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Australia urged to scrap HIV travel bans

United Nations AIDS chief Michel Sidibe says Australia should follow the United States and China and remove travel restrictions affecting people who are HIV positive.

Published
27 August 2010
From
ABC News
Only HIV test needed for expatriates' visa renewal

Resident expatriates are exempted from undergoing tests for communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, hepatitis B and C before renewing their residency visas, according to amendments announced by the Ministry of Health.

Published
19 August 2010
From
Emirates247.com
Immigration
Deportations of people with HIV widespread; activists' tactics differ

Across the globe, 31 countries have policies of deporting HIV-positive citizens of other countries, the Eighteenth International Conference in Vienna was told on Tuesday. Moreover, speakers from three

Published
21 July 2010
By
Roger Pebody
Travel
China repeals its HIV travel ban

China has repealed its long-standing HIV travel ban. The move comes just days before the opening of a major trade exposition in Shanghai, which is

Published
28 April 2010
By
Michael Carter
Advice on HIV medication for travellers stranded by air travel ban

Travel disruption caused by the cloud of volcanic ash over northern Europe may continue for some days, and is presenting problems for people with HIV

Published
20 April 2010
By
Keith Alcorn
Travel
Parliamentarians, UNAIDS, call for removal of HIV travel bans

Parliamentarians have joined with UNAIDS to call for the removal of travel restrictions for people with HIV. Governments were urged to action by parliamentarians from

Published
29 March 2010
By
Michael Carter
Travel
Visa refusal shines spotlight on China's HIV travel ban

A spotlight has fallen on China’s continued entry ban for HIV-positive foreigners after HIV-positive Australian novelist Robert Dessaix was refused entry to the country. Dessaix

Published
12 March 2010
By
Michael Carter
US HIV travel ban has now ended

HIV-positive individuals can legally visit and migrate to the US from today. President Obama announced the end of the ban at the end of October

Published
04 January 2010
By
Michael Carter
President Obama announces US HIV travel ban will end in January 2010

US President Barack Obama has announced that the ban on HIV-positive people entering the US will finally end early in the new year. Speaking in

Published
30 October 2009
By
Michael Carter
Travel
US HIV travel ban set to depart at last

It has been a long time in coming and there have been many false dawns, but it really does look as if the ban on people

Published
01 July 2009
From
HIV treatment update
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