UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for an end to all discrimination against people with HIV, including restrictions on travel for HIV-positive travellers into some countries.

Both the United States and China have announced possible changes to existing restrictions on HIV-positive visitors.

Comments by the Prime Minister calling for a ban on HIV-positive immigrants entering Australia have drawn an angry response from community activists and experts working in the HIV sector.

The 4th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention has opened in Sydney with calls for increased funding for HIV research, and a powerful rejection of the Australian Prime Minister's plans to tighten restrictions on immigration by people living with HIV/AIDS.

Australia doesn’t need tighter restrictions on HIV-positive immigrants, writes NAPWA President Robert Mitchell.

Claims by the Prime Minister that tighter restrictions are needed to stop HIV-positive people migrating to Australia are ill-informed, misguided and unhelpful, the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) has said.

In a statement to mark World AIDS Day, US President George W. Bush has announced an easing of the long-standing rule barring HIV-positive people from travelling to the United States.

Following the recent terrorist alert in the UK, new rules prevent passengers on many international flights carrying liquids in their hand luggage. Read this article for advice on travelling with T-20 under the new rules.

HIV-related news in brief from the April 2006 edition of Positive Living.

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