160 Organizations Join to Push for End of HIV Travel Ban

Since 1987, the US has had in place, a law banning HIV positive people from imigrating to the US. In fact, HIV is the only medical condition is the only medical condition listed in the Immigration and Nationality Act as a basis for inadmissibility. HIV organizations around the world are pushing for the US to end ban. In a letter supporting the Tom Lantos & Henry J. Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 these 160 HIV organizations urge politicians to block any attempt to remove legislation that would end the ban. Currently the US is one of only 12 countries to have such a travel ban in place. Read the entire letter.

Related Information

• HIV Travel Requirements

• Travel Tips for those People Carrying Prescription Drugs

• Staying Healthy on the Road

-Update-

The US Senate has passed the PEPFAR Bill providing $50 billion in funding to those countries hit hardest by HIV. In doing so, the Senate has also voted to lift the HIV travel ban. Now the Bill goes back to the House of Represetatives for approval. If all goes as expected, the House will clear the Bill by next week, sending it to the desk of President Bush for his signature.