Saturday, July 31, 2004

Dispersal of HIV-positive asylum seekers often medically inappropriate finds study / Aidsmap, 30 July 2004

Aidsmap | Dispersal of HIV-positive asylum seekers often medically inappropriate finds study: "Michael Carter
The overwhelming majority of doctors with experience of treating HIV-positive asylum seekers believe that the current policy of dispersing asylum seekers at short notice around the UK can have negative health implications, including the development of resistance to antiretrovirals, mother-to-baby transmission of HIV, according to a paper published in the July 31st edition of the British Medical Journal. "