HIV Criminalization Never Made Sense Published on Monday, 19 October 2015 10:24 By Theodore Kerr Understanding the history of these laws to combat them now. For those concerned with HIV criminalization, all eyes have been on Missouri where over the…
Canada: New film explores the impact of using sexual assault law to prosecute HIV non-disclosure Published on Thursday, 15 October 2015 10:03 This week sees the release of an important new short film from the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. Consent:…
Allan Maleche This month’s UN summit for the adoption of the post-2015 global development agenda will provide an opportunity for States to endorse 17 new global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).1 The goals, built on the momentum from implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2000-2015, will guide economic, environmental and social initiatives for the next 15 years.2 SDG 3, the overarching goal on health issues, seeks to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.
SINGAPORE – For more than two decades, foreigners infected with HIV have not been allowed to set foot in Singapore. However, the ban on those entering on short-term visit passes was lifted on April 1, The Straits Times has found out. The ban remains for long-term visitors, such as those looking to work in Singapore or those who want to accompany a child studying here, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed. “The policy on the repatriation and permanent blacklisting of HIV-positive foreigners was recommended in the late 1980s when the disease was new, fatal and no effective treatment was available,” a spokesman said. But the ban was lifted “given the current context with more than 5,000 Singapore residents living with HIV and the availability of effective treatment for the disease”.
––HIV-positive nurse sentenced to three years for workplace accident–– May 20, 2014––A Ugandan court has done the unthinkable: sentenced a hospital nurse living with HIV to three years in prison. The court found the nurse guilty of “negligence likely to cause transmission of a dangerous disease” because she may have mistakenly reused a needle that pricked her finger. Although she was never on trial for consciously attempting to do harm, local and international media continue to portray the charge and subsequent verdict as intentional.