Is Hiv Test Mandatory Before Marriage In Usa

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Indian State Plans to Make HIV Test Mandatory Before Marriage

Legislators in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday discussed plans to make HIV testing mandatory for couples seeking to marry. The proposed bill was brought up after lawmakers underwent voluntary HIV tests as part of an... Read more »

Indian State Maharashtra Proposes Mandatory HIV Tests Before Marriage

A committee of lawmakers in India's Maharashtra state on Wednesday proposed that the state pass a law requiring HIV tests before marriage, The Hindu reports ( The Hindu , 2/1). If approved, the law would be the first of its kind in the country.... Read more »

Government of Goa, India Plans to Require Mandatory HIV Testing for Couples Before Marriage

The government of the western India state of Goa on Friday announced that it plans to amend the Goa Public Health Act to require couples registering for marriage to be screened for HIV, the Goa Herald reports ( Goa Herald , 3/17). If either or... Read more »

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mandatory HIV testing

HIV testing should or should not be mandatory in hearlth care professions?...

Response from Lynne Gabriel

WorkPositive, Inc.

Your question is an interesting one and makes me curious about why you would ask. To that the end that, historically, mandatory testing has not proved to be a good investment, I would answer "no."A better alternative - mandatory workplace... Read more »

Mandatory vs Voluntary HIV testing

What are the advantages and disadvantages of mandtory vs voluntary HIV testing?...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

In what setting? I can give you only the most general answer: when testing for a stigmatized condition is mandatory, those at highest risk often find ways to avoid the test because of perceived punishment. Voluntary testing allows people concerned... Read more »

Mandatory HIV Tests For Athletes

I was wondering if there is mandatory sports testing for contact sports (both professional and non-professional). Also, where can I get more info on this on the net? Thanks so much!...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Don't know and don't know.... Read more »

Mandatory HIV Testing

I recently started with a new company and received my Employee Handbook. I was surprised to read that they have an "AIDS POLICY". I've gathered from the comments of older employees that it is new this year. It basically states they...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

It's entirely possible that your employer was encouraged to include an "AIDS policy" in the employee handbook just to make it clear that they will not discriminate on the basis of HIV status. That has become fairly common. (Now... Read more »

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Mandatory Testing

Posted by Jackie_Blue, 2 Replies

HIV2AIDS brought up an interesting point. That mandatory testing would rid us of the stigma that surrounds being HIV+. I'm just wondering, because over the years, the impression I've received from people scared to test was not that they were... Read more »

What type of PCR tests are done in the USA?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Molecular detection of human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection among commercial sex workers using the polymerase chain reaction in Singapore.
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Immigrants living in the USA!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

Hello everyone. The past 2 weeks questions have been posted with regards to travelling outside the USA and coming back into the USA if you are not an American citizen. I must say thank you very much to Scotcharles for the information provided.... Read more »

Best place to live in USA with HIV?

Posted by TonyBakerOK, 5 Replies

Hello.

I have been positive since 2005, and have lived in Tennessee, Texas, California and Currently Oklahoma.

It seems like every state is different when it comes to HIV services and Ryan White stuff.

I just moved HOME to Oklahoma and I am miserable,... Read more »

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