Barack Obama authorizes reopening of U.S. territory to HIV
For 22 years now that the United States have sealed their borders to people with HIV. The Senate was concerned because in 1987 the spread of what we then called the "gay cancer". The United States and returned in the exclusive club of the dozen of countries implementing the ban. Although it is possible to obtain a waiver to enter the United States when one is HIV positive steps are not always easy. From early 2010, the entry on American soil will be allowed to HIV without special paper. Final arrangements will be taken on Monday to lift the ban, thus putting an end to the work that had been initiated by the Bush administration. Barack Obama said: "If we want to lead the fight against AIDS in the world, we must behave as such. That's why my administration will publish on Monday a final regulation that will remove the entry ban, effective immediately after the New Year. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General Kofi Annan welcomed this major step.