Comments on: AIDS 2008: Lifting the Travel Ban on HIV-Positive People

By: esfer1

esfer1 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:39:45 +0000

boima jalllah im sorry but you’re wrong people living with hiv still can not travel or imigrate to US unless they get a waiver wich are very dificult to obtain, the ban is been lifted but is up to hhs deparment to lift the second entry. hopefully soon will be fully lifted

By: Global Voices Online » Global Health: 2008 Blogs In Review

Global Voices Online » Global Health: 2008 Blogs In Review — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:47:04 +0000

[...] communities such as men who have sex with men and sex workers. Another area of focus were the travel restrictions imposed on HIV-positive people. The restrictions were condemned as being discriminatory and [...]

By: POZ Guy

POZ Guy — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:34:58 +0000

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By: Boima Jalllah

Boima Jalllah — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:50:46 +0000

It is a good news that People living with HIV/AIDS can now travel and live in the USA. At last the US is not longer among those countries who carry out discrimation against HIV+ pleople.
I call on the rest of the countries of the world to do same. Some people living with HIV/AIDS have got there relatives living in some of these countries and would like to join them for care. If these TRAVEL BAN are in place, how will the fight against HIV/AIDS be effective?

Let the rest of the world world together in one direction to defeat the HIV/AIDS

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:04:42 +0000

So then where is the bill to allow people with Chancroid, Gonorrhea, Granuloma Inguinale, Lymphogranuloma Venereum, and Syphilis into the USA? They are currently denied entry also. Is there some reason that people with HIV are more deserving of special treatment than people with these conditions? There couldn’t be some sort of agenda here could there? Where is the outcry that people with Syphilis being denied entry would be ”discriminatory and would also lead to many of the infected to lie.”?

By: Karina Jones

Karina Jones — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:54:48 +0000

this does sound quite promising. I am reminded of a friend who hails from Kenya that was subjected through HIV testing on obtaining her student visa to Australia. Certain countries that are labeled ‘high risk’ seems to be discriminated against more strongly then those that appear to pose less risk toward the host country. Something we should not forget in this move forward to accord PLWHA with the right to live as they desire.

By: Solana Larsen

Solana Larsen — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:38:11 +0000

When you consider the amounts of people these bans affect, it’s really amazing there isn’t more awareness about it – so discriminatory.

By: Jillian York

Jillian York — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:11:40 +0000

Thank you for this, Juhie. I knew that some countries prevented long-term stays for HIV-positive people, but I had no idea that some entirely banned them! That’s just terrible, and I’m glad that the United States is moving in the right direction. Hopefully more countries will do so.