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No restrictions for people with HIV/AIDS.				Previous restrictions repealed.

HIV-specific entry and residence regulations for Namibia

In her address to the Parliament, the Namibian Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration Rosalia Nghidinwa, has formally announced to remove all HIV related immigration barriers for people living with HIV from its Immigration Control Regulation.
The new Regulation now reads:

Contagious infection or viruses or diseases
 
13. Any contagious infection or virus or disease (air born or transmitted through casual contact) that exist or may develop from time to time that is declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and which warrants restriction of international travel and mobility as per the International Health Regulation adopted by the Fifty-Eight World Health Assembly (2005) to which Namibia is a party, including any amendment to which Namibia becomes a party, is regarded as contagious for the purpose of paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section 39 of the Act.

The Minister closed her announcement saying:

• A public and press release on the amendments will be issued;
• The website of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration will delete item 10 from annexure 1, the Namibia visa application form, of the Immigration Control Act of 1993;
• This amendment will be communicated to all the Immigration Offices, points of entries, Border posts, Airports and the Namibia Missions abroad to educate and inform prospective visitors to Namibia on the changes made with regard to the Visa Application Conditions.

This decision does repeal a regulation from 1993, which the Government of Namibia has promised to amend in March 2009.

Under the old regulation, applicants for temporary or long term residence had to submit a medical certificate stating that the applicant was 

(a) not mentally disordered or physically defective in any way;
(b) not suffering from leprosy, veneral disease, trachoma, tuberculosis or other infectious or contagious diseases;
(c) generally in a good state of health

(Sources: 1, 2)

A yellow fever vaccination certificate is required of travellers arriving from infected areas. 

(Source: 3)

 

HIV treatment information for Namibia

Treatment facilities are available.
 
(Source: 1)

 

HIV information / HIV NGOs in Namibia

• AIDS Trust
  Phone: 218 673

(Source: 1)

Updated information is available through the aidsmap search engine at www.aidsmap.com/en/orgs/ux/default.asp

 

Global Criminalisation of HIV Transmission Scan

The Global Criminalisation Scan is an initiative of GNP+. It aims to collect and keep up to date information on national and state level laws criminalising the transmission of or exposure to HIV. It also aims to provide an easily accessible ‘clearing-house’ of resources, research, and initiatives on the subject and to provide a platform for advocacy initiatives.

Find out more about the scan and the criminalisation of HIV transmission legislation at http://criminalisation.gnpplus.net/.

 

Sources

1. Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration Rosalia Nghidinwa Address to Parliament of Namibia, forwarded by Moono Nyambe, Global Network of people living with HIV GNP+, www.gnpplus.net, via e-mail, July 7, 2010
2. Embassy of Namibia in Germany web site, www.namibia-botschaft.de, consulted July 12, 2010
3. Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada web site, www.voyage.gc.ca , consulted July 12, 2010

 

updated: 7/12/2010
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