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Global study reveals 50 countries still enforce HIV-related travel restrictions
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Global study reveals 50 countries still enforce HIV-related travel restrictions

16 July 2025
A new global study presented this week at the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science in Kigali (IAS 2025) has revealed that 50 countries around the world continue to enforce HIV-related travel and residence restrictions, in clear violation of international...
Russia: Migrants could face mandatory health checks under Russian draft law
Source: APA

Russia: Migrants could face mandatory health checks under Russian draft law

14 July 2025
Russian lawmakers propose mandatory health clearance for migrants entering the country Deputies have proposed introducing a mandatory requirement for migrants entering the Russian Federation to present a certificate proving they are free of infectious diseases, Yaroslav Nilov, Chairman of the...
Russia: Russian lawmaker seeks expanded regional powers over migrants with HIV
Source: ulus media

Russia: Russian lawmaker seeks expanded regional powers over migrants with HIV

3 June 2025
Translated with Deepl. Scroll down for original article in Russian. Il Tumen proposes to expand the rights of regions in relation to migrants with HIV The federal law should have a clause that allows the regions to take additional measures...
Russia: New bill proposes requiring HIV-free certificates for migrant entry
Source: kommersant

Russia: New bill proposes requiring HIV-free certificates for migrant entry

1 May 2025
Translated with Deepl, scroll down for original article in Russian. The State Duma proposed to ban migrants from entering the Russian Federation without a certificate of absence of HIV. The head of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy...
Russia: Mandatory medical exams for migrants may shift to state-controlled facilities
Source: INFOX

Russia: Mandatory medical exams for migrants may shift to state-controlled facilities

24 January 2025
Translated with google. Scroll down for original article in Russian. Russia has proposed to change the conditions for medical examinations for migrants. The head of the Health Protection Committee Sergey Leonov announced the need to ban the provision of mandatory...
Russia: 25 foreign nationals living with HIV or tuberculosis deported from Dagestan
Source: Makhachkala news/Махачкалинские известия

Russia: 25 foreign nationals living with HIV or tuberculosis deported from Dagestan

29 December 2024
The Department of Rospotrebnadzor for Dagestan decided to deport 25 foreign citizens in connection with the detection of dangerous infectious diseases in them. In 2024, 13,214 foreign citizens underwent a medical examination in Dagestan. Among them, 25 cases of infectious...
Russia: New bill introduces broader disease testing for migrants, including hepatitis
Source: National Accent

Russia: New bill introduces broader disease testing for migrants, including hepatitis

1 October 2024
Translated with Deepl.com. Scroll down for original article in Russian The Russian government has already supported the bills against illegal migration. New initiatives are next – the introduction of a Russian language exam for foreign children and the expansion of...
Russia: Immigrants deported for failing medical examination that includes HIV test
Source: Pulse 19

Russia: Immigrants deported for failing medical examination that includes HIV test

12 July 2024
Translated from Russian by IA – Scroll down for article in Russian In 2024, bailiffs of Khakassia expelled 74 foreign citizens from Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Belarus from the Russian Federation. According to the UFSSP of Khakassia, they mainly...
HIV services expanded for displaced migrants in wake of Ukraine war and regional turmoil
Source: UNAIDS

HIV services expanded for displaced migrants in wake of Ukraine war and regional turmoil

17 April 2024
Countries affected by the migration crisis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, prompted by the war in Ukraine and other turmoil in the region, have had to put in place measures so that all displaced people have access to essential...
Russia: Court finds refusal to let migrant woman stay in Russia because of her HIV status unlawful
Source: Кавказ.Реалии

Russia: Court finds refusal to let migrant woman stay in Russia because of her HIV status unlawful

17 November 2022
Translated via Deepl.com. For original article in Russian, please scroll down. The Krasnodar Territory Department of the Russian Federal Consumer Rights Protection and Human Health Control Service decided that Uzbek citizen X. was undesirable in Russia because of her HIV...
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