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Source: Takikh Dela/«Таких Дел»

Russia: Law prohibiting migrants living with HIV from staying in the country does not just legalise discrimination, it also endangers their lives

21 July 2021
Automated Google translation – For original article in Russian, please scroll down Russia still has a law prohibiting HIV-infected migrants from staying in the country. This norm does not just legalise discrimination – it puts people in mortal danger who...
Source: Kloop

Russia: Migrants workers to undergo HIV testing every 3 months

5 July 2021
Automatic google translation – For original article in Russian, please scroll down On July 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law on state fingerprint registration of visa-free foreign citizens in Russia. According to the law, visa-free foreigners will now have...
Source: Life4me +

Russia: Migrants are forming a "hidden epidemic" because they are afraid to seek help

18 June 2021
Automated translation – For article in Russian, please scroll down. Russia is one of 19 countries that deport migrants living with HIV. Migrants, in turn, prefer not to return to their homeland and remain in the country illegally. For fear of being...
Source: Haaretz

Israel: Undocumented migrants living with HIV receive drugs no longer administered to Israelis

7 June 2021
Those treated by the Health Ministry program speak of severe side effects, and doctors note drugs they receive are no longer administered to Israelis. Hundreds of undocumented HIV carriers in Israel receive inadequate treatment and outdated medications that sometimes cause...
Source: Kommersant

Russia: Bill proposing to abolish mandatory deportation of foreigners with HIV submitted for review

22 April 2021
Translated from Russian via Deepl.com. For original article, please scroll down. Fedot Tumusov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Health Committee, has sent for review to the Russian Government a draft law proposing to abolish mandatory deportation of foreigners...
Source: Kommersant/Коммерсантъ

Russia: Deporting migrants with HIV from Russia is not only inhumane but also economically unprofitable

8 April 2021
Automated translation via Deepl.com – For original article in Russian, please scroll down. Representatives of the Regional Expert Group on the Health of Migrants in the EECA region called the current practice of deporting migrants with HIV in Russia not...
Source: La Sexta

Andorra: People refused entry to the country for a variety of health reasons, including HIV

23 March 2021
Translated from Spanish via Deepl.com; Scroll down for the original article in Spanish. Ricardo Villanueva, a doctor who worked for three years in a hospital in Andorra, has filed a complaint against the government of the Principality. The doctor claims...
Source: Present Time/Настоящее Время

Russia: The deportation of people living with HIV is outdated, bad for public health and economically ineffective

18 March 2021
Automatic Google translation, for original article in Russian, please scroll down. Author: Ekaterina Ivaschenko Russia is one of 19 countries in the world where HIV is the basis for deportation. In practice, when migrants find out about their positive status, they...
Source: UNAIDS

Nepal: How critical HIV medicine reached a traveler stranded in Nepal during the pandemic

15 March 2021
Wang Tang (not his real name) had never been to Nepal before, but at the end of March 2020 it was one of the few countries that had not closed its borders with China. Since he was desperate to get...
Source: Human Rights Watch

Jordan: Health professionals mandated to report individual’s HIV status to the government

27 October 2020
Government Mandates Reporting HIV Status, Deports People Living with HIV In Jordan, medical professionals and health facilities are mandated to report an individual’s HIV status to the government. Foreign nationals found to be HIV-positive are summarily deported regardless of the consequences to their health and...
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