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US drops ban on HIV-positive diplomats
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Feb 16, 2008 12:25pm |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Saturday, February 16, 2008 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Honolulu Advertiser
Under pressure from a lawsuit, the State Department is changing rules that had disqualified HIV-positive people from becoming U.S. diplomats.
Effective Friday, the department removed HIV from a list of medical conditions that automatically prevent foreign service candidates from meeting a requirement that they be able to work anywhere in the world.
The change was made after consultation with medical experts and in response to a lawsuit filed by an HIV-positive man who was denied entry into the foreign service despite being otherwise qualified.
Officials denied that the policy had ever intentionally discriminated against HIV-positive people and noted that the policy had applied only to incoming diplomats, not those who had contracted the virus or other diseases while in the foreign service. |
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