Obama lifted the ban on HIV infected people in the US

US President Barack Obama said on Monday that the US will lift the ban on travel and immigration for HIV-infected people over the past 22 years.

Mr. Obama said his request will be completed next Monday.

The United States is among dozens of countries that prohibit HIV-infected people from entering or failing to issue green cards (official nationals of this country) to these people.

' If we want to lead the fight against HIV / AIDS, we have to act like that, ' Obama said in the White House before signing the law to extend Ryan White's HIV / AIDS program. Started in 1990, the Ryan White program provided medical care, mem medicine, support services to about half a million people, mostly low-income people in the United States.

Obama signed Ryan White's HIV / AIDS program extension.

The bill was named after an Indiana boy, who contracted AIDS through blood at the age of 13. White fought against discrimination against people with AIDS and helped people understand the disease. White died in April 1990, at the age of 18.

In 1987, the time of fear of HIV disease spread, the Department of Health and Human Services listed the disease as a list of infectious diseases, prohibiting people from entering the US.

Obama said to lift the ban, the US will take a step forward in ending the discrimination against HIV / AIDS-infected people, which he says has prevented people from being tested, causing the disease to spread. wide.

More than 1 million people in the US live with HIV / AIDS, and more than 56,000 new infections are reported each year.

11 other countries banned HIV-positive tourists and immigrants from their countries including Armenia, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Sudan.