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For 30 years, World AIDS Day aims to promote awareness and combat discrimination related to the disease.
Although HIV treatment has made tremendous progress since reaching epidemic proportions in the early 1980s, attitudes towards this disease vary from country to country.
Here is a guide to countries that currently restrict travel for people with HIV.
Bhutan
Any visitor staying for 14 days is free to do so, but those staying longer on vacation will be tested for HIV in the last six months. Refusal of entry or expulsion is possible without this.
Brunei
Although there is no mandatory testing system in place, those who are known to be HIV-positive are at risk of expulsion. A test is required for anyone looking for a work or study visa.
Equatorial Guinea
Travelers are required to check that they have received a yellow fever vaccine. A negative HIV test may also be required and a refusal of entry or deportation is possible without testing.
Iran
Although Tehran does not impose restrictions on visitors up to three months, South African travelers may be invited for an HIV test and are advised to contact their embbady before departure. The country may refuse visas to HIV-positive travelers and those seeking a work or residence visa require an HIV-negative test.
Iraq
Baghdad requires that anyone who stays longer than 10 days pbad a test in a state laboratory. He could refuse entry or expel anyone, even diplomats.
jordan
HIV-positive people may be refused entry at the border. The presence of antiretrovirals among their possessions can be used to confirm the carrier status.
Krygystan
People staying more than 30 days must provide documents proving their HIV-negative status.
Papua New Guinea
Medical documentation may be required, including an HIV test, for all travelers 16 years of age and older. The same applies to those seeking residence.
Qatar
Travelers staying longer than one month must pbad an HIV test in a laboratory in the State of Qatar. Sufferers can be refused or deported.
Russia
Moscow does not require proof of HIV for stays of less than three months, but people who apply for a work visa or student visa must have a document attesting to their negative status.
Singapore
No HIV test is required for tourists staying 30 days. Foreign certificates attesting HIV-negative conditions are accepted, but the import of antiretrovirals must be approved by the country's Health Science Authority. HIV-positive people may be deported, but not if they are married to a Singaporean citizen.
Chinese pbadenger undergoes free HIV test at Beijing International Airport (Cancan) Chu/ Getty)
Solomon Islands
Visitors and residents are free to stay for 90 days without a test, but are required to provide documentation for a clear HIV test for longer.
Sudan
A negative HIV test may be necessary to prove entry and will be necessary for those wishing to stay longer than 90 days.
suriname
People from Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe need a medical certificate stating that they are not infected with HIV and that they can import antiretrovirals for personal use if they have a prescription from their doctor. Those who are later HIV positive may be deported.
1/18 World AIDS Day – United Kingdom
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Engage in Discussion with Laura Waters, HIV Consultant, During Visit to Terrence Higgins Trust World AIDS Charity Fair
Getty Images
2/18 World Aids Day – Brazil
Red balloons are dropped to mark World AIDS Day in Sao Paulo
REUTERS
3/18 World AIDS Day – France
A nurse takes blood for an HIV test for French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Delafontaine Hospital
Reuters
4/18 World AIDS Day – India
A student displays his face and hand-painted messages in Chandigarh, India.
REUTERS
5/18 World AIDS Day – United Kingdom
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle travel to Nottingham Contemporary to attend a charity event organized by Terrence Higgins Trust on World AIDS Day during their first official engagement.
Pennsylvania
6/18 World AIDS Day – South Africa
Members of the 21st South African Infantry Battalion march to Soweto on the occasion of World AIDS Day
AP
7/18 World AIDS Day – India
A child paints his face to raise awareness of HIV / AIDS on World AIDS Day in Jammu
Rex Features
8/18 World AIDS Day – Kenya
Free HIV testing booths set up on World AIDS Day at the University of Nairobi
AFP / Getty Images
9/18 World AIDS Day – China
Students use candles to form a large ribbon at a primary school in China
REUTERS
10/18 World AIDS Day – India
Commuters Pbad a Message on World AIDS Day Near Howrah Bridge on the Ganges Bank in Calcutta
EPA
11/18 World AIDS Day – India
A volunteer lights candles laid on the ground in the form of red ribbon at an awareness rally on the eve of World AIDS Day in Agartala
AFP / Getty Images
12/18 World AIDS Day – China
Yangzhou University Medical College students standing in the form of a red ribbon
VCG via Getty Images
13/18 World AIDS Day – China
Students hold red ribbons in a high school in Hefei, Anhui Province, China
REUTERS
14/18 World AIDS Day – Mexico
The monument "Diana La Cazadora" is illuminated in red on the eve of World AIDS Day in Mexico City
AFP / Getty Images
15/18 World AIDS Day – India
Art of sand on Puri beach on the east coast of the Bengal Sea. Sudarshan Patnaik, sand artist, created the play on the eve of World AIDS Day.
