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Peru: Venezuelan migrants in Peru face severe challenges in HIV care and basic services, report finds
Source: ReliefWeb

Peru: Venezuelan migrants in Peru face severe challenges in HIV care and basic services, report finds

8 May 2024
Translated with Google translate – Scroll down for article in Spanish The persistent and serious economic and social crisis that Venezuela is experiencing has led more than 5.5 million Venezuelans to leave their country in search of guaranteeing the right...
Canada: HIV status at the centre of legal fight against immigration barriers
Source: HIV Legal Network

Canada: HIV status at the centre of legal fight against immigration barriers

17 April 2024
The HIV Legal Network and a client of Battista Migration Law Group are challenging the constitutionality of Canada’s “excessive demand” regime in federal court. On February 2, 2024, we filed legal arguments and materials challenging the decision of Immigration, Refugees...
HIV services expanded for displaced migrants in wake of Ukraine war and regional turmoil
Source: UNAIDS

HIV services expanded for displaced migrants in wake of Ukraine war and regional turmoil

17 April 2024
Countries affected by the migration crisis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, prompted by the war in Ukraine and other turmoil in the region, have had to put in place measures so that all displaced people have access to essential...
The Golondrinas strategy connects HIV positive migrants to medical care in LAC region
Source: Opinión

The Golondrinas strategy connects HIV positive migrants to medical care in LAC region

24 March 2024
Translated with Deepl.com; For original article in Spanish, please scroll down. It is a strategy for people arriving in another country to continue with the necessary treatment. A person with HIV who leaves his or her country may experience difficulties...
Poland: Ukrainian refugees struggle with stigma and treatment gaps
Source: Eurozone

Poland: Ukrainian refugees struggle with stigma and treatment gaps

4 March 2024
On top of housing, work and schooling, Ukrainian refugees with HIV face an additional, urgent difficulty: how to access the antiretroviral medicines they need to suppress the virus. In Poland, they face a particular stigma, causing many HIV positive refugees...
UK: A guide for migrants on how to access the National Health Service (NHS)
Source: aidsmap - Bakita Kasadha

UK: A guide for migrants on how to access the National Health Service (NHS)

18 January 2024
Key points Refugees, current asylum seekers and those who have paid the Immigration Health Surcharge are entitled to free NHS health care. Some types of treatment are free to all people in the UK, including GP services and HIV prevention,...
Botswana: Following free ARV programme for non-citizens, adverse birth outcomes improve
Source: https://www.aidsmap.com/news/dec-2023/free-antiretroviral-therapy-non-citizens-botswana-further-step-towards-elimination

Botswana: Following free ARV programme for non-citizens, adverse birth outcomes improve

21 December 2023
Following the expansion of antiretroviral therapy to migrants and non-citizens in Botswana, gaps have narrowed in the uptake of antenatal care and antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy between citizens and non-citizens living with HIV. Disparities in adverse birth outcomes were no...
UK: The hostile environment policies have a devastating impact on migrant access to healthcare
Source: The Herald - Dr Masimba Mavaza

UK: The hostile environment policies have a devastating impact on migrant access to healthcare

9 December 2023
As the world celebrated the World AIDS Day on December it is imperative to look at how Zimbabweans are living with disease in the UK and Diaspora at large. In the United Kingdom, many Zimbabweans are being left behind in...
US: Find out where to go for free, or low-cost, HIV services, regardless of immigration status
Source: Documented

US: Find out where to go for free, or low-cost, HIV services, regardless of immigration status

2 December 2023
In New York, care for HIV and AIDS is free or low-cost for anyone, regardless of immigration status. In New York, care for HIV and AIDS is free or low-cost for anyone, regardless of immigration status. People from the age of...
Source: InfoMigrants

France: Foreign nationals with HIV in France face precarity and legislative hurdles

1 December 2023
Translated with Deepl.com – Scroll down for text in French While foreign nationals account for more than half of all HIV-positive patients in France, their access to healthcare is an obstacle course. And the Immigration Bill currently before the French...
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