In July 2008 it was announced that the travel ban on HIV positive people entering America would be lifted but a year later this has yet to be implemented.
Recently a British man, Paul Thorn, who is HIV positive was scheduled to speak at a conference in Seattle but, after filling out the visa form on entry into the country, was denied access. The news comes at the same time as the International AIDS Society reiterated its desire to hold its biannual conference in Washington D.C in 2012.
Despite the announcement that the ban would be lifted there has been no mention from the current administration of when this is going to happen and in the mean time HIV positive people continue to be denied entry unless they have previously obtained a special visa.
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At The Peter Schick Foundation we have a vision, that someday soon, both long time and newly infected HIV patients will have access to a treatment that will eradicate HIV and AIDS virus.
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