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  Peak experiences: HIV, adventure and exploration

  It’s been almost a tradition in HTU that January is the time to include a New Year resolution piece about exercise, diet or the benefits of healthy living....

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  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...

  From:  HIV treatment update

Travel in your own words

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  Holiday hassles and HRT

  A much-needed holiday. Tickets, passports, driving licence – all go in my hand luggage. I leave the toiletry bag out till the last minute. I...

  From: In your own words

Travel news from aidsmap

• Travel-related health problems common among HIV-positive migrants in France who visit sub-Saharan Africa

  Travel-related illnesses – especially diarrhoea, respiratory complaints and malaria – are common among HIV-positive sub-Saharan African migrants visiting their countries of origin, according to a study by Dr Thierry Pistone of CHU Bordeaux, Department for Infectious and Tropical Diseases ...

  07 May 2019 | Michael Carter

• Scientists and clinicians must challenge HIV-related stigma and ensure enabling legal and policy environments, IAS conference hears

  Scientists should not only create knowledge to improve the HIV epidemic, they also have a duty to speak out about human rights abuses and ensure that access to effective, high quality HIV prevention, care and treatment programmes are unimpeded ...

  09 July 2013 | Edwin J. Bernard

• Sex while abroad contributing to ongoing HIV and STI epidemics in European gay men

  Sex while abroad appears to be contributing to the ongoing epidemics of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in European gay men, results of a large internet-based survey show. Over a quarter of European gay men reporting sex ...

  24 June 2013 | Michael Carter

• Up to a third of HIV infections in European gay men may have come from another country

  A study (Frentz) that looked at genetic similarities in the HIV from recently diagnosed people in 24 European countries found that among ‘clusters’ of closely related viruses (which indicate networks of transmission), a quarter of people who were ...

  10 May 2013 | Gus Cairns

• For patients with HIV viral load is key in immune response to yellow fever vaccine

  Viral load is the only factor associated with a poorer antibody response to the yellow fever vaccine in patients with HIV, according to a French study published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. For ...

  02 February 2012 | Michael Carter

• 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 European countries explained that while their countries do not deport individuals because ...

  21 July 2010 | Roger Pebody

• 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 expected to attract millions of international visitors. Announcing the removal of ...

  28 April 2010 | 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 who are stranded and running out of antiretroviral drugs. There are a ...

  20 April 2010 | Keith Alcorn

• 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 around the world, meeting at the 122nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary ...

  29 March 2010 | Michael Carter

• 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 had planning to attend the Shanghai International Literary Festival and also ...

  12 March 2010 | Michael Carter

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• UNAIDS and UNDP call on 48* countries and territories to remove all HIV-related travel restrictions

  New data show that in 2019 around 48* countries and territories still have restrictions that include mandatory HIV testing and disclosure as part of requirements for entry, residence, work and/or study permits.

  01 July 2019 | UNAIDS

• Azerbaijan removes HIV question from visa application form

  Azerbaijan has responded to international calls to remove the necessity of visa applicants to confirm that they are not HIV positive when applying for visas. The Azerbaijan authorities made the decision to alter the current e-visa system on April 23 following criticism from European football’s governing body, UEFA, which said the HIV question on the application from was discriminatory.

  24 April 2019 | Emerging Europe

• Visa restrictions for HIV-positive immigrants still in place in dozens of countries

  Recent leak in Singapore of data of HIV-positive people renewed attention on its curbs on long-term stays by those who have the virus. Countries with restrictions include Russia and the United Arab Emirates; there’s no logical basis for them any more, UNAids says.

  06 February 2019 | South China Morning Post

• Singapore HIV registry data leaked online in health breach

  Confidential data about more than 14,000 people diagnosed with HIV, including foreign visitors, has been stolen in Singapore and leaked online.

  29 January 2019 | BBC News

• Travel bans reveal state of HIV discrimination

  As World Aids Day marks its 30th anniversary, travel restrictions for people living with HIV remain common around the world, including bans on entry, denial of work and residence permits, and even deportations.

  29 November 2018 | Graphic News

• HIV Travel: The Global Database on HIV-specific Travel and Residence restrictions is updated

  The Global Database on HIV-specific Travel & Residence Restrictions, a useful online tool regarding the cross-border mobility of people living with HIV/AIDS, was recently updated. Thirteen countries have punitive laws affecting stays below 90 days. Forty-nine countries restrict long-term stays of more than 90 days. Laws and practices are unclear in 24 countries, while 143 countries have no restrictions.

  12 October 2018 | EATG

• Travel policies make US unsafe for AIDS conference, activists say

  After George Ayala learned last month that San Francisco and Oakland had been chosen to co-host the International AIDS Conference in 2020, he quickly published a statement of disapproval.

  23 April 2018 | NBCNews.com

• Singaporean doctor on trial for helping HIV-positive foreign boyfriend deceive MOM

  A Singaporean doctor is on trial for allegedly helping his HIV-positive foreign boyfriend cheat the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) when the American submitted the doctor's blood for tests instead of his own in March 2008 to obtain an employment pass.

  25 September 2017 | The Straits Times

• Korea scraps mandatory HIV tests for English teachers

  A controversial requirement for HIV testing of foreign language teachers has been scrapped, government officials confirmed to The Korea Herald on Thursday, almost 10 years after it was introduced.

  10 July 2017 | Korea Herald

• Korea Should Get Real on HIV

  The Korean government considers people living with HIV morally unfit to teach English and medically unfit to receive government scholarships to study at Korean universities. But the UN and governments around the world have long recognized that such policies are unjustified on any sort of health or human rights grounds. In such an economically and scientifically advanced country, this is an astonishing reminder that in some respects Korea still needs to catch up with the rest of the world. 

  05 May 2017 | Human Rights Watch Health

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