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Discrimination, denial, and deportation : human rights abuses affecting migrants living with HIV
- Title
- Discrimination, denial, and deportation : human rights abuses affecting migrants living with HIV / Human Rights Watch ; [written by Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys and Joseph Amon].
- Author
- Todrys, Katherine Wiltenburg.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Human Rights Watch, ©2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | RA643.8 .H853 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 25 pages; 26 cm
- Summary
- Hundreds of millions of people cross borders annually, traveling and migrating for work or school, for family reasons, or to flee persecution or natural disasters. Migrants often face discrimination, language and cultural barriers, and other obstacles to health care, but those who are living with HIV face even greater problems: they can be denied legal entry, turned away from care, and deported because of their infection. Discrimination, Denial, and Deportation: Human Rights Abuses Affecting Migrants Living with HIV identifies how violations of international law threaten both the lives of HIV-positive migrants and their families, and the goals of universal access to prevention and treatment that governments have pledged. Governments worldwide should immediately eliminate HIV-related restrictions on entry, stay and residence, and remove discriminatory barriers to access to HIV prevention and treatment services for internal and international migrants. Individuals in detention awaiting deportation need to be provided with access to care and treatment. Governments must ensure that individuals previously receiving antiretroviral therapy are able to maintain access to treatment in detention and take steps to facilitate continuity of treatment upon deportation.
- Alternative Title
- Human rights abuses affecting migrants living with HIV
- Subject
- HIV-positive persons > Legal status, laws, etc
- Immigrants > Medical care
- Discrimination in medical care > Law and legislation
- Right to health
- HIV-positive persons > Civil rights
- HIV infections
- Discrimination
- HIV Infections
- Discrimination, Psychological
- Emigrants and Immigrants > legislation & jurisprudence
- Health Services Accessibility > legislation & jurisprudence
- Human Rights Abuses
- discrimination
- HIV infections
- Discrimination
- Discrimination in medical care > Law and legislation
- HIV-positive persons > Civil rights
- Immigrants > Medical care
- Right to health
- Note
- "June 2009" -- Table of contents page.
- Written by Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys and Joseph Amon -- ack. (p.20)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references: p. 21-25.
- ISBN
- 9781564324900
- 1564324907
- LCCN
- 2010483546
- OCLC
- ocn428167176
- 428167176
- SCSB-14653515
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library