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Source: Shafaq News

Iraq: Majority of Kurdistan’s new HIV cases are foreigners, now facing deportation

1 December 2023

Shafaq News / The Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan Region (KRI) announced on Friday the registration of 72 new cases of HIV/AIDS, confirming that the majority of them are from outside the Region. In a statement released on the...

Source: Info Migrants

Italy: Resident foreigners to be charged €2,000 to use the national health service as part of the 2024 budget

17 October 2023

The Italian government will charge foreigners who live in Italy a €2,000 fee to use the national health service. The costs will be adopted as part of the 2024 budget. There will be an unspecified discount for those with legal...

Source: The Telegraph

South Africa: Fear of deportation forces HIV-positive migrants in South Africa to seek illegal drug supply

26 July 2023

Antiretroviral drugs are free in South Africa – but thousands of undocumented HIV-positive migrants dare not seek them out. The decision to leave Malawi was an easy one for McLean Nyirenda. He could either languish in poverty at home, as...

Source: HALCO, HIV Legal Network, and COCQ-SIDA

Canada: Advocates call for end to Canada's discriminatory HIV partner notification policy

21 June 2023

This statement can be attributed to HALCO, the HIV Legal Network, and COCQ-SIDA. June 21, 2023 – The HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO), HIV Legal Network, and La Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le sida...

Source: The Conversation

South Africa: South Africa needs a healthcare system that is migration-aware and recognises mobility

12 June 2023

Around 8.45 million people in South Africa live with HIV – an estimated 13.9% of the population. Of South African women aged 15-49, approximately 24% are HIV positive. The roll-out of services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV has been...

Source: Inquirer.net

Thailand: Key population-led organisations deliver HIV prevention and treatment services to migrants

11 June 2023

In December 2021, Ed (not his real name), a migrant Filipino in Thailand suspected that he had contracted HIV due to symptoms such as herpes, fever, and weight loss. After conducting a quick Google search and reaching out to HIV...

Source: info migrants

France: Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Paris offers migrants free tests for STIs, hepatitis B and C and HIV

15 December 2022

The Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Paris offers checks for sexually transmitted infections (STI) such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis B and C and HIV. The service is free and open to all, including undocumented migrants without healthcare coverage in France. Herman,...

Source: Кавказ.Реалии

Russia: Court finds refusal to let migrant woman stay in Russia because of her HIV status unlawful

17 November 2022

Translated via Deepl.com. For original article in Russian, please scroll down. The Krasnodar Territory Department of the Russian Federal Consumer Rights Protection and Human Health Control Service decided that Uzbek citizen X. was undesirable in Russia because of her HIV...

Source: Cyprus Mail

Cyprus: Decision to deport HIV positive student on the grounds of “carrying an infectious disease” is reversed

27 March 2022

The civil registry and migration department on Saturday responded to being lambasted for ordering the deportation of a third-country student because he was HIV positive, saying they would be issuing him a residence permit under certain health conditions. The Aids...