Daily Archives: March 12, 2010

Visa refusal shines spotlight on China’s HIV self test travel ban 0

A spotlight has fallen on China’s continued entry ban for HIV-positive foreigners after HIV-positive Australian novelist Robert Dessaix was refused entry to the country.
Dessaix had planning to attend the Shanghai International Literary Festival and also had been invited to speak in Beijing and Chengdu.
China’s travel ban dates back to the 1980s when the [...]

S.Africa announces plans to ramp up home HIV testing 0

CAPE TOWN — The South African government on Thursday announced a ramped up AIDS plan that aims to test 15 million residents for HIV in the world’s worst affected country by next June.
President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet, which approved the scaled up programme on Wednesday, will lead a voluntary and public testing campaign with the goal [...]