Comments Sought for Repeal of HIV Travel Ban

The Center for Disease Control & Prevention is seeking comment on a proposal by Obama adminstration to repeal the HIV/AIDS travel ban to the United States.

Among the key provisions of the new rules proposed in the administrative outline by the CDC are that: HIV infection would no longer be included on the list of “communicable disease of public health significance”; Testing for HIV infection would no longer be required as part of the U.S. Immigration medical screening process; and HIV infection would no longer require a waiver for entry into the United States.

This repeal is long overdue and something that was promised by Barack Obama during the U.S. Presidential campaign.

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