Rex Features
16/18 World AIDS Day – India
People hold candles around a ribbon at an HIV / AIDS awareness ceremony in Ahmedabad, India
REUTERS
17/18 World AIDS Day – Ukraine
A woman undergoes a blood test for HIV / AIDS in a mobile laboratory in Ukraine
AP
18/18 World AIDS Day – China
The two towers of the Global Harbor Mall in Shaghai are illuminated by huge red ribbons
Rex Features
1/18 World AIDS Day – United Kingdom
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Engage in Discussion with Laura Waters, HIV Consultant, During Visit to Terrence Higgins Trust World AIDS Charity Fair
Getty Images
2/18 World Aids Day – Brazil
Red balloons are dropped to mark World AIDS Day in Sao Paulo
REUTERS
3/18 World AIDS Day – France
A nurse takes blood for an HIV test for French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Delafontaine Hospital
Reuters
4/18 World AIDS Day – India
A student displays his face and hand-painted messages in Chandigarh, India.
REUTERS
5/18 World AIDS Day – United Kingdom
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle travel to Nottingham Contemporary to attend a charity event organized by Terrence Higgins Trust on World AIDS Day during their first official engagement.
Pennsylvania
6/18 World AIDS Day – South Africa
Members of the 21st South African Infantry Battalion march to Soweto on the occasion of World AIDS Day
AP
7/18 World AIDS Day – India
A child paints his face to raise awareness of HIV / AIDS on World AIDS Day in Jammu
Rex Features
8/18 World AIDS Day – Kenya
Free HIV testing booths set up on World AIDS Day at the University of Nairobi
AFP / Getty Images
9/18 World AIDS Day – China
Students use candles to form a large ribbon at a primary school in China
REUTERS
10/18 World AIDS Day – India
Commuters Pbad a Message on World AIDS Day Near Howrah Bridge on the Ganges Bank in Calcutta
EPA
11/18 World AIDS Day – India
A volunteer lights candles laid on the ground in the form of red ribbon at an awareness rally on the eve of World AIDS Day in Agartala
AFP / Getty Images
12/18 World AIDS Day – China
Yangzhou University Medical College students standing in the form of a red ribbon
VCG via Getty Images
13/18 World AIDS Day – China
Students hold red ribbons in a high school in Hefei, Anhui Province, China
REUTERS
14/18 World AIDS Day – Mexico
The monument "Diana La Cazadora" is illuminated in red on the eve of World AIDS Day in Mexico City
AFP / Getty Images
15/18 World AIDS Day – India
Art of sand on Puri beach on the east coast of the Bengal Sea. Sudarshan Patnaik, sand artist, created the play on the eve of World AIDS Day.
Rex Features
16/18 World AIDS Day – India
People hold candles around a ribbon at an HIV / AIDS awareness ceremony in Ahmedabad, India
REUTERS
17/18 World AIDS Day – Ukraine
A woman undergoes a blood test for HIV / AIDS in a mobile laboratory in Ukraine
AP
18/18 World AIDS Day – China
The two towers of the Global Harbor Mall in Shaghai are illuminated by huge red ribbons
Rex Features
Taiwan
Visitors are free to stay for three months without being tested and to provide antiretrovirals for their personal use. However, HIV-positive people may be denied entry and subsequently recognized residence visa holders may be ordered to leave with three months' notice.
Tunisia
People staying more than 30 days may need to try HIV after arrival. Antiretroviral drugs are allowed for personal use. A test is required for anyone seeking a work or study visa.
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Turks and Caicos Islands
People staying more than 30 days must be tested for HIV after arrival. A test is also required for anyone seeking a work or study visa.
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No HIV test is required for tourists, but those seeking a work or residence visa must be tested upon arrival. Foreign documentation is invalid and the importation of antiretrovirals is not allowed.
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