers asked are now stating they offer HIV life assurance, very few of their offers are being taken up.

Published
21 November 2012
From
Gay Star News
Malnutrition
South Africa: Surviving On an Empty Stomach

Nombulelo Manala Lubhelu (45) of Lusikisiki-kwaGqwarhu location has taken the tough decision of declining lifesaving antiretrovirals (ARVs) because she is simply too poor to buy food and does not want to take her medication on an empty stomach.

Published
31 October 2012
From
AllAfrica
Money, benefits and housing
For many destitute Kenyans, illegal sales of anti-HIV drugs only means of survival

The illegal sale of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that curb HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is rampant in Kenya. Patients who receive the drugs for free under international aid programs are selling them to wealthy people who want to keep their HIV secret, or to those elsewhere in Africa who face difficulties obtaining the medication.

Published
29 October 2012
From
The Asahi Shimbun
Money, benefits and housing
Size of average HIV life policy revealed

Research shows that HIV-positive people are “at last” insuring themselves for “useful” amounts.

Published
10 September 2012
From
Health Insurance and Protection
Money, benefits and housing
Infections among homeless could fuel wider epidemics: study

Homeless people across the world have dramatically higher rates of infection with tuberculosis (TB), HIV and hepatitis C and could fuel community epidemics that cost governments dear, a study showed on Monday.

Published
23 August 2012
From
Reuters
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