Report details travel and immigration restrictions on people living with HIV/AIDS

A new report published by Human Rights Watch sheds light on the many frustrating travel and migration restrictions placed on people living with HIV and AIDS by governments of nearly one third of the world’s countries. As described in the report, these restrictions fall into two general categories: the refusal to allow HIV-positive individuals to enter a country at all for any length of time, and the allowance of HIV-positive individuals to enter a country but not to stay for longer lengths of time.

There are a number of arguments as to why these restrictions are detrimental to public health efforts, not least of which is a reinforcement of stigma related to people living with HIV/AIDS.

To read the full report, “Descrimination, Denial, and Deportation,” please visit Human Rights Watch.

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Risks of HIV are ignored by young black men in the South

A new survey reveals that among young black men who intified as gay or bisexual,

most had engaged in risky sexual behaviors but thought it unlikely they would be infected, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The New York Times reports that more than half of the survey participants had engaged in high-risk activities, while an overwhelming majority did not think that their behaviors would put them at increased risk of acquiring HIV.

Only three of 29 men thought that they considered likely to acquire HIV in the course of their entire lifetimes.

See the NY Times article on the survey here

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