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Injecting drug use
Outcry over NYC HIV/AIDS housing help policy

People sickened with HIV or AIDS and seeking help from New York City to pay their rent could become ineligible for housing assistance if they refuse to go into substance abuse treatment.

Published
08 February 2012
From
Wall Street Journal
Social and legal issues
Sales of HIV Meds Catch Lawmakers' Eyes

Prosecutors and legislators report an increase in illegal sales of HIV medication by people looking to feed their families or support drug habits. Will tougher criminal penalties slow the market?

Published
18 January 2012
From
City Limits magazine
Money, benefits and housing
31 deaths during wait for benefit judgement

More than 30 benefits claimants have died while appealing against a judgment that they were fit to work, official figures show, leading to accusations the system is in chaos.

Published
06 January 2012
From
Herald Scotland
Malnutrition
Kenya families facing HIV and high food prices make tough choices on who gets fed

Rising food prices are taking a toll in East Africa on low-income people who have the virus that causes AIDS. An expert on HIV/AIDS for the World Food Program says some HIV patients are refusing to take their medicine.

Published
22 December 2011
From
Washington Post
HIV and hep C settlements may cost €2.23bn

THE STATE’S bill for compensating people who contracted HIV or hepatitis C from the contamination of blood products could ultimately cost €2.23 billion, according to official estimates.

Published
13 December 2011
From
Irish Times
Money, benefits and housing
HIV traps Asian households in vicious circle of joblessness, debt

Households in Asia that include people living with HIV exhaust their savings and liquidate assets at a disproportionately high rate, often plunging into “irreversible poverty,” according to a new UN Development Programme (UNDP) study, released today.

Published
02 December 2011
From
UNDP press release
Telling people you have HIV
Australia: Husband betrayed by wife's AIDS

A MAN whose bride did not tell him she had AIDS has lost a battle to have his marriage declared void. The case is an Australian first.

Published
02 December 2011
From
News.com.au
Money, benefits and housing
Delhi govt to give pension to HIV patients, orphans

The Delhi government plans to grant pensions to HIV patients, registered for treatment at (ART) centres. Announcing the new policy on World AIDS Day, Delhi Health minister said children who lost their parents to HIV but are not infected by the virus will also be covered under the scheme.

Published
01 December 2011
From
Indian Express
Money, benefits and housing
Fund Follows Scots Risk Pioneers by Insuring HIV South Africans

The co-founder of private equity firm Leapfrog Investments is buying stakes in companies selling micro-insurance, low- premium policies sold to people in emerging markets who previously couldn’t afford to buy them. His first purchase, in December 2009, was All Life Ltd., which sells life cover for people infected with HIV in South Africa.

Published
16 November 2011
From
Bloomberg
Money, benefits and housing
HIV insurance needs still unmet

The needs of people with HIV are still not being met, despite half of all major UK insurers claiming to offer them some form of life assurance, a medical financial advisory firm has said.

Published
15 November 2011
From
FT Adviser
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