The Chinese government announced Tuesday that it has lifted a ban on entry into that country for individuals with HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases. The ban was originally implemented under the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law and...
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The Chinese government announced Tuesday that it has lifted a ban on entry into that country for individuals with HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases. The ban was originally implemented under the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law and...
Hamsa Subramaniam discusses the knowledge she gained as a 2008 Clinton Fellow at SAATHII, an HIV/AIDS technical assistance organization in Chennai, India...In 2007, the World Health Organization reported that 2.3 million people above the age of 15 are infected with...
A Russian court on Monday awarded an HIV-positive woman custody of her younger brother. Svetlana Izambayeva sought custody rights in February after her mother's death left the boy orphaned, but was denied by a city court...
Kenya forming special tribunal to hear HIV-related legal issues
Kenyan officials on Thursday announced the creation of a special tribunal to hear legal claims dealing with HIV , including discrimination and medical confidentiality cases. The tribunal will have the legal standing and powers of a subordinate...
Silpa Swarnapuri, Pitt Law '12, attended the Second Annual Gay Pride Parade held in her home country of India...On the eve of New Jersey putting the issue of same-sex marriage to popular vote, I recalled India's Second Annual Gay Pride...
End to HIV entry ban brings US into compliance with human rights laws
Sara Perle and Samara Fox : "The 22-year-old HIV/AIDS ban on the entry into the United States of HIV-positive individuals who are not US citizens ended on January 4,...
Lifting HIV travel ban marks end to era of American discrimination
Victoria Neilson : "On Monday, with relatively little fanfare, the US closed a chapter on an era of discrimination and intolerance. Since 1987, any non-citizen seeking to enter the US was prohibited from doing so if he...
A US rule ending a policy prohibiting people with HIV or AIDS from entering the country went into effect on Monday. The decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to remove HIV from...
The Ugandan Parliament voted unanimously Thursday to outlaw female genital mutilation (FGM) . Under the new legislation , anyone who conducts the procedure faces a 10-year prison sentence, and anyone convicted of aggravated...
