Monthly Archives: January 2010

US removes HIV status barrier 2

JAMAICANS APPLYING for a visa to enter the United States are no longer required to carry out a HIV self test.
The United States Embassy has said that effective January 4, 2010, HIV testing was no longer a requirement for medical examinations for visa purposes.home hiv test, hiv self test, home hiv kit
Applicants who are HIV positive [...]

New home HIV-testing law focuses on pregnant women 3

A gap in the way Texas cared for pregnant women sometimes cost some of the state’s most innocent residents – newborn babies – their lives.home hiv test, hiv self test, home hiv kit
To remedy that, part of a law that took effect this month requires health care providers to test pregnant women for HIV, the [...]

WHO tool to integrate gender into AIDS programmes 0

Half of all people living with HIV globally are now women and this figure rises to over 60 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa, where young women aged 15-24 can be several times more likely to be HIV-positive than their male counterparts. In order to offer women greater protection against the virus, the World Health Organization [...]