On January 4th 2010, following over 20 years of discrimination against people living with HIV, the United States government finally lifted its ban on positive individuals entering the country other than for exceptional reasons.
Following this news and in advance of the Shanghai World Expo, China has lifted its 20-year-old travel ban on people with HIV, acknowledging that the ban had no public health benefit. South Korea also recently lifted HIV travel bans. www.chinadaily.com.cn/
