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America's next step on HIV-Aids | Elizabeth Pisani

Source: The Guardian

Nov 03, 2009

Summary

The US is finally dropping its ban on HIV-positive visitors. Could federal funding for clean needle programmes follow?

If you've been longing to climb the Empire State Building, visit Disneyworld or make a pilgrimage to Graceland and you happen to be infected with HIV, you can finally start making your travel plans. From January, for the first time in 22 years, you'll be allowed to visit the US.

The end to the absurd ban on HIV-positive visitors is being presented by Barack Obama as an act of leadership. In fact it was the president's predecessor, George Bush, who started the trek out of a wilderness of discriminatory immigration policies inhabited by only 11 other nations in the world. The HIV travel ban put the US in the illustrious company of such countries as Saudi Arabia, Libya and Iraq. It has split families, caused untold anxiety for people who fear they might be "found out" and discouraged HIV testing. It has also disappointed US convention organisers by denying them the chance to bid for multimillion-dollar Aids conferences, because thousands of activi

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