HIV-Related Travel Restrictions

The Joint United Nation Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has setup an international team that would investigate on the unfair HIV travel restrictions imposed by most countries to people with such infections or disease.

While most of us know that most countries would argue about protecting their own people about the danger imposed by people with HIV/AIDS to their constituents, we cannot deny the fact that this may also become an issue on discrimination, human rights and travel-related freedom by people living with such disease.

I believe that the United Nation should impose tougher sanctions for countries violating human rights just because people are infected with HIV. I think that for as long as people living with HIV are healthy and productive in their respective jobs, they should not be prevented from participating though and should not be denied of living a decent and normal life and should remain insulated from the stigma of the society. In fact, HIV positive individuals cannot infect others through casual contact. Click here to read more.