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Source: aidsmap - Bakita Kasadha
UK: A guide for migrants on how to access the National Health Service (NHS)
18 January 2024
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
Source: The Herald - Dr Masimba Mavaza
UK: The hostile environment policies have a devastating impact on migrant access to healthcare
9 December 2023
Source: Documented
US: Find out where to go for free, or low-cost, HIV services, regardless of immigration status
2 December 2023
Source: InfoMigrants
France: Foreign nationals with HIV in France face precarity and legislative hurdles
1 December 2023
Source: Shafaq News
Iraq: Majority of Kurdistan’s new HIV cases are foreigners, now facing deportation
1 December 2023
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
Source: The Telegraph
South Africa: Fear of deportation forces HIV-positive migrants in South Africa to seek illegal drug supply
26 July 2023
Source: HALCO, HIV Legal Network, and COCQ-SIDA
Canada: Advocates call for end to Canada's discriminatory HIV partner notification policy
21 June 2023
Source: The Conversation
South Africa: South Africa needs a healthcare system that is migration-aware and recognises mobility
12 June 2023