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Fear of contagion clouds our thinking about the transmission of HIV

There is no legal obligation on a person with HIV to disclose their status, nor is there a law that provides a specific penalty for knowingly transmitting the disease. For the second time this year, this legal situation is being tested in the courts. This raises serious questions about our understanding both of HIV the disease and of personal responsibility with regard to health. Is the contraction of HIV, now a treatable long-term condition, “serious harm”? Who is at fault for contracting a disease? What does fault mean? These are very difficult questions and have vexed societies for as long as contagious diseases have circulated them.

Published
12 July 2018
From
Irish Times
Human rights
Indonesia: Anti-LGBT Crackdown Fuels Health Crisis

Indonesian authorities are fueling an HIV epidemic through complicity in discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. The government’s failure to halt arbitrary and unlawful raids by police and militant Islamists on private LGBT gatherings has effectively derailed public health outreach efforts to vulnerable populations.

Published
02 July 2018
From
Human Rights Watch
Discrimination and the law
British colonial law linked to higher HIV rates among women in sub-Saharan Africa

The likelihood that a woman in sub-Saharan Africa has HIV today is linked to whether her country was once colonized by Britain or a continental European country, according to a June 2018 study published in American Economic Review.

Published
27 June 2018
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Journalist's Resource
Money, benefits and housing
HIV discrimination removed from new insurance policy guidance

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) Guide to Minimum Standards for Critical Illness Cover (CIC), published today, has removed discriminatory content about people living with HIV.

Published
23 May 2018
From
National AIDS Trust
Discrimination and the law
Chinese man with HIV wins back his job and US$9,000 in lost earnings after year-long fight

A Chinese man who claimed he was unfairly dismissed for having HIV has been reinstated by his former employer and paid 60,000 yuan (US$9,400) in compensation following mediation through a District Court, according to an online news report.

Published
23 May 2018
From
South China Morning Post
Discrimination and the law
These Gay Men Were Fired From The Peace Corps After They Tested Positive For HIV

The Peace Corps dismissed at least two men after they tested positive for HIV — and denied HIV prevention medication to others.

Published
16 May 2018
From
BuzzFeed News
Discrimination and the law
US Jail to Pay $27,500 to Inmate Who Was Isolated for Having HIV

“Segregation of detainees with HIV in jails or prisons is unlawful” under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Published
03 April 2018
From
Poz
Discrimination and the law
UK: HIV+ Man Crowdfunds Legal Challenge After Being ‘Refused Appointment’

A man who says his dentist refused to see him because of his HIV status is now crowdfunding a legal challenge under the Equality Act.

Published
06 March 2018
From
RightsInfo
Discrimination and the law
New York Will Investigate Reports of Gay Men Denied Insurance

State financial regulators in New York said Wednesday that they would investigate reports that gay men have been denied insurance policies covering life, disability or long-term care because they were taking medication to protect themselves against H.I.V. Such denials would amount to illegal discrimination based on sexual orientation, and the companies doing so could be penalized, said Maria T. Vullo, the state’s superintendent of financial services.

Published
15 February 2018
From
New York Times
PrEP
He Took a Drug to Prevent AIDS. Then He Couldn't Get Disability Insurance

When Dr. Cheng applied for disability insurance — which many young doctors do to protect a lifetime’s worth of income should they be hurt — he was told that, because he was taking Truvada, he could have only a five-year policy.

Published
12 February 2018
From
New York Times
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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