Wednesday, June 11, 2008
UN calls for lifting travel restrictions on HIV carriers
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UN calls for lifting travel restrictions on HIV carriers
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for an end to discrimination against people carrying the AIDS virus, including travel restrictions imposed on them by some countries. He said that 60 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, "it is shocking that there should still be discrimination against those at high risk, such as men who have sex with men, or stigma attached to individuals living with HIV."
Salvadoran President Elias Antonio Saca, who lifted such restrictions in his country four years ago, backed the NGOs' call. "I appeal to the international community and all governments for the scrapping of walls and barriers which restrict the free movement of people living with HIV," he said.
Meanwhile AIDS expert Anthony Fauci, the head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stressed the importance of prevention and continuing research. He recalled that AIDS was discovered 27 years ago and that considerable funding was still needed to combat the disease.
UN calls for lifting travel restrictions on HIV carriers
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for an end to discrimination against people carrying the AIDS virus, including travel restrictions imposed on them by some countries. He said that 60 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, "it is shocking that there should still be discrimination against those at high risk, such as men who have sex with men, or stigma attached to individuals living with HIV."
Salvadoran President Elias Antonio Saca, who lifted such restrictions in his country four years ago, backed the NGOs' call. "I appeal to the international community and all governments for the scrapping of walls and barriers which restrict the free movement of people living with HIV," he said.
Meanwhile AIDS expert Anthony Fauci, the head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stressed the importance of prevention and continuing research. He recalled that AIDS was discovered 27 years ago and that considerable funding was still needed to combat the disease.
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