While signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Act extension, President Obama announced that he is lifting a 22 year ban on US entry of people living with HIV and AIDS. Siting the US leadership role in HIV care around the world, Obama said it was time for the US to start acting like a leader, being one of only a dozen countries that still had a travel ban in place. With this new ruling, the travel ban will be lifted shortly after the first of the year 2010.
Obama Signs Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009

The President has signed a bill reauthorizing the Ryan White Programs until 2013. By signing the reauthorization, important HIV care and support services will continue for the insured and uninsured alike. Sponsored originally in 1990 by Senator Ted Kennedy and others, Ryan White programs have since provided essential services for over 500,000 people living with HIV in the US and its territories.


Should the HIV travel ban be lifted? Should people living with HIV be allowed to enter the US? I would love to hear what you think